LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS E-GOVERNMENTS: MEETING THE IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGE

Public Administration Quarterly;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......do business. Research shows that local governments have been slow to respond to these...article we examine the ability of local governments to implement the changes needed to...We also examine the hurdles that local governments will need to cross in order to achieve...

Local governments adapt to globalization.

Nation's Cities Weekly;  May 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......that examines the changing roles of local governments in a more competitive global economy...resolutions opposing war in Iraq. State and local governments, acting through their national associations...of economic development, state and local governments continue to offer billions of ...

'Revamp local governments'

New Straits Times;  October 3, 2005 ;     376 words ......Times 10-03-2005 'Revamp local governments' Byline: Jason Gerald Edition...Lifestyle KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. - Local governments are being run like secret...the service provided by local governments had yet to reach a satisfactory...

E-Government.(local governments online)

Public Management;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......shopping, in this case, is for services. Local governments are slowly but surely transforming...Government Survey 2000. Selecting the local governments that responded to both surveys gives...the search criteria. All of the 691 local governments that responded to both surveys and...

Stochastic Frontier Estimation: an Application to Local Governments in...

Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......estimate the level of efficiency of local governments in Malaysia in providing public goods...efficiency. The study involved 99 local governments in Peninsular Malaysia, categorised...urbanisation and globalisation, the local governments in Malaysia must be more responsive...

Internet taxation ban worries some officials State, local governments fear...

Oakland Tribune;  November 1, 2003 ;     460 words ......would curb the ability of state and local governments to collect traditional telecommunication...federal government telling state and local governments that they no longer have control...Federal law has blocked state and local governments from taxing services that allow people...

Local governments and the EPA forge working partnerships. (Environmental...

Nation's Cities Weekly;  April 18, 1994 ;     700+ words ......management relationship are under way, as local governments and the U.S. Environmental Protection...strategies for environmental action. Local governments have long played a key role in improving...management. According to the EPA, local governments will be making 87 percent of ...

Local governments score victory

Daily Breeze;  July 16, 2004 ;     391 words ......in the protracted battle between local governments and Sacramento. But it's a victory...Sacramento dodges its responsibilities to local governments. The state Attorney General's Office...the state constitution to require local governments to provide public services without...

State to pay back $212M owed to local governments\

Post-Tribune (IN);  May 17, 2008 ;     441 words ......a remaining $212 million owed to local governments by the end of this month, a year...final repayment of debts owed to local governments. "I believe we responsibly pay now...million to schools, universities and local governments. It is essentially a bookkeeping...

Kaine To Seek Curbs on Growth; Plan to Empower Local Governments Draws...

The Washington Post;  December 14, 2005 ;     609 words ......seek legislation that would give local governments more power to control growth despite...good on his campaign promise that local governments be granted the power to stop development...state's traffic congestion will require local governments to consider the impact of development...

Technology partners: working together to meet the needs of local...

Public Management;  October 1, 2002 ;     599 words ......increasingly vital role with local governments in providing citizen services...products or services for local governments. The following list of...represents those firms serving local governments in the technology industry...

China to reward local governments for administration streamline

Xinhua News Agency;  September 9, 2008 ;     216 words ...China to reward local governments for administration streamline...Xinhua) -- China's county and local governments would be rewarded for streamlining...of Finance. However, the local governments have to pay 500 yuan for...

World Bank approves US$125 Million to strengthen Uganda's local...

M2 Presswire;  May 30, 2003 ;     326 words ......125 Million to strengthen Uganda's local governments(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...of Uganda's program to empower its local governments, a key element of its strategy to...support the process and facilitate local governments efforts to carry out projects to...

ARNOLD BEGINS TALKS ON DEAL PLAN DEPENDS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DROPPING BID...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  April 27, 2004 ;     605 words ......administration has opened talks with local governments to try to persuade them to drop a...losses and ease the spending cuts local governments would have to make, beginning in...he will approve the change only if local governments end their active support for the...

Local lobbying costs rise steeply; Local governments say the long 2005...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 19, 2006 ;     320 words ......Staff Writer Lobbying expenses by local governments skyrocketed 24 percent between 2004...of public dollars being spent by local governments on lobbying costs. According to the...nearly $7.8 million was spent by local governments attempting to lobby the state in...