Abstract
The deployment of information technology (IT) systems in the public sector is radically transforming information flows between government agencies, public sector organizations and citizens. We focus on IT systems introduced to increase accountability and transparency in the public sector by providing open performance-related data and services to citizens. These IT systems thus introduce new information flows that produce both intended positive and unintended negative consequences for citizens, organizations and segments of community. We draw attention to the fairness and ethics of these information flows that remain hidden in the rhetoric of efficiency, accountability and transparency. By drawing from a longitudinal empirical study we explore the question of fairness and ethics of public sector IT-enabled information flows as part of a discourse on transparency and accountability.
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