G. David Garson

G. David Garson is a full professor of public administration at North Carolina State University, where he teaches courses on American government, research methodology, computer applications, and geographic information systems. He was the recipient of the Donald Campbell Award (1995) from the policy studies organization, American Political Science Association, for outstanding contributions to policy research methodology and of the Aaron Wildavsky Book Award (1997) from the same organization. He is the author of Guide to Writing Quantitative Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Dekker, 2001), Neural Network Analysis for Social Scientists (1998), and Computer Technology and Social Issues (1995). In addition he is editor of Social Dimensions of Information Technology (2000), Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends (1999), and the Handbook of Public Information Systems (1999). He has also authored or edited 17 other books and authored more than 50 articles. For the last 20 years he has served as editor of the Social Science Computer Review and is on the editorial board of four additional journals.

Publications

Public Information Management and E-Government: Policy and Issues
Mary Maureen Brown, G. David Garson. © 2013. 229 pages.
Recently, the public sector has given an increasing amount of national and international attention to electronic government systems. Therefore, it is inevitable that the...
Foreword
G. David Garson. © 2009.
This Foreword is included in the book Handbook of Research on Strategies for Local E-Government Adoption and Implementation: Comparative Studies.
Handbook of Research on Public Information Technology
G. David Garson, Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A.. © 2008. 1066 pages.
The use of information technology in the public sector has been an increasingly prominent international trend. With this rapid expansion comes many issues, challenges, and...
Patriotic Information Systems
Todd Loendorf, G. David Garson. © 2008. 272 pages.
Database technology can be used for various ends, ranging from promotion of democracy to strengthening of nationalism to shoring up authoritarian regimes through misinformation....
The Promise of Digital Government
G. David Garson. © 2008. 13 pages.
E-government promises to mark a new era of greater convenience in citizen access to governmental forms, data, and information. Its advocates promise that not only will...
Bush Administration Information Policy and Democratic Values
G. David Garson. © 2008. 26 pages.
Bush administration information policy raises fundamental questions about the survival of democratic values in what is increasingly a surveillance society. After the terrorist...
Foreword
G. David Garson. © 2007. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Case Studies on Digital Government.
Modern Public Information Technology Systems: Issues and Challenges
G. David Garson. © 2007. 420 pages.
The nature of governance is rapidly changing, due to new technologies which expand public sector capabilities. Modern Public Information Technology Systems: Issues and Challenges...
An Information Technology Research Agenda for Public Administration
G. David Garson. © 2007. 28 pages.
Research questions are outlined, forming the dimensions of a research agenda for the study of information technology in public administration. The dimensions selected as being...
Digital Government: Principles and Best Practices
Alexei Pavlichev, G. David Garson. © 2004. 394 pages.
E-government has emerged not merely as a specialization in public administration but as a transformative force affecting all leaves and functions in government. Digital...
IT Solutions Series: Humanizing Information Technology: Advice from Experts
Shannon H. Schelin, G. David Garson. © 2004. 173 pages.
With the alarming rate of information technology changes over the past two decades, it is not unexpected that there is an evolution of the human side of IT that has forced many...
The Promise of Digital Government
G. David Garson. © 2004. 14 pages.
E-government promises to mark a new era of greater convenience in citizen access to governmental forms, data, and information. Its advocates promise that not only will...
Chief Information Officers
Shannon H. Schelin, G. David Garson. © 2004. 3 pages.
Information Technology has fundamentally altered many aspects of daily life, including interactions with public and private sectors. The role of the Internet continues to...
Theoretical Justification of Critical Success Factors
Shannon H. Schelin, G. David Garson. © 2004. 12 pages.
The ability to more rigorously predict successful projects is critical in the wake of massive technology failures in both private and public settings. These failures, and the...
Data Analysis and Results
Shannon H. Schelin, G. David Garson. © 2004. 28 pages.
In an attempt to underline the importance of critical success factors in public and private sector organizations, a survey of randomly selected chief information officers was...
Conclusions and Implications
Shannon H. Schelin, G. David Garson. © 2004. 11 pages.
The intended goal of this research is to illustrate the various factors that are critical to IT project success in the public and private sectors. Section I uses extant...
Public Information Technology: Policy and Management Issues
G. David Garson. © 2003. 408 pages.
Public Information Technology: Policy and Management Issues constitutes a survey of many of the most important dimensions of managing information technology in the public sector....
Toward an Information Technology Research Agenda for Public Administration
G. David Garson. © 2003. 27 pages.
Research questions are outlined, forming the dimensions of a research agenda for the study of information technology (IT) in public administration. The dimensions selected as...
Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium
G. David Garson. © 2000. 362 pages.
This anthology brings together multiple viewpoints on the social dimensions of the revolution in information technology. The chapters cover social, political, educational...
The Role of Information Technology in Quality Education
G. David Garson. © 2000. 21 pages.
Discusses the rise of information technology functions in higher education and the related advent of quality standards for on-line education. The limited nature of existing...
Information Technology and Computer Applications in Public Administration: Issues and Trends
G. David Garson. © 1999. 312 pages.
Written by noted academics and public administration practitioners, this anthology covers the management of public information technology, focusing on its politics...
On-line Research for Public Administration
G. David Garson. © 1999. 25 pages.
This paper presents an overview of on-line research tools for public sector practitioners and researchers. Sections cover generic searching on the World Wide Web, common...
Computer Technology and Social Issues
G. David Garson. © 1995. 456 pages.
Political, economic, social and human factors determine the success of information technology. Is computing ushering in an age of “Big Brother” or a new era of electronic...