Title: Military electronic governance as a proxy of Armed Forces' integrity: a model and an example

Authors: L.C.O. Klaus

Addresses: Public Accounting Department, University of São Paulo (USP), Rua Luciano Gualberto, 908, FEA3, CEP 05508-010 São Paulo/SP, Brazil

Abstract: Considering the concept of electronic governance, this work intended to propose indicators for a military electronic governance index, which would comprise a tool for citizens to test perceived integrity emanating from Armed Forces' websites. To test the suggested theoretical construct and group its indicators, the internet site of the Brazilian Army as perceived by national citizens was used. Results applied to Brazilian Army military site have indicated a low level of integrity perceived by surveyed respondents and stressed the importance of the developed governance tool to evaluate integrity or transparency level of other military websites in favour of the citizen.

Keywords: military e-governance; electronic governance; multi-level e-governance; national e-governance; digital citizenship; democratic deficit; public governance; Armed Forces integrity; perceived integrity; Armed Forces websites; Brazil; army websites; military websites; transparency.

DOI: 10.1504/EG.2015.071395

Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2015 Vol.11 No.4, pp.241 - 257

Received: 18 Oct 2013
Accepted: 21 Aug 2014
Published online: 25 Aug 2015 *

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