Networked Governance - John F. Kennedy School of Government

The Networked Governance Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government focuses on research on information technology, institutions, and governance. The program's mission is to build global research capacity, to advance practice, and to strengthen the network of researchers and practitioners engaged in building and using technology and government. The goal of the NG programis to apply and extend the social sciences for research at the intersection of governance, institutions and information technologies.

The Program on Networked Governance is the successor program of the National Center for Digital Government (now at UMass Amherst) which was co-directed by Professor David Lazer and Professor Jane Fountain and located at the Kennedy School of Government from June 2002 until May 2005. The focus of the new Program on Networked Governance is on research on information technology, institutions, and governance.

The Program on Networked Governance is an affiliated Program of The Taubman Center for State and Local Government which is focal point for activities that address state and local governance and intergovernmental relations.