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Table of Contents Public Policy for Service Providers 2 Acknowledgement 2 Abstract 4 Jurisdictions that have Developed Policies to Bridge the Digital Divide 5 First Jurisdiction 5 Second Jurisdiction 6 Third Jurisdiction 7 Alternative and Practices 8 Consequences of not implementing the Policy 11 Policy Implementation and Evaluation 12 References 14

The cross-national policy is essential in the area of study that includes the process of learning anything related to government IT policy. The policy might not be taken seriously but deeply digs into the evolution of Information Technology that constitutes of various contracting forms and the process that is followed to develop electronic government policy. The exploration of all these aspects is based on multiple systems that are involved in public management and how the government IT can be represented by the wider population (Garson, 2007). Therefore, the cross-national policy would help analyze the causation patterns that the government uses to differentiate its features from one another. Generally, the divergent public management in France, the United States of America, and New Zealand would be essential while the focus is laid on their central governments. The methodology in the study involves interviewing Information technology officials to get a detailed and accurate information with regards to the cross-national policy.

Furthermore, the study would also look at the precise objectives that include the national government information technology sector by approximating through the original idea of policy learning. There are also interpretative expectations that would create a difference in the federal government. There is a proposal of alternatives and practices that would ensure that the policy takes care of the citizens through the security it provides. The other part will focus on the various jurisdictions within the government or organizations that focus on the operations within the maintenance of social and technological environments and enhance the growth or failure of a country. In this part, the qualitative and quantitative data would be essential in attaining the study's correct result. Consequently, the implementation and evaluation of the cross-national policy would help determine how the policy would affect the entire wider population. The development of government is also crucial in summarizing how the procedure would work in the country. This would involve my possible alternatives and practices that would analyze the proposed policy within any country (Garson, 2007). 

The digital revolution is responsible for the transformation, and living untouched lives to individuals in a country. Therefore, government jurisdiction plays a crucial role in creating the gap between owners and non-owners that are generally referred to as the digital divide. The result of this transformation in the cross-national policy makes a large number of people miss out on opportunities in a different field, and the digital revolution causes this. Due to this reason, most developed countries are, therefore, considering closing the digital divide. Still, under-developed countries find it difficult to close because of a weak economy that can be used to support the decision to close the digital divide. The bridge in the digital divide focuses on the awareness, adaptability, and availability to explain the process of policy development in the digital divide (Polykalas, Vlachos & Ellinas, 2017).

In the bridging process, the challenges that are encountered may deny access to digital technologies. The first challenge is on the social part, whereby the determinant is the age that poses a severe problem on the policy. In most cases, older generations are not conversant with sophisticated digital technology. Therefore, it can be concluded that the level of education is essential in solving the problems under the digital divide. Policies are also affected while bridging government jurisdiction (Azmeh & Foster, 2018). This is because there is no access to the World Wide Web, and these restrictions make the citizens not to fully the government jurisdiction.

The process of solving these problems in a better understanding of government jurisdictions is crucial to a country. The first step is to address the gender gap that uses internet access. This can be done in both developed and under-developed countries so that the gap between internet accesses might create a difference in the gap (Donegan, 2019). The government can also focus on internet infrastructure development where the state can introduce new systems and technologies in rural areas to ensure proper internet infrastructure.

Cross-jurisdictional is essential in outlining the information technology approaches that help in developing policies used in the bridging of the digital divide. In the past years, there has been the introduction of various procedures, for example, a simplistic approach that has been criticized by people that it does not encourage social inclusion. Therefore, since this approach is set to improve the conceptualization of the digital divide, its denial makes it difficult to use the cross-jurisdictional to develop any policy because of the perception of the public. Besides, the simplistic approach could be used to overcome the interpretation of the digital divide so that the accessibility of the Internet can be made accessible to the public (Azmeh & Foster, 2018).

The electronic-government is essential in identifying if a country can implement its policies well, considering the appropriate technological infrastructure. This brings in the gaps in the underlying information technology that exists in a country (Polykalas, Vlachos & Ellinas, 2017). Following the cross-jurisdictional requirements, the Internet's interpretation of ideas can help the e-government provide a platform full of social and economic opportunities. At this point, the "have," and the domestic level and international level determine "have-nots." This means that through the policy, the government can solve the problems related to information technology and consider the necessity of the "haves."

There are necessary steps that a country can take to decrease the digital divide gap considering cross-jurisdictional. First, the affordability of the Internet can be adopted, and this would make sure that everyone is connected (Azmeh & Foster, 2018). When lowering the costs, everyone would wish to learn anything from the Internet and make technology a basic need. The electronic government can also empower users to be aware of the impact of the Internet on the country, and this would implement policies to be easy.

The government can constitute the organizational jurisdiction that is placed in specific regions to help in reducing the problem brought by digital and divide. The departments in every organization are expected to set an internet access point at least or give to the employee's basic knowledge about information technology (Polykalas, Vlachos & Ellinas, 2017). When this is incorporated with the policy development, it will pave a way or adherence of organizational and government laws that might be set to ensure that there a decrease in digital and divide problems. In the end, the organizational jurisdiction would be used as a determinant in the government's information technology systems. This will facilitate the capabilities of the organizational jurisdiction to use modern regulatory apparatuses.

The problems from organizational jurisdiction may affect the whole economy because of the problem from the digital divide. In under-developed countries, the characteristics are influenced by the lack of many companies that can make up the organizational jurisdiction. At these extend, you find out that most people do not have the necessary knowledge of information technology, giving the digital divide to drain the economy. Each government tries to solve these problems so that during the introduction of policies may not the progress in organizational jurisdiction and information technology education. The achievement of all the plans is based on the gap in internet access (Donegan, 2019).

In the development of policies, there are a variety of alternatives and practices that helps in ensuring everything is correctly done. The alternatives and practices include the use of e-procurement, the use of outcomes that are sometimes less radical to have an excellent alternative proposal, use of government web pages as an alternative, the use of computer-based programs, use PC Quest, use of grants and loans from the state government, use of Behavior identity knowledge (BIK) framework and system of traceable pseudonymity.

In the listed alternatives, there are the best alternatives that would be used in the explanation of the policy. The first one is a system of traceable pseudonymity. When it is inserted in the existing structure that primarily concentrates on the social interactions, it can provide the best floating data. In all organizations or a specific country, it essential to have the looming current that aids in identifying biometrics. Through this, the policy would be able to maintain the expertise and economic progress until it is granted as a single-country policy. In the end, the government can now use the financial benefits to have the most significant IT systems through the policy selected. These prove that the government would not be able to receive the pressures from cross-national standardization that is primarily found in government information technology policies (Chen, 2017). 

There is still a rise in the growth of business IT technology costs, which primarily affects any country. The introduction of traceable pseudonymity as an alternative that might help in solving the problems that come from complex information technology systems. When this is done, it is now more comfortable for the policy to introduce new aspects to the government or organization, such as the use of outsourcing the private and public sectors. This would solve a variety of problems in the country, and the government can now show the public its importance in modularizing IT projects.

The second essential alternative and procedure is the use of behavior identity knowledge. It is critical in any policy to identify information that might help the organization to form biometrics that is essential in keeping ensuring security and safety. At this point, the individuals are allowed to use false names, and the behavior-based policy masks the real names. The BIK systems of monitoring, therefore, get involved in securing the databases that are intended to be used in the policy. Thus, the individuals biometric would be considered to be linked with anything they wish to introduce in the organization, or the government may decide to use in the information technology department. 

Generally, BIK systems involve the private data that is owned and masked by the public, and that is assumed to be a trusted third party. The TTP is set to ensure that the vital data is secured through technical and engineering skills. Therefore, this means that the linkage between the masked identity and real identity is maintained so that the policy can attain all the anticipated results that it is expected to achieve. The country should have an excellent public-key infrastructure to ensure that the alternative works effectively. Besides, behavior-identity knowledge would also help the policy to come up with encrypted data that ensures the privacy of an individual's data is maintained. In the end, the country that develops the alternative might not have the problems associated with securing data.

The organization's system is always aimed at making changes in the commercial entities in the country. The trusted third party would ensure that it blends with all the globalizing threats and the internet infrastructure through the use of BIK systems. Therefore, the citizens would see the necessity of having such a policy as the internet would broadly be used. Finally, the alternative is enhanced by the public's attraction to use an identity that would make a difference in the progression of any intended plan related to information technology.

The final alternative and practice is the introduction of e-procurement. Electronic-procurement allows any business to be conducted through networking systems and information technology. The process is incorporated by the data interchange whereby the organizations can share relevant information to ensure they attain profits. Besides, after the completion of this process, it is easier for the policy to be implemented because the benefits achieved by the organizations generate opportunities, and the private sector and public sector would influence the information technology and help in its development. The chain of e-procurement is characterized by e-forming and vendor management as the aspects that can help to improve policy implementation. In the end, the country would benefit as it would be easy for the government to manage the information technology sector.

The e-procurement has elements such as requests for information, whereby they ensure that there is an increase in the standardization of a country. This significance may affect the whole globe by building a first change in the electronic business experience. The beliefs that people have about the procurement process may sometime undermine privatizing the procurement functions, and the implementation of elements in procurement could help in comparing the procurement records. When there is a positive result from the comparison, it shows that the country is experiencing change due to the strategies set to have an excellent policy. Public procurement may be used to reduce costs accrued by a state in transforming its information technology infrastructure. On the other hand, private procurement helps minimize the number of vendors in a country. 

Electronic procurement has its demand in both the public and private sectors. The public sector creates opportunities by expecting an organization to use electronic communication. The private sector demands the organization to have a generation that is conversant with computer-based systems and information technology education. This will help in the implementation of my policy. The consideration of the use of electronic communication and IT education helps in bridging opportunities that are influenced by the system. In the end, the government can focus on the public and private sectors to ensure that the e-procurement department benefits and the country in the creation of opportunities.

Failure to enforce the strategy implies that some of the organizations that had depended on the procedure for improvement may not be classified as governmental bureaucracy. Therefore, since the policy might be a tension-generating force to organizations and the entire community, the members prefer the implementation not to be done. Generally, it would also affect the politicians who are ready to be accountable for the outcomes that would be brought by policy initiatives. Since the politicians would have a negative impact on the policy, it may also not be necessary to use the system because ideas on information technology may not be improved, making the country not develop its IT and communication sector.

The failure of implementing the policy would not make me to be conversant with policymaking. This is because, from the first result of my first policy, I could learn what was wrong make the immediate changes. Since the policy is also not implemented, it may affect the group that motivated and helped in the formulation of the policy. The expectations of the original plan were not achieved. There would also be a fear of criticism in case there is a decision to come up with another policy. This is because of a lack of adequate knowledge from the previous administration that was not implemented. In the end, learning various ideas related to information technology may difficult.

The failure to implement the policy would lead to expectations in persistent policy failure and having in mind that the policy support program used was not appropriate. In the beginning, there is always that motivation that someone gets while in the process of policymaking. Therefore, when the first policy is not implemented, it shows that some mediocrity in the process did not prove the policy to be more relevant or the support program was not good. Implementing another strategy would be difficult, as the expectations from the first failure would affect the entire process (Chen & Ahn, 2017). 

Policy adoption is essential in the process of implementing and evaluating the policy. At this point, the core components and all the other activities involved in the implementation of the policy are identified. Thus, the policy would be evaluated by creating solutions in the form of rules by the policymakers. The potential methods are also identified so that they can act as determinants of the core components. Furthermore, this is followed closely by policy enactment, whereby documenting the policy will help in determining the experimental design that would be used in the entire process. This would help in choosing the stakeholders that will give information concerning the policy and if it is relevant for the policy to be implemented.

The adoption of the policy is followed by the implementation and evaluation of the system. The government agencies get the procedures that would be used in grants to the government and how it would affect the citizens. This helps in monitoring the process involved in the implementation of the policy (Overeem, 2017). The evaluation of the policy is done to identify the progress of the implementation of the policy and if the policy is addressing the problem. If the recommendation from the government officials and stakeholders is positive, it will now be the time to use the policy. 

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