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E-Government: a practical guide to the legal issues

01 January 2004

The approach taken in the book is to provide an accessible commentary on the real legal questions faced by lawyers and managers in the public sector when advising upon and preparing for electronic government initiatives.  E-Government: a practical guide to the legal issues

Author: Michael Chissick
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
Publication date: 2004
ISBN: 0 421 79460 7

Table of contents:
The law is given as at 31 August 2003.

Part I - defining the scope of electronic government

Ch. 1:    What is electronic commerce
Ch. 2:   Key Government bodies involved in electronic government
Ch. 3:   The policy framework for electronic service delivery

Part II - implementing electronic government

Ch. 4:    Electronic government an public procurement
Ch. 5:   What makes local authorities different? Considerations when implementing electronic government at a local level
Ch. 6:   Drafting and negotiating the contract
Ch. 7:   Managing electronic government

Part III - the implications of electronic government

Ch. 8:       Security and the Government gateway
Ch. 9:   Data protection, data sharing and employee monitoring
Ch. 10:   A presence on the web - legal implications of having a digital presence
Ch. 11:   Intellectual property rights and domain names
Ch. 12:   Electronic voting
Ch. 13:   Electronic procurement
Ch. 14:   Electronic government in a wider context - eEurope 2005 and similar initiatives

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