e-Government Information: the same old problem -- newly digitized

Government information was, for the last half of the twentieth century, a research resource often overlooked by academics and librarians. With the wholesale migration of government information to digitized formats, the information is now far more readily available and, indeed, far more of it is available. Additionally the globalization of government information provides more detailed data but complicates the choices facing researchers. This paper looks at the type of information that supports e-government and its place in academic research. The difficulties of using the information, though, have not gone away and for some types new challenges have emerged. This summary examines the impact of the web on government information, traces recent developments and predicts future trends