Governing With Information Technologies

数字政府的愿景是，人们可以轻松地获取政府信息，同时鼓励建立一个更高效、更透明和更负责任的政府。要实现这些愿景，政府需要认真考虑设计信息技术或“代码”，即信息技术的物理硬件、软件和架构。这项研究试图提供对代码选择如何管理或规范社会的理解。首先，将制定一个关于代码如何作为监管机制运作的理论框架。此外，还将对守则与法律和社会规范等其他监管机制进行比较分析。最后，将尝试理解监管机制之间的相互关系，如法律、社会规范和法规。理论框架将由一系列历史案例研究提供信息，以便系统地理解代码。案例研究的首要标准是考虑社会关注的基本社会价值观，如言论自由、隐私和知识产权。

Visions of Digital Government see people easily accessing government information while simultaneously encouraging a more efficient, transparent, and accountable government. The implementation of these visions requires government to carefully consider the design information technologies or" code", i.e., the physical hardware, software and architecture of information technologies. This research seeks to provide an understanding of how choices in code can govern or regulate society. Initially a theoretical framework on how code operates as a regulatory mechanism will be developed. Additionally there will be a comparative analysis of code versus other regulatory mechanisms, such as law and social norms. Finally, there will be an attempt to understand the interrelationships between regulatory mechanisms, such as laws, social norms, and code. The theoretical framework will be informed by a series of historical case studies, allowing a systematic understanding of code. The foremost criterion for the case studies is to consider fundamental societal values that are of concern to society, such as free speech, privacy, and intellectual property rights.