PUBLIC-SECTOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES - IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAMS OF PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATION

On the 10th anniversary of the recommendations published by the Nation al Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA ) on information system instruction in schools and departments of publ ic administration, sweeping information management reforms were instit uted throughout the federal sector by the passage of the Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA) of 1996. This research examines the extent to which these p rograms prepare students for the issues they will face in managing inf ormation resources in government. Based on a survey of 106 schools and departments of public administration, few programs are covering the t opics recently mandated by the CCA or recommended a decade ago by NASP AA. If governments are to achieve the benefits of contemporary technol ogical advances, schools and departments of public administration must reexamine their current approach to instruction in information resour ce management.