Weekly Topics for PA 543

Note: You are also to do one additional reading of your own choosing on each weekly topic, and come prepared to use it to make a discussion contribution in class. You may use sources on the class links page, the online readings page, the class bibliography page, or another source of your own choosing, perhaps using the NCSU Libraries Database Finder for journal literature. Class handouts are expected, including full bibliographic citation and where available, web link.

There are 15 weeks in the NCSU semester, organized as follows:

**PA 543: E-Government**
Week	Outline	Topic	Assignments
Aug. 17	Outline	Introduction	Pavlichev, 1
Aug. 24	Outline	The Vision of E-Governance	West, 1; Pavlichev, 17, 18
Aug. 31	Outline	E-Democracy	West, 2; Pavlichev, 7, 9
Sept. 7	Outline	Information Equity and the Digital Divide	West, 3; Pavlichev, 19, 20
Sept. 14	Outline	The E-Government Business Model	West, 4; Pavlichev, 4, 11
Sept. 21	Outline	Partnering, Outsourcing, and E-Procurement	West, 5; Pavlichev, 10, 13
Sept. 28	Outline	Brief History of E-Government	West, 6; Pavlichev, 2
Oct. 5	No outline	Midterm	No new readings. Midterm paper due today.
Oct. 12	No outline	Speaker	No new readings.
Oct. 19	Outline	Website Design	West, 7; Pavlichev, 5, 16
Oct. 26	Outline	Website Evaluation	West, 8; Pavlichev, 12
Nov. 2	Outline	Disability Access	Pavlichev, 14
Nov. 9	Outline	Intellectual Property and Liability Issues	Pavlichev, 15
Nov. 16	Outline	E-Government in International Perspective	West, 9; Pavlichev, 3, 8, 21
Nov. 23	Outline	E-Government and Organization Theory	West, 10; Pavlichev, 6, 22
Nov. 30	Outline	Final Exam Review	No new readings.

Key to Assignments:
G. Garson, ed. Handbook of Public Information Systems, Second Edition (2005). Purchase. Thus, G1 is Garson, Chapter 1.
P. Pavlichev and Garson, eds. Digital Government (2003). Purchase. Thus, P1 is Pavlichev and Garson, Chapter 1.