Government Computer News: A tangled web we weaved - Who rules the site? Public affairs, the CIO — or both?

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"According to two researchers at George Mason University, two models of Web governance are emerging. Julianne Mahler and Priscilla Regan, professors at GMU’s Department of Public and International Affairs, say federal Web sites are veering toward one of two approaches:

A strategic view, which involves keeping tight control over a Web site and designating one office, usually public affairs, to formulate and evaluate materials submitted by other agency program offices.

A looser, self-organizing approach, which is decentralized, team-based and self-directed. Under this model, Web governance shifts away from a hierarchical, rule-governed bureaucratic approach to something that “looks more like a network—self-organized, self-governed,” Mahler said."

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