John Mohan and David Clifford
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447322399
- eISBN:
- 9781447322405
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447322399.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
The chapter shows that delivery of public services is an important part of the activities of the third sector, but in the past it has been difficult to gain a granular picture of which organisations, ...
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The chapter shows that delivery of public services is an important part of the activities of the third sector, but in the past it has been difficult to gain a granular picture of which organisations, and where, are engaged in it. Building on previous usage of data generated by NCVO, as well as large-scale surveys of third sector organisations undertaken in England in 2008 and 2010 which provide considerable facility for disaggregation, the chapter extends the use of them to consider the numbers and characteristics of organisations which say that they are involved in the delivery of public services. Thus it is possible to explore funding sources, location, scale of operation, and income. It also considers organisations’ perceptions of their relationship with various public sector bodies and also about sections of the operating environment.Less
The chapter shows that delivery of public services is an important part of the activities of the third sector, but in the past it has been difficult to gain a granular picture of which organisations, and where, are engaged in it. Building on previous usage of data generated by NCVO, as well as large-scale surveys of third sector organisations undertaken in England in 2008 and 2010 which provide considerable facility for disaggregation, the chapter extends the use of them to consider the numbers and characteristics of organisations which say that they are involved in the delivery of public services. Thus it is possible to explore funding sources, location, scale of operation, and income. It also considers organisations’ perceptions of their relationship with various public sector bodies and also about sections of the operating environment.
Brian Fitzgerald, Jay P. Kesan, Barbara Russo, Maha Shaikh, and Giancarlo Succi
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262516358
- eISBN:
- 9780262298261
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262516358.001.0001
- Subject:
- Information Science, Information Science
Government agencies and public organizations often consider adopting open source software (OSS) for reasons of transparency, cost, citizen access, and greater efficiency in communication and ...
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Government agencies and public organizations often consider adopting open source software (OSS) for reasons of transparency, cost, citizen access, and greater efficiency in communication and delivering services. This book offers five real-world case studies of OSS adoption by public organizations. The authors analyze the cases and develop an overarching, conceptual framework to clarify the various enablers and inhibitors of OSS adoption in the public sector. The book provides a resource for policymakers, practitioners, and academics. The five cases of OSS adoption include a hospital in Ireland; an IT consortium serving all the municipalities of the province of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; schools and public offices in the Extremadura region of Spain; the Massachusetts state government's open standards policy in the United States; and the ICT department of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The book provides a comparative analysis of these cases around the issues of motivation, strategies, technologies, economic and social aspects, and the implications for theory and practice.Less
Government agencies and public organizations often consider adopting open source software (OSS) for reasons of transparency, cost, citizen access, and greater efficiency in communication and delivering services. This book offers five real-world case studies of OSS adoption by public organizations. The authors analyze the cases and develop an overarching, conceptual framework to clarify the various enablers and inhibitors of OSS adoption in the public sector. The book provides a resource for policymakers, practitioners, and academics. The five cases of OSS adoption include a hospital in Ireland; an IT consortium serving all the municipalities of the province of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; schools and public offices in the Extremadura region of Spain; the Massachusetts state government's open standards policy in the United States; and the ICT department of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. The book provides a comparative analysis of these cases around the issues of motivation, strategies, technologies, economic and social aspects, and the implications for theory and practice.
