From "Need to Know" to "Need to Share": Tangled Problems, Information Boundaries, and the Building of Public Sector Knowledge Networks

TLDR: Sharon S. Dawes as discussed by the authors is a senior fellow at the Center for Technology in Government, professor emerita of public administration and policy, and affi leate faculty member in informatics at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Abstract: Sharon S. Dawes is a senior fellow at the Center for Technology in Government, professor emerita of public administration and policy, and affi liate faculty member in informatics at the University at Albany, State University of New York. As founding director from 1993 to 2007, she led the Center for Technology in Government to international prominence in applied digital government research. A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, she was elected the fi rst president of the Digital Government Society of North America in 2006. She serves on advisory committees for the U.S. National Science Foundation, the National Archives and Records Administration, and the United Nations University. Her main re- search interests are government information strategy and management, international research collaboration, and cross-boundary information sharing and integration.