ISSUE 6

COMNET-IT Publications

The U.S. Federal Government's Department for General Services Administration (GSA) has entered into an agreement whereby its reports and comparative reviews will be made available to COMNET-IT's institutional members at no charge.

1. The Challenging Road to the Government of the Future
2. Innovative Funding Approaches
3. The Intergovernmental Solutions Series: an international review of key issues including:
• Smart Cards
• Electronic Commerce
• Outsourcing
• Web-enabled Systems
• Re-invention

The Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) at Manchester University and COMNET-IT will jointly distribute, free of charge, on request to COMNET-IT's institutional members a series of Working Papers. See idpm.man.ac.uk/ for the current choice.

Publications now available for purchase by members from COMNET-IT include:

• "IT and Globalisation: Implications for Developing Countries" (168 pages; Price GB£10)
• "Information Sharing Between and Within Governments" (72 pages; Price GB£10)
• "Government Secure Intranets" (40 pages; Price GB£10)
• "Reinventing Government in the Information Age: International Practice in IT-Enabled Public Sector Reform." (366 pages; Price GB£31.5 - non-members GB£45)
• "Trusted Services and Public Key Infrastructure" (47 pages; Price GB£10) This new offering is a survey of 16 countries covering the legal and technical components of electronic transacting.
• "Information Technology and Globalisation: Implications for People- Centred Development"

Forthcoming Book Titles

1. "Charging for IT Services"
2. "IT/IM Governance Structures"