Information Sharing in the Regulatory Context: Revisiting the Concepts of Cross-Boundary Information Sharing

Cross-Boundary Information Sharing (CBIS) has become increasingly important for public and private sector entities around the world. Studies critical to advancing what is known, have focused primarily on information sharing and integration among government entities at the same level of government or between governments from different levels. Within the context of government regulation, information sharing typically occurs among a more diverse network of actors and processes with overlapping regulatory responsibilities and information needs. The variety of actors and overlapping regulatory relationships can contribute to a gap between the level and nature of information sharing required for individual actors to meet their obligations. This ongoing research paper looks at the socio-technical nature of information sharing among public and private sector actors and examines what is known about public-public and private-private CBIS sector in order to inform future research..