Public Information Technology: Policy and Management Issues

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"David Garson is a prolific writer that I highly recommend to anyone interested in becoming familiar with information technology or policy issues. His recent book (Idea Group Publishing, 2003) is a survey of the most important dimensions of managing public sector information technology. Both academics and public administration practitioners wrote chapters on subjects for which they are noted experts. The book addresses general policy and administrative issues as well as the information technology skills needed by public managers. The book surveys the most important dimensions of managing public sector information technology. This volume updates an earlier volume, Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends (Idea Group Publishing, 1999). Essays in Part I of the book, Managing Information Technology In the Public Sector," address general policy and administrative issues. Those in Part II, "Computer Applications In Public Administration," are more applied and address information technology skills needed by public managers. According to Dr. Garson, "Taken together, it is hoped that a contribution is made by these essays toward the knowledge and competencies needed by graduate students of public administration and by practitioners new to this field." This reviewer can attest that Dr. Garson and the contributors to this volume have succeeded in these important goals."