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A Policymaking Process "Tug-of-War": National Information Security Policies in Comparative Perspective

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Rogerson, K; Milton, D
Published in: Journal of Information Technology and Politics
October 1, 2013

There is tension between the ideal of government transparency and the need to protect vital information. What types of information do governments protect on national security grounds? What arguments do governments use to justify the protection of this information? What will influence an open government information policy as opposed to a closed information policy? Through an examination of more than 250 information security-related policies from around the world, it is clear that (a) all governments limit the flows of information, (b) there are different reasons for this, and (c) the reasons are not always correlated to government type. In other words, sometimes democracies and authoritarian countries limit the same types of information issues. The policies and policy discussions are dependent on a variety of actors and which actor(s) wield the strongest influence at the time, which makes them often get caught up in a policy "tug-of-war" that most often results in incremental policy change and implementation. © 2013 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Journal of Information Technology and Politics

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1933-169X

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1933-1681

Publication Date

October 1, 2013

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

462 / 476

Related Subject Headings

  • 4609 Information systems
  • 4408 Political science
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 0806 Information Systems
 

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Rogerson, K., & Milton, D. (2013). A Policymaking Process "Tug-of-War": National Information Security Policies in Comparative Perspective. Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 10(4), 462–476. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2013.843989
Rogerson, K., and D. Milton. “A Policymaking Process "Tug-of-War": National Information Security Policies in Comparative Perspective.” Journal of Information Technology and Politics 10, no. 4 (October 1, 2013): 462–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2013.843989.
Rogerson K, Milton D. A Policymaking Process "Tug-of-War": National Information Security Policies in Comparative Perspective. Journal of Information Technology and Politics. 2013 Oct 1;10(4):462–76.
Rogerson, K., and D. Milton. “A Policymaking Process "Tug-of-War": National Information Security Policies in Comparative Perspective.” Journal of Information Technology and Politics, vol. 10, no. 4, Oct. 2013, pp. 462–76. Scopus, doi:10.1080/19331681.2013.843989.
Rogerson K, Milton D. A Policymaking Process "Tug-of-War": National Information Security Policies in Comparative Perspective. Journal of Information Technology and Politics. 2013 Oct 1;10(4):462–476.

Published In

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

DOI

EISSN

1933-169X

ISSN

1933-1681

Publication Date

October 1, 2013

Volume

10

Issue

4

Start / End Page

462 / 476

Related Subject Headings

  • 4609 Information systems
  • 4408 Political science
  • 1606 Political Science
  • 0806 Information Systems