International trade negotiations among national governments and organizations are usually arduous and complicated. We propose a framework that supports government to government negotiation. With this framework, governments can keep track of previous negotiations using a database of negotiation records in an electronic platform. Moreover, the framework supports searching, sharing and learning pa...

With the increasing number of citizens accessing the Internet, governments at all levels around the world have no other choice but to utilize information technology, especially the Internet, to provide improved services to their citizens. This paper studies and analyzes the status and challenges of e-government services within early childhood education context in ten of the largest municipaliti...

Sustainable development is a world-wide major concern, required in every domain of life, including that of government. E-services are widely acknowledged for the contribution they make to e-government. The research question raised in this study is: What is the existing status of e-service sustainability research? The research method used is a literature study that adopts a concept-centric appro...

This paper presents a quality ontology that formalizes all the needed knowledge for the realization of a multi-perspective and adaptive evaluation of e-government services. Different perspectives are taken into account and the mappings between them are defined using the presented ontology, enabling a comprehensive and holistic view of quality. Based on the quality ontology presented, the evalua...

Implementation of transactional services in e-government is a very critical function for the development and success of a comprehensive e-government. Empirical efforts to conceptualize the organization, definition and delimitation to implement transactional services are often limited, to making public services available by means of online facilities on the internet, without taking into account ...

Many developing countries are in the initial phases of adopting electronic government (e-government) programs to improve public services and deliver them as efficiently and conveniently as possible. Our experience with a variety of governments throughout the developing world at different stages of implementing e-government programs with citizens (G2C), businesses (G2B), and other entities of go...

Postmodernism does not have a standard definition. However, this paper tries to formulate the characteristics of postmodernism based on various ideas from some postmodernism figures. There are five characteristics of postmodernism which successfully formulated. Based on these five characteristics, this paper looks at the differences between postmodernism with its predecessor, that is modernism....

The new face of government is electronic. Prior to the development of e-government, adoption of small-scale computing and networking in homes and businesses created the world of e-business, where computer technologies mediate transactions once performed face-toface. Through the use of computers large and small, companies reduce costs, standardize performance, extend hours of service, and increa...

The Information and Communication Technologies play an important role in rural development. The Empowerment of rural communities is crucial for the development of the rural region. Bringing the people in the rural region in the mainstream of the digital technologies to access and adopt modern technologies is a major concern now. Rural Development implies both, the economic development of the pe...

This research analyzes the development of e-government in Jordan readiness; depending on the United Nations indicators during the time period from 2003 to 2012.This study can help in the development of proposals, plans and strategies to improve the level of e-government in Jordan. This, in turn, is expected to enhance the quality of the respective citizen services while reducing its cost and in...