The success factors in Government Information Sharing (GIS) - empirical findings from the Malaysian’s natural disaster management context

Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman and Mohd Dahan, Hayati and Mohd Saman, Md Yazid (2014) The success factors in Government Information Sharing (GIS) - empirical findings from the Malaysian’s natural disaster management context. In: 2014 The 5th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M 2014), 17th-19th November 2014, Kuching, Sarawak.

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Abstract

Governments around the world are turning to information sharing and collaboration in an interactive process to act on issues such as natural disasters. This demand for a comprehensive disaster management (DM) program covering a wide range of disciplines, sectors and organizations, calling for diverse and expanded forms of collaboration can be far more powerful than individual contributions. The occurrences of natural disasters has been increasing for the last 30 years in the world causing great damages and losses, where about 90% are concentrated in the Asian region. Malaysia has also experienced some devastating natural disasters. In 2007, 29 people had been killed and more than 166,000 people had been affected by floods, with economic damage amounting to USD 968 million. DM including disaster risk reduction (DRR)efforts aim to minimize or avoid the potential losses from hazards, assure prompt and appropriate assistance to victims of disaster, and achieve rapid and effective recovery. While data, information, knowledge, experiences, expertise and resources sharing can enhance the process of DM, there is a perceived gap in government collaboration and coordination within the context of natural DM. The objective of this paper is to present the initial empirical findings on the success factors that can provide high quality of government information sharing (GIS) in supporting effectively DM in Malaysia.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	6250/39879
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Component; Government information sharing; Malaysia; Disaster management
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) > T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. > T58.6 Management information systems
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System
Depositing User:	Mr Abdul Rahman Ahmad Dahlan
Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2014 11:18
Last Modified:	21 Sep 2017 14:40
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/39879

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