Electronic, performance and digital government: which is the better conceptual model for Public Administration in the 21st century?
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electronic government
performance government
digital government
Law No. 14.129/2021

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Faleiros Júnior, J. L. de M. (2025). Electronic, performance and digital government: which is the better conceptual model for Public Administration in the 21st century?. Brazilian Journal of Law, Technology and Innovation, 3(1), 161–183. https://doi.org/10.59224/bjlti.v3i1.161-183

Abstract

The research explores, in comparative lines, the concepts of electronic government, performance government and digital government, with the latter being the most recent model presented for understanding the impacts of information society for Public Administration in the 21st century. The theme-problem starts from the premise that obsolete models, such as electronic government and performance government, long debated and explored by the nineteenth century doctrine, demand improvements and revisions. In the hypothesis, Law nº 14.129/2021 (Digital Government Law) is investigated in general lines, recognizing its essentiality and originality for the consolidation of the digital government model as an adequate archetype that best reflects the current challenges for addressing public issues emerging from the influxes of emerging digital technologies. The research is qualitative and based on literature review. The deductive method is used.

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