Title :
E-Government to Combat Corruption in the Asia Pacific Region
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Public Finance, Tianjin Univ. of Finance & Econ., Tianjin
Abstract :
The introduction of ICT can reduce corruption by improving the enforcement of rules, lessening the discretion of officials, and increasing transparency. Yet, while ICT eliminates many opportunities for corruption for those who do not understand the new technology fully, it opens up new corruption vistas for those who understand the new systems well enough to manipulate them. Proper safeguards are needed. In addition, ICT specialists and public managers need to work together to ensure that e-government systems are coordinated with other reform processes, including business process re-engineering. The paper will examine the experience of Asia-Pacific countries in this area.
Keywords :
government data processing; public administration; Asia Pacific region; business process reengineering; e-government systems; public managers; Asia; Business communication; Business process re-engineering; Communications technology; Computer security; Costs; Electronic government; Information security; Packaging; Public finance;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.2214
