Government Information Centers: Digital Library Architecture for Depicting Public Sector’s Hierarchy

The Public Sector produces and disseminates huge amounts of government information considered to be essential not only for its proper inner function (i.e. decision making processes), but also for citizen transactions and the internal market. However, the access to government information is limited and complicated due to the lack of advanced information systems based on international standards and formats. This paper presents a knowledge management framework for the functional improvement of Government Information Centres, which efficiently controls the flow and disposal of all types of government information in Regional Administration. In particular the implemented system: a) facilitates the flow of information within multifaceted administrative channels, b) ensures thematic homogeneity and interoperability for accurate and quality data/metadata exchange, and c) secures efficient information retrieval.