TECHNOLOGY IN POLICY - An Explorative Case Study of Information Systems in Merging Authorities

Elin Wihlborg, Ulf Melin, Linus Johansson Krafve

2010

Abstract

This paper shows how e-government can, or might even have to, be considered as a public policy transformation. In the process of merging authorities into new organisations public policies on e-government appeared as a key activity. The case study presented in the paper is the formation of the new Swedish Transport Agency formed out of several formerly independent authorities. The Swedish case study is a mature public administration and basic democratic core values. The main contribution from the case study is to point out the importance of translation of policies into organizational practices.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Wihlborg E., Melin U. and Johansson Krafve L. (2010). TECHNOLOGY IN POLICY - An Explorative Case Study of Information Systems in Merging Authorities . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 2: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-674-025-2, pages 353-360. DOI: 10.5220/0002811503530360

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist10,
author={Elin Wihlborg and Ulf Melin and Linus Johansson Krafve},
title={TECHNOLOGY IN POLICY - An Explorative Case Study of Information Systems in Merging Authorities},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 2: WEBIST,},
year={2010},
pages={353-360},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002811503530360},
isbn={978-989-674-025-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 2: WEBIST,
TI - TECHNOLOGY IN POLICY - An Explorative Case Study of Information Systems in Merging Authorities
SN - 978-989-674-025-2
AU - Wihlborg E.
AU - Melin U.
AU - Johansson Krafve L.
PY - 2010
SP - 353
EP - 360
DO - 10.5220/0002811503530360