Governance in the Information Era

Foreward Rick Shangraw Introduction 1. Conceptualizing Policy Informatics Erik W. Johnston Part 1: Basics 2. The Value and Limits of Government Information Resources for Policy Informatics Sharon S. Dawes and Natalie C. Helbig 3. Evidence for Policy Inquiry Anand Desai and Kristin Harlow 4. Visualization Meets Policy Making: Visual Traditions, Policy Complexity, Strategic Investments Evert Lindquist Part 2: Analysis 5. The Endogenous Point of View in Policy Informatics George P. Richardson 6. Model-Based Policy Design that Takes Implementation Seriously I. David Wheat 7. Public-Private Partnerships: A Study of Risk Allocation Design Envelopes David N. Ford, Ivan Damnjanovic, and Scott T. Johnson 8. Policy Informatics with Small System Dynamics Models: How Small Models Can Help the Public Policy Process Navid Ghaffarzadegan, John Lyneis, and George P. Richardson 9. Quantitative Modeling of Violent Group Behavior Using Open-Source Intelligence Christopher Bronk and Derek Ruths 10. Making a Difference Kimberly M. Thompson Part 3: Administration 11. Governance Informatics: Using Computer Simulation Models to Deepen Situational Awareness and Governance Design Considerations Christopher Koliba and Asim Zia 12. Complexity and Educational Policy Informatics: Exploring Unanticipated Consequences and Unrealized Opportunities of Policy Decisions Nora H. Sabelli, William R. Penuel, and Britte H. Cheng 13. Policy Modelling of Large-Scale Social Systems: Lessons from the SKIN Model of Innovation Petra Ahrweiler, Andreas Pyka, and Nigel Gilbert 14. Lend Me Your Expertise: Citizen Sourcing Advice to Government William H. Dutton Part 4: Governance 15. Synthetic Information Environments for Policy Informatics: A Distributed Cognition Perspective Christopher L. Barrett, Stephen Eubank, Achla Marathe, Madhav Marathe, and Samarth Swarup 16. Participatory Simulation as a Tool of Policy Informatics: Definitions, Literature Review, and Research Directions Gerard P. Learmonth, Sr. and Jeffrey Plank 17. Action Brokering for Civic Engagement: A Case Study of ACTion Alexandria Jes A. Koepfler, Derek L. Hansen, Paul T. Jaeger, John C. Bertot, and Tracy Viselli 18. Breaking the Silos of Silence: The Importance of New Forms of Knowledge Incubation for Policy Informatics Ines Mergel Part 5: Conclusion 19. The Future of Policy Informatics Erik W. Johnston