Yu-Che Chen, is Associate Professor of Digital Governance in the School of Public Administration at University of Nebraska at Omaha. Chen received his Master of Public Affairs and Ph.D. in Public Policy from Indiana University–Bloomington. His current research projects are on cross-boundary e-government, smart cities, big data, e-governance performance, and open government. He has published more than thirty journal articles, book chapters, and management reports on e-governance. His most recent co-edited book is entitled Electronic Governance and Cross-boundary Collaboration. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA) and Chair of the Section on Science and Technology in Government for the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA).