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infrastructures; assessment and management of IT- associated risks; IT competencies;graduate education for public information system technology; and trends. Includes fivecase studies of public cyber-communication by legislators, educators, and in public health;and applications at the Federal, state, and local levels. The editor's concluding chaptersummarizes leading recent theoretical perspectives on the interface between informationsystems and government/politics.Keywords: handbook, public information, public information systemHandbook of Public Law and Administration (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and PublicManagement Series). Cooper, Phillip J., and Chester, Newland A., Jossey-Bass.1997..http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0787909300/qid=1082301773/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1404922-2673704?v=glance&s=booksProvides an authoritative, jargon-free overview of all aspects of public law and how itaffects the public administrator's job and responsibilities. Contributors include judges,legal experts, public administration scholars, and practicing administrators.Keywords: handbook, law, public administrationHandbook of Public Management Practice and Reform. Liou, K.T., Marcel Dekker.2001.http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0824704290/qid=1082301812/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1404922-2673704?v=glance&s=booksContaining 35 articles presented by Liou (public administration, U. of Central Florida),this work examines changes and challenges in major areas of public administration,including budgeting, finance, human resources, and organizational management. Majortopics include decentralization and deregulation, institutional arrangement and support,and cooperation between public and nonprofit organizations. The material is organizedinto eight parts which separately provide information about environmental changes andtheir impact on administration, focus on public budgeting and financial management,cover major changes in public human resource management, identify important issuesand changes that relate to organization and general public management, look at selectedpolicy issues and their impact on management, examine past reform efforts, address newideas and emerging markets in public management, and explore challenges to publicadministration education and changes in professional associations.Keywords: handbook, public management, practice, reformHandbook of Public Personnel Administration. Rabin, Jack, Thomas, Vocino, W.197