Computerization of government in municipalities in the state of Bahia (Brazil). / Informatização da gestão governamental em municípios do Estado da Bahia.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

This dissertation examines the condition of computerization in municipal governments of the State of Bahia, identifying the elements of planning and use of information systems supported by computer. Two research strategies were used in the study. The first involved a survey, through a questionnaire sent to all 417 municipalities in the state to collect basic data on the condition of the computerization in the municipal government. From the results of the survey, five counties were selected for a deeper study, using semi-structured interviews with key informants and analysis of documents, in particular the Master Plan for Information Technology and the home-page of the municipalities. The low response level from municipalities in the first phase (5%), and the findings of the more intensive study, allow to conclude that little attention is given to the information technology subject by local public management, reflected in the low integration of systems and a management process more oriented to the technological aspects of the information system than to the informational needs of users. However, there are systems for processing data in areas as finance, human resources and materials, using software from private providers. Information technology plans emphasize the use of application systems for finance and tax control, and offer detailed guidelines on configurations of hardware and network data communication. It was observed that electronic government in most municipalities is still limited to the publication of news and general information about the town, events, municipal administration and its performance, the later due, mainly, of legal requirement of the Fiscal Responsibility Law. Finally, the work suggests the need for a further development of a model for a comparative study of the computerization in local governments.

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egovernment information system master plan electronic government governo plano diretor de sistemas de informação internet municipal information system informatização plano diretor de informática internet sistema de informação municipal computerization administracao publica information technology plan governo eletrônico

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