Government has traditionally relied on bureaucrat forms of organization to pursue the public good. These organizational forms are rigid, efficiency oriented, and place a premium on expertise and knowledge. Technology is said to transform this rigidity and create opportunities for greater citizen engagement, while also improving efficiency – greater citizen involvement in administrative procedures.Considering the Internet of Things, Big Data analytics, and Open Government, do you believe that we are moving in a direction that promises to broaden citizen involvement administrative procedures? Or, do you see this recent turn reinforcing the longstanding tendency of public organizations to rely on expert knowledge in the pursuit of public good?I attached the following sources that I would like used per instructions listed above:McAfee, A., & Brynjolfsson, E. (2012). Big data: the management revolution. Harvard business review, 90(10), 60-68.Lavertu, S. (2016). We all need help:“Big data” and the mismeasure of public administration. Public administration review, 76(6), 864-872.Meijer, A. J., Curtin, D., & Hillebrandt, M. (2012). Open government: connecting vision and voice. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 78(1), 10-29.Evans, A. M., & Campos, A. (2013). Open government initiatives: Challenges of citizen participation. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 32(1), 172-185.Nam, T., & Pardo, T. A. (2011, June). Conceptualizing smart city with dimensions of technology, people, and institutions. In Proceedings of the 12th annual international digital government research conference: digital government innovation in challenging times (pp. 282-291).ACM.Zanella, A., Bui, N., Castellani, A., Vangelista, L., & Zorzi, M. (2014). Internet of things for smart cities. IEEE Internet of Things journal, 1(1), 22-32.
