"This collection compiles the most authoritative research in this area, . It provides libraries with definitive studies covering all of the salient issues of the field, it gives researchers, managers, and other professionals the knowledge and tools they need to properly understand the role of end-user computing in the modern organization"--Provided by publisher. Paralleling the rapid development of widely distributed information and computing technologies has been an accelerated demand by citizens for electronic access to government services and, conversely, a drive by government administrators to harness the cost, quality, and efficiency benefits that electronic service delivery offers. And alongside these phenomena have emerged a new set of opportunities and challenges in such areas as security, privacy, ethics, and more, to which governments and citizens have only begun to come to terms. Electronic Government: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications meets the pressing need for quality, authoritative research in this domain with an authoritative collection of more than 300 chapters, collected in six volumes. These landmark studies from the leading electronic government researchers worldwide enable libraries in academic, government, and other settings to provide a unified collection on such pressing topics as digital government, electronic justice, government-to-government, information policy, and cyber-infrastructure research and methodologies. This Premier Reference Source provides practitioners and academicians alike with the essential concepts relating to e-government and its implications within the global context. Annotation End-User Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications compiles a vast collection of the most authoritative research in the development of computing applications and models by personnel other than IT departments and commercial vendors. With more than 200 chapters from nearly 400 of the world's leading experts on end-user computing this collection covers such topics as expert systems, quality assessment, user development, human factors, project teams, and user satisfaction. A four-volume reference set that provides libraries with definitive studies covering all of the salient issues of the field, End-User Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications gives researchers, managers, and other professionals from a variety of fields the knowledge and tools they need to properly understand the role of end-user computing in the modern organization Covers the important concepts, methodologies, technologies, applications, social issues, and emerging trends in this field. Provides researchers, managers, and other professionals with the knowledge and tools they need to properly understand the role of end-user computing in the modern organization