Applicability of Autonomic Computing to E-Government Problems

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of preliminary analysis and research on the potential relevance and applicability of autonomic computing principles and practices to problems unique to e-government. This paper examines the applicability of autonomic computing principles to four main egovernment problems thought to be potential candidates for autonomic computing practices. These problems include issues related to interoperability, blending technology and processes, and outdated business models and systems development methodologies. This paper concludes that based upon current research and autonomic computing practices, solutions to interoperability could become realized through the application of autonomic computing practices within the public sector. However, additional research is required to determine how other e-government problems could benefit from future research and innovative solutions potentially available from the examination of autonomic computing practices.