...‐administered postal questionnaire incorporating five‐point Likert scales was developed. The questionnaire contained three parts: 1. Part A: factual questions (demographics and previous Internet experience). 2. Part B: attitude questions relating to the candidate benefit and barrier factors. 3...

... Central government Internet New Zealand The New Zealand (NZ) central government is determined to not let NZ fall too far behind the global leaders in e‐commerce application, especially with regard to e‐government (Barton et al., 2000; NZ E‐Commerce Strategy, 2000; Story, 2000). It plans...

...Ronan McIvor; Marie McHugh; Christine Cadden The objective of this paper is to show how Internet technologies have the potential to facilitate the achievement of transparency within public sector organisations. This change will also have a major impact on the way in which public sector...

...Michael J. Phythian; William G.K. Taylor The UK Government has set targets for the use of Internet technologies in communicating with their citizens and delivering services to them. This research seeks to identify to what extent English District Councils (EDCs) can be said to have an integrated...