TY - JOUR
T1 - E-Government services for faith-based organizations
T2 - Bridging the organizational divide
AU - Kvasny, Lynette
AU - Lee, Roderick
N1 - Funding Information:
Lynette Kvasny joined the College of Information Sciences and Technology in the Fall of 2001. Prior to her arrival at Penn State, Kvasny held various information systems development and consulting positions at AT&T, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies and Avaya Communications. Kvasny's research explores the intersection of race, gender, and class in structuring the appropriation of ICT. Kvasny holds herself accountable to praxis, and uses research knowledge to support local economic development, facilitate social justice, and increase political empowerment. Her research has been published in The Information Society, Information Systems Journal, The Database for Advances in Information Systems, Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, and Information, Communication and Society, Kvasny's research is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Oracle Help Us Help Foundation, and the Pennsylvania State University.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - In this paper, we examine the challenges faced by faith-based institutions in a low-income, predominantly Black community seeking to take advantage of grants provided through the White House Office of Community and Faith-Based Initiatives (FBCI). FBCI is an e-Government program that assists nonprofit organizations in competing for Federal dollars with fewer bureaucratic barriers. Informed by the design-actuality framework, we interviewed clergy at seven faith-based organizations. The intent of this analysis is to juxtapose the design intentions of the government officials with the actualities expressed by the intended benefactors of the initiative. Our findings suggest that this e-Government initiative may unwittingly exacerbate existing disparities in the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICT).
AB - In this paper, we examine the challenges faced by faith-based institutions in a low-income, predominantly Black community seeking to take advantage of grants provided through the White House Office of Community and Faith-Based Initiatives (FBCI). FBCI is an e-Government program that assists nonprofit organizations in competing for Federal dollars with fewer bureaucratic barriers. Informed by the design-actuality framework, we interviewed clergy at seven faith-based organizations. The intent of this analysis is to juxtapose the design intentions of the government officials with the actualities expressed by the intended benefactors of the initiative. Our findings suggest that this e-Government initiative may unwittingly exacerbate existing disparities in the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICT).
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U2 - 10.1016/j.giq.2010.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.giq.2010.03.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78649900633
SN - 0740-624X
VL - 28
SP - 66
EP - 73
JO - Government Information Quarterly
JF - Government Information Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -