Advances in Government Enterprise Architecture (Premier Reference Source)

This collection of research papers on enterprise architecture (EA) focuses on the growing role of the government sector on IT portfolio management, outsourcing and governance in all types of e-government applications. Editor Saha (information systems management, National U. of Singapore) has included articles on such EA topics as service-oriented reference architecture for e-government, orchestrating cooperation between private and government sectors and collaborative EA for municipal governments. Students and practitioners of business process management will need a firm understanding of IT protocols to digest these technical papers. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Over the past two decades, the government sector has emerged as the area of largest implementation of enterprise architecture - a critical success factor for all types, scales, and intensities of e-government programs.