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The purpose of this paper is to examine best practices of worldwide country web sites, evaluated in 2003, 2005 and 2008 by the United Nations (UN).

The paper employs statistical analysis to determine whether the electronic innovation (digitized government) exhibits linear (unitary) or curvilinear (S‐type) processes in relation to four theories of information technology (IT) and social change.

The findings are bifurcated between 2003 and 2008. In the aggregate (highest scores), worldwide countries are responding to the value‐added qualities of digitized government, defined as the transactions of e‐government and the interactions of e‐governance. Yet, the disaggregate (first adopter) best practices data reveal significant downward trends between those survey years, especially, among Organization for Economic Cooperation (OECD) countries. The findings indicate that neither electronic dimension predicts the other's course. They also suggest that dual curvilinear processes explain e‐government and e‐governance.

It is customary to employ random samples to verify the integrity of significance tests. In this research, however, the study population is a given (all UN members). The study universe (the whole subset) – that represents countries with the largest number of electronic offerings – and the study sample (the best practices subset) are virtually the same. It is not possible to attribute any of the outcomes to a sampling error (miscalculation). Nor is it likely to confuse conflating (mistaking) sample size and effect size (relationship strength) of the distributions.

Longitudinal (over time) studies of country web site best practices are almost non‐existent. Support for a dual curvilinear relationship between e‐government (transactions) and e‐governance (interactions) opens the way for a fuller treatment of digitized government best practices. Questioning the premise that a sustained electronic (democratizing) transformation is underway, notably, among first adopters is a compelling and critical outcome.

This paper reports an investigation of the personal-values systems of 567 public-sector managers from the U.S., Canada, and Japan. The results of this research indicate that, despite some specific differences, there is an overarching, coherent North American public-sector managerial values systems. Moreover, it is similar in some ways to that of its Japanese counterparts. However, these values systems - North American and Japanese - are clearly distinct

This study aims to describe and dig deeper into the subject and object, a person, institution or community, based on observations and interviews conducted, and to provide an analysis of what was found in the field and connect it with the concept of relevant theory.

An explanatory research method was conducted using qualitative research approaches to explain and explore in depth the subject and object, which are a person, an institution or a community.

Results of research show that the implementation of the palm oil plantation business licensing in Siak is not optimal. Factors that affect the implementation of palm oil plantation business licensing in Siak need to be addressed in a stepwise manner, to increase dissemination to the target and transform information that is clear and consistent. Develop SOP clear so that law enforcement can work and improve the quality and quality of the apparatus implementing policies.

A quality research approach has been used to assess the implementation of palm oil business licensing at the Forest and Land of Forestry and Plantation Office (Dishutbun) of Siak Regency, Riau, Indonesia.