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I have two chapters in "Governance and Information Technology: From Electronic Government to Information Government", edited by Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger and David Lazer. The book just came out with MIT Press. An excerpt from the intro describes the chapter I co-authored with David Lazer:

"David Lazer and Maria Christina Binz-Scharf look at the process of evaluation [of the consequences of changes in information flow in government] from within the system. Rather than offering another method of evaluation, they examine the mechanisms and structures that may help spread evaluation information on the use of information and communication technologies in the public sector. Utilizing network theory, they highlight the role that a variety of intergovernmental organizations play in connecting otherwise distant parts of the informational ecosystem regarding information technology and government."

Here's the book announcement by David Lazer on the Complexity and Social Networks blog.