The computers used in public administration before the 1980s, which tended to be large, expensive, user-hostile, and limited systems that required extensive support, have given way to user-friendly, high-speed, interactive systems. The institutionalization of the latter is bringing vast changes to public administration education and practice. Keywords: common practices, leading-edge practices, institutionalization, integration.
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