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December 15, 2005
Presentation in the Architecture and Infrastructure Committee
I presented my preliminary research results in the US Architecture and Infrastructure Committee today. Dick Burk from OMB had invited me to talk about my observations studying the enterprise architecture programs in 12 public agencies here in Washington DC. You can find my presentation here.
One interesting observation is how the pendulum is swinging back and forth between top-down control to bottom-up initiatives in different countries working with eGovernment. OECD recently recommended that Denmark should make certain aspects of e-government mandatory (including our EA program!), while Dick Burk is now taking on a more collaborative approach in the US. I think we must realise that there is no silver bullet solution, and that context is an active player in the way eGovernment initiatives are being diffused and adopted in different countries at different times. Please feel free to post comments or drop me a mail.
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December 08, 2005
Health Care Review Now Published
My review of the health care architecture for Denmark’s regions has now been published on the Danish Regions web site (Thank you for the tip, John!).
The reviews by the Danish EHR Observatory, Professor Søren Lauesen, and the EHR suppliers have also been published. I recommend reading Søren Lauesen’s review (in Danish) – it is both educational and entertaining!
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December 02, 2005
Visiting Baskerville, Mathiassen and Myers in Atlanta
I have just returned from a great “road trip” to Atlanta. Lars Mathiassen and Richard Baskerville at Georgia State University hosted me there for a couple of days to give me feedback on my new paper and general PhD progress. Providentially for me, Michael Myers – the editor of the AIS website on Qualitative Research in Information Systems – was visiting Richard and we had some excellent discussions over great southern BBQ and Mexican tacos.
Lars and Richard were very constructive in their feedback to me – but also tough! Lars ripped my paper apart and Richard challenged many of the ideas I have about enterprise architecture in government. They both thought that the data that I have collected here in Washington DC is solid, but the want me to be more specific about my contribution to theory and practice. Lets see where this takes me – maybe I will try to write an article with Lars, maybe I will have change my theoretical perspective… Research is exiting, unpredictable and life long learning process!
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