Pub Date : 2025-04-24DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102029
Tessa Haesevoets , Bram Verschuere , Arne Roets
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly infusing various facets of society, including public administration. In this setting, public servants play a pivotal role in the adoption of new technologies. Using an experimental design, the present study investigated public sector managers' willingness to implement AI and public sector non-managerial employees' willingness to accept AI for various internal management purposes. Our findings point to prevailing skepticism toward AI, with a preference for AI serving in a supportive rather than a (co)decisive or fully autonomous role. Additionally, attitudes toward AI vary depending on the nature of the internal management practice, with practices requiring more ‘soft’ (interpersonal) skills eliciting greater hesitancy toward AI involvement. Furthermore, our results also highlight a subtle disparity between managers and non-managers, with managers being slightly more inclined to implement extensive AI involvement than non-managers are willing to accept, particularly for practices demanding mainly ‘hard’ (technical) skills. By providing a more nuanced understanding of AI adoption in public administration, the present study offers important theoretical and practical insights.
{"title":"AI adoption in public administration: Perspectives of public sector managers and public sector non-managerial employees","authors":"Tessa Haesevoets , Bram Verschuere , Arne Roets","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102029","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly infusing various facets of society, including public administration. In this setting, public servants play a pivotal role in the adoption of new technologies. Using an experimental design, the present study investigated public sector managers' willingness to <em>implement</em> AI and public sector non-managerial employees' willingness to <em>accept</em> AI for various internal management purposes. Our findings point to prevailing skepticism toward AI, with a preference for AI serving in a supportive rather than a (co)decisive or fully autonomous role. Additionally, attitudes toward AI vary depending on the nature of the internal management practice, with practices requiring more ‘soft’ (interpersonal) skills eliciting greater hesitancy toward AI involvement. Furthermore, our results also highlight a subtle disparity between managers and non-managers, with managers being slightly more inclined to implement extensive AI involvement than non-managers are willing to accept, particularly for practices demanding mainly ‘hard’ (technical) skills. By providing a more nuanced understanding of AI adoption in public administration, the present study offers important theoretical and practical insights.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102029"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143869808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102028
Rik Peeters , Susan M. Miller , Marc Schuilenburg
The idea of ‘digital government inclusion’ – which builds upon notions of digital and social equity – implies that every person is equally able to participate in and benefit from digital government applications and procedures. In this article, through a policy stages lens, we explore aspects of government automation that complicate various dimensions of equity and inclusion as well as propose mitigating mechanisms that can improve digital government equity and inclusion. For a broader understanding of digital government inclusion, we start with a historical exploration of how data collection and digital government are inherently intertwined with notions of (statistical) normality. We then identify key findings from the broader literature and the articles included in GIQ's special issue on digital government inclusion that point to challenges as well as some potential tools to confront these issues.
{"title":"Digital government inclusion: Exploring strategies for inclusive government automation","authors":"Rik Peeters , Susan M. Miller , Marc Schuilenburg","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The idea of ‘digital government inclusion’ – which builds upon notions of digital and social equity – implies that every person is equally able to participate in and benefit from digital government applications and procedures. In this article, through a policy stages lens, we explore aspects of government automation that complicate various dimensions of equity and inclusion as well as propose mitigating mechanisms that can improve digital government equity and inclusion. For a broader understanding of digital government inclusion, we start with a historical exploration of how data collection and digital government are inherently intertwined with notions of (statistical) normality. We then identify key findings from the broader literature and the articles included in GIQ's special issue on digital government inclusion that point to challenges as well as some potential tools to confront these issues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102028"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143838649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102030
Peter Spáč , Daniela Pastarmadzhieva , Jozef Zagrapan
This study explores local government responses to information requests by focusing on the volume of requested data and a reference to the freedom of information (FOI) legislation. The study relies on a field experiment with a 2 × 2 between-subject design conducted on municipalities in Slovakia. The information requests varied in the volume of the requested data (low vs. high) as well as in the inclusion of a reference to the country's FOI legislation (no reference vs. explicit reference). The study reveals that asking for more information noticeably reduces the responsiveness of municipalities. However, this effect is moderated by the inclusion of a reference to a FOI law. For requests seeking a small volume of data, an explicit reference to a FOI law only slightly supports the response rate. Conversely, in the case of high-demand requests, incorporating a FOI law reference substantially improves the responsiveness of municipalities. This research contributes to the literature on transparency as it demonstrates that referring to FOI legislation is an effective tool to overcome the reluctance of local governments to respond to more demanding information requests.
{"title":"Freedom of information and the volume of requested data: An experimental study","authors":"Peter Spáč , Daniela Pastarmadzhieva , Jozef Zagrapan","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102030","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102030","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explores local government responses to information requests by focusing on the volume of requested data and a reference to the freedom of information (FOI) legislation. The study relies on a field experiment with a 2 × 2 between-subject design conducted on municipalities in Slovakia. The information requests varied in the volume of the requested data (low vs. high) as well as in the inclusion of a reference to the country's FOI legislation (no reference vs. explicit reference). The study reveals that asking for more information noticeably reduces the responsiveness of municipalities. However, this effect is moderated by the inclusion of a reference to a FOI law. For requests seeking a small volume of data, an explicit reference to a FOI law only slightly supports the response rate. Conversely, in the case of high-demand requests, incorporating a FOI law reference substantially improves the responsiveness of municipalities. This research contributes to the literature on transparency as it demonstrates that referring to FOI legislation is an effective tool to overcome the reluctance of local governments to respond to more demanding information requests.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102030"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143838650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-11DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102024
Oliver Rath, Frederic Haase, Johannes Werner Melsbach, Jiarun Liu, Detlef Schoder
Disinformation campaigns have become a significant concern for public institutions across various domains, including politics, healthcare, and financial markets. Consequently, authorities must develop effective strategies and measures to combat such campaigns while upholding their objectives of serving the public. In financial markets, institutions aim to ensure consumer protection and market integrity, both of which are at risk due to fraudulent activities driven by financial fake news (FFN). Drawing on a sample of FFN cases and institutional communications, our study contributes to the conceptualization of FFN schemes through a taxonomy, identifies IT-embedded dynamic capabilities (DCs) and the underlying microfoundations that institutions employ to address such schemes, and discusses open challenges for institutions. Our research provides practical value for institutions, regulators, and the public by informing them about FFN schemes and offering guidance applicable to other sectors affected by disinformation, such as healthcare and politics.
{"title":"IT-embedded dynamic capabilities for public institutions coping with disinformation – The case of financial fake news","authors":"Oliver Rath, Frederic Haase, Johannes Werner Melsbach, Jiarun Liu, Detlef Schoder","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Disinformation campaigns have become a significant concern for public institutions across various domains, including politics, healthcare, and financial markets. Consequently, authorities must develop effective strategies and measures to combat such campaigns while upholding their objectives of serving the public. In financial markets, institutions aim to ensure consumer protection and market integrity, both of which are at risk due to fraudulent activities driven by financial fake news (FFN). Drawing on a sample of FFN cases and institutional communications, our study contributes to the conceptualization of FFN schemes through a taxonomy, identifies IT-embedded dynamic capabilities (DCs) and the underlying microfoundations that institutions employ to address such schemes, and discusses open challenges for institutions. Our research provides practical value for institutions, regulators, and the public by informing them about FFN schemes and offering guidance applicable to other sectors affected by disinformation, such as healthcare and politics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102024"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143820768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-04-03DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102027
Mäjt Wik, Daniel Curto-Millet, Tomas Lindroth
Assumptions influence decision-making and guide behavior within organizations, and unexamined or unaligned assumptions can lead to flawed strategies. This is especially true in complex and rapidly changing environments, such as those encountered in digital transformation initiatives. Despite this, assumptions are not a common object of empirical study. In this article, we explore the role of assumptions in reshaping organizational practices regarding participation in a public digital transformation initiative in Swedish healthcare. We find a critical disconnect between assumptions in policy and practice, showing how prevailing assumptions uphold legacy approaches to participation and, consequently, impede the potential to utilize digital technology for new, more innovative ways to personalize care. We contribute a framework that illustrates the consequences of assumptions on participation. Drawing on Aronstein's ladder of citizen participation and the Scandinavian tradition of participatory design, we advocate for authentic participation that takes into account the contextual nature of patients' lives and work practices leveraging digital technology.
{"title":"The policy-practice divide: How assumptions undermine authentic participation in digital public healthcare","authors":"Mäjt Wik, Daniel Curto-Millet, Tomas Lindroth","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102027","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102027","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Assumptions influence decision-making and guide behavior within organizations, and unexamined or unaligned assumptions can lead to flawed strategies. This is especially true in complex and rapidly changing environments, such as those encountered in digital transformation initiatives. Despite this, assumptions are not a common object of empirical study. In this article, we explore the role of assumptions in reshaping organizational practices regarding participation in a public digital transformation initiative in Swedish healthcare. We find a critical disconnect between assumptions in policy and practice, showing how prevailing assumptions uphold legacy approaches to participation and, consequently, impede the potential to utilize digital technology for new, more innovative ways to personalize care. We contribute a framework that illustrates the consequences of assumptions on participation. Drawing on Aronstein's ladder of citizen participation and the Scandinavian tradition of participatory design, we advocate for authentic participation that takes into account the contextual nature of patients' lives and work practices leveraging digital technology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102027"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143759022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-31DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102025
Yusuf Bozkurt , Alexander Rossmann , Zeeshan Pervez , Naeem Ramzan
In the urban context, data governance has only recently gained attention, though the increased importance of data with the emergence of smart cities is unprecedented. Data governance helps ensure the efficient management, utilization, and protection of data, all essential for enhancing service delivery, refining decision-making processes, and fostering trust in data integrity. This study presents a data governance reference model adapted to urban requirements – the urban data governance reference model – developed following the design science research paradigm. We describe the steps of the reference model development, from establishing a scientific theory base to analysis of the problem environment in 27 EU cities to the development process of the artifact and evaluation through expert interviews in 10 EU cities. The findings reveal that no reference model for urban data governance exists in the scientific literature. In practice, cities face challenges such as data silos, lack of interoperability, and redundancies, as well as a lack of data culture. Support for creating data governance programs is also lacking. The urban data governance reference model harmonizes technology, organization, and culture through four foundation layers and four pillars. Experts' evaluation of the reference model provides essential insights into its completeness, comprehensibility, applicability, and possible improvement measures for future research. It is highly adaptable and can serve as an orientation aid for cities implementing data governance.
{"title":"Development and evaluation of an urban data governance reference model based on design science research","authors":"Yusuf Bozkurt , Alexander Rossmann , Zeeshan Pervez , Naeem Ramzan","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102025","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the urban context, data governance has only recently gained attention, though the increased importance of data with the emergence of smart cities is unprecedented. Data governance helps ensure the efficient management, utilization, and protection of data, all essential for enhancing service delivery, refining decision-making processes, and fostering trust in data integrity. This study presents a data governance reference model adapted to urban requirements – the urban data governance reference model – developed following the design science research paradigm. We describe the steps of the reference model development, from establishing a scientific theory base to analysis of the problem environment in 27 EU cities to the development process of the artifact and evaluation through expert interviews in 10 EU cities. The findings reveal that no reference model for urban data governance exists in the scientific literature. In practice, cities face challenges such as data silos, lack of interoperability, and redundancies, as well as a lack of data culture. Support for creating data governance programs is also lacking. The urban data governance reference model harmonizes technology, organization, and culture through four foundation layers and four pillars. Experts' evaluation of the reference model provides essential insights into its completeness, comprehensibility, applicability, and possible improvement measures for future research. It is highly adaptable and can serve as an orientation aid for cities implementing data governance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102025"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143737844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-27DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102023
Antonio Cordella , Francesco Gualdi
This paper contributes to the literature by shedding light on the impact of digital technologies on the policymaking process. Specifically, it focuses on the formulation phase of policymaking, where policymakers discuss, draft, and approve formal legislation that directly or indirectly involves digital technologies. By drawing on the assemblage theory, the paper argues that the assemblages of existing technological and legal systems significantly influence the policymaking process during the formulation phase. Through a case study of the Italian reform of the Digital Administration Code (DAC), the paper offers a new framework that unpacks the various dimensions – organizational, normative, political, and technological – of the policy formulation phase impacted by techno-legal assemblages. This research provides valuable insights for policymakers tasked with discussing, drafting, and approving policies to digitize relevant public administration sectors.
{"title":"Policymaking in the digital era: Exploring techno-legal assemblages and their impact on policy formulation","authors":"Antonio Cordella , Francesco Gualdi","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper contributes to the literature by shedding light on the impact of digital technologies on the policymaking process. Specifically, it focuses on the formulation phase of policymaking, where policymakers discuss, draft, and approve formal legislation that directly or indirectly involves digital technologies. By drawing on the assemblage theory, the paper argues that the assemblages of existing technological and legal systems significantly influence the policymaking process during the formulation phase. Through a case study of the Italian reform of the Digital Administration Code (DAC), the paper offers a new framework that unpacks the various dimensions – organizational, normative, political, and technological – of the policy formulation phase impacted by techno-legal assemblages. This research provides valuable insights for policymakers tasked with discussing, drafting, and approving policies to digitize relevant public administration sectors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102023"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143704621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-25DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102026
Tao Chen , Tiancheng Shang , Rongxiao Yan , Kang He
Mobile government is a vital tool for improving governance and fostering public engagement, yet the mechanisms that promote participation still require further study. This research synthesizes collaborative governance theory into a conceptual framework that delineates the process of public engagement in community m-government. We identify two essential conditions for effective mobile government and four core elements that shape collaborative dynamics. These elements interact to provide structural support and incentives for participation. Our findings show that mobile government plays a dual role: strengthening the collaborative governance framework and actively enhancing public engagement through leadership and participation mechanisms.
{"title":"Developing a collaborative mobile government participation framework using grounded theory","authors":"Tao Chen , Tiancheng Shang , Rongxiao Yan , Kang He","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102026","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102026","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mobile government is a vital tool for improving governance and fostering public engagement, yet the mechanisms that promote participation still require further study. This research synthesizes collaborative governance theory into a conceptual framework that delineates the process of public engagement in community m-government. We identify two essential conditions for effective mobile government and four core elements that shape collaborative dynamics. These elements interact to provide structural support and incentives for participation. Our findings show that mobile government plays a dual role: strengthening the collaborative governance framework and actively enhancing public engagement through leadership and participation mechanisms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102026"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143696031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-21DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102022
Yikai Liang , Yuyan Cao , Mei Chen , Hao Dong , Haiqing Wang
In the era of the digital economy, open government data (OGD) has emerged as a pivotal driver of socio-economic innovations. Despite its transformative potential value, research remains scarce on the antecedents and value creation of OGD usage in the post-adoption stage, where sustained engagement determines long-term success. To address this gap, our study investigates the determinants of users' continuance usage of OGD and its cascading impact on value creation. Leveraging Bagozzi's self-regulation framework, we integrate the DeLone and McLean's model (D&M model) and the democratic e-governance website evaluation model (DEWEM) to develop a comprehensive theoretical lens that disentangles the roles of website functionality (e.g., transparency, citizen engagement) and data quality (e.g., accessibility, completeness). Empirical data was collected from 267 skilled OGD users in China and analyzed via PLS-SEM. The results show that user satisfaction and perceived value jointly drive continuance usage, with user satisfaction predominantly shaped by information suitability, transparency, security, and citizen engagement. Notably, data accessibility plays a foundational role in enhancing perceived value, whereas data completeness and timeliness show unexpected non-significant effects. Crucially, continuance usage of OGD directly amplifies users' net benefits and trust in governments, underscoring OGD's dual value proposition. These findings contribute to the theoretical understanding of post-adoption behavior in OGD and provide practical insights for policymakers to optimize platform design, prioritize high-impact data features, and foster sustainable OGD ecosystems.
{"title":"Determinants of open government data continuance usage and value creation: A self-regulation framework analysis","authors":"Yikai Liang , Yuyan Cao , Mei Chen , Hao Dong , Haiqing Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the era of the digital economy, open government data (OGD) has emerged as a pivotal driver of socio-economic innovations. Despite its transformative potential value, research remains scarce on the antecedents and value creation of OGD usage in the post-adoption stage, where sustained engagement determines long-term success. To address this gap, our study investigates the determinants of users' continuance usage of OGD and its cascading impact on value creation. Leveraging Bagozzi's self-regulation framework, we integrate the DeLone and McLean's model (D&M model) and the democratic e-governance website evaluation model (DEWEM) to develop a comprehensive theoretical lens that disentangles the roles of website functionality (e.g., transparency, citizen engagement) and data quality (e.g., accessibility, completeness). Empirical data was collected from 267 skilled OGD users in China and analyzed via PLS-SEM. The results show that user satisfaction and perceived value jointly drive continuance usage, with user satisfaction predominantly shaped by information suitability, transparency, security, and citizen engagement. Notably, data accessibility plays a foundational role in enhancing perceived value, whereas data completeness and timeliness show unexpected non-significant effects. Crucially, continuance usage of OGD directly amplifies users' net benefits and trust in governments, underscoring OGD's dual value proposition. These findings contribute to the theoretical understanding of post-adoption behavior in OGD and provide practical insights for policymakers to optimize platform design, prioritize high-impact data features, and foster sustainable OGD ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102022"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143684848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-19DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2025.102021
Arjan C. Widlak , Rik Peeters
The interconnectedness of government organizations through data-exchange is proliferating. This is relevant for many debates in public administration today since all applications of data-driven government rest on a foundation of data. In this article, rather than focusing on specific applications, we analyze the way supra-organizational data-exchange shapes such applications and specifically automated administrative decision-making (AADM). We argue that the whole of bureaucracy that is connected through data-exchange implies the organizational separation of the collection or gathering of government data from the exchange, modification, combination and/or analysis and subsequently its (re)use in decision-making processes. To analyze the consequences of this new division of labor we further develop the concept of the infrastructure-level bureaucracy and formulate hypotheses on its consequences for data itself, organizations, and citizens. Ultimately, we argue infrastructural information flows pose challenges for democratic control and for procedural lawfulness in the constitutional state.
{"title":"A theory of the infrastructure-level bureaucracy: Understanding the consequences of data-exchange for procedural justice, organizational decision-making, and data itself","authors":"Arjan C. Widlak , Rik Peeters","doi":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.giq.2025.102021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The interconnectedness of government organizations through data-exchange is proliferating. This is relevant for many debates in public administration today since all applications of data-driven government rest on a foundation of data. In this article, rather than focusing on specific applications, we analyze the way supra-organizational data-exchange shapes such applications and specifically automated administrative decision-making (AADM). We argue that the whole of bureaucracy that is connected through data-exchange implies the organizational separation of the collection or gathering of government data from the exchange, modification, combination and/or analysis and subsequently its (re)use in decision-making processes. To analyze the consequences of this new division of labor we further develop the concept of the infrastructure-level bureaucracy and formulate hypotheses on its consequences for data itself, organizations, and citizens. Ultimately, we argue infrastructural information flows pose challenges for democratic control and for procedural lawfulness in the constitutional state.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48258,"journal":{"name":"Government Information Quarterly","volume":"42 2","pages":"Article 102021"},"PeriodicalIF":7.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143684847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}