10 Facts About Jane Fountain

Jane E Fountain is an American political scientist and technology theorist.

Jane Fountain is Distinguished University Professor of political science and public policy, the founder and director of the National Center for Digital Government at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and formerly faculty at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Jane Fountain is known for her work on institutional change and on the use of technology in governance.

Jane Fountain then earned a master's degree in education from Harvard University in 1982, and several degrees from Yale University, culminating in a Ph.

Jane Fountain began teaching at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 1989.

In 2005 Jane Fountain moved to the University of Massachusetts Amherst and NCDG was re-established there.

Jane Fountain directs the Science, Technology and Society Initiative at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Jane Fountain has been involved with the World Economic Forum for a number of years, serving on the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government and as Council Chair and Vice Chair.

Jane Fountain has worked with the World Bank, the European Commission, the National Science Foundation, and numerous national governments.

In 2001, Jane Fountain published Building the Virtual State: Information Technology and Institutional Change, which has been published in multiple languages, and is regarded as a key text in digital government scholarship.