Challenges of Government Enterprise Architecture Work --- Stakeholders' Views
EGOV '08 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Electronic Government
Language communities in enterprise architecture research
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology
Enterprises as systems: Context, boundaries, and practical implications
Information-Knowledge-Systems Management
Success factors of developing G2G services: the case of Egypt
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
Architectures for tinkering? contextual strategies towards interoperability in e-government
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
A stakeholder analysis of interoperable data architecture: the case of I-Choose
Proceedings of the 13th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research
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The focus of this study is to explore why public agencies implement enterprise architecture programs and the interoperability challenges they are faced with when governing these programs at different levels (vertical) and different functions (horizontal) of government. With a theoretical lens based on institutional theory from the political science field, the analysis shows that interoperability is not just a technical issue and that economic and political factors are just as important when implementing enterprise architecture programs in government. The findings suggest that implementing enterprise architectures in government challenge the way information systems are organized and governed in public agencies and calls for a broader definition of interoperability. The case study indicates that interoperability challenges arise because there is no overall coordination of different information systems initiatives in the health sector and because public hospitals have no economic and/or immediate political incentives to share data and business functionality with other organizations.