Government and Administration in an Information Era

With the arrival of an information era and the emergence of its social characteristics, conventional relationships between government and society are being changed. Where both market and government fail to function properly, administration, as a new method of redistributing social resources, becomes an important goal of government reform. The administration model of the information era will speed up the evolution of government functions and meanwhile the development of information technology will bring forth the notion of electronic government so that administration needs in the new era are adequately met.