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This chapter provides an introduction to the book Advances in Digital Government: Technology, Human Factors, and Policy. It presents a brief history of digital government; and it outlines major technical, human factors and policy concepts and issues involved in the development and operation of digital government.
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Mclver, W.J., Elmagarmid, A.K. (2002). Introduction. In: McIver, W.J., Elmagarmid, A.K. (eds) Advances in Digital Government. Advances in Database Systems, vol 26. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47374-7_1
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