<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Although e-government as a research topic is rather embedded in public-administration literature, and coordination of and through e-government is visible in European countries, coordination of and through e-government has not been paid much attention. Consequently this paper deals with this topic. Its text outlines emerging coordination practices that can be observed in European countries, and it also indicates issues using the Czech e-government development and some key national initiatives as examples. Th e presented text concludes that although elements of strategic planning may become embedded and institutional and regulatory mechanisms stabilized in the country, other issues such as a weak accountability culture may exist and hinder coordination practices.</p></abstract>

Although e-government as a research topic is rather embedded in public-administration literature, and coordination of and through e-government is visible in European countries, coordination of and through e-government has not been paid much attention. Consequently this paper deals with this topic. Its text outlines emerging coordination practices that can be observed in European countries, and it also indicates issues using the Czech e-government development and some key national initiatives as examples. Th e presented text concludes that although elements of strategic planning may become embedded and institutional and regulatory mechanisms stabilized in the country, other issues such as a weak accountability culture may exist and hinder coordination practices.

Coordination of and Through E-Government: The Case of the Czech Republic

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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Although e-government as a research topic is rather embedded in public-administration literature, and coordination of and through e-government is visible in...

Coordination of and Through E-Government: The Case of the Czech Republic

Published Online: Jul 26, 2014

Page range: 83 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2014-0001

Keywords
e-government, coordination, accountability, Central and Eastern European public administration

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Coordination of and Through E-Government: The Case of the Czech Republic

Published Online: Jul 26, 2014

Page range: 83 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nispa-2014-0001

Keywordse-government, coordination, accountability, Central and Eastern European public administration

© NISPAcee

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
e-government, coordination, accountability, Central and Eastern European public administration