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The migration from paper-based services to electronic version has developed the potential of e-government applications enormously. However, designing a credible government web site is not a simple task. This paper discusses the importance of credibility for the Malaysian states government web sites. Top web credibility factors are listed. Reviews on five state government websites are also prese...

Legitimation is an important aspect of e-government initiatives due to the complex and diverse issues related to policy and technology implementation which create huge demands for resources. Legitimation is one of the core concepts of Institutional theory. Though institutional theory is gaining importance in IS and e-government research, there are very few studies on the strategies and process ...

v As we celebrate during the approaching holidays with loved ones and friends, we have much to be thankful for. The year 2004 has been outstanding for SIM and for MISQE. Our partnership has flourished, one example being the SIM white paper winners, which represent successful practitioner projects. In this edition of MISQE you will find the first place finisher, a paper titled " Innovation throu...

The author proves that, if S is an FIC-semigroup or a completely regular semigroup, and if RS is a ring with identity, then R < E(S) > is a ring with identity. Throughout this paper, R denotes as a ring with identity. Let S be a semigroup, X ⊆ S . The following notations are used in the paper: < X > : the subsemigroup of S generated by X ; |X| : the cardinal number of X ; E(S): the set of idemp...

Control of colibacillosis is important to the poultry industry. We have found that the presence of a gene for increased serum survival, iss, is strongly correlated with Escherichia coli isolated from birds with colibacillosis. Therefore, the iss gene and its protein product, Iss, are potential targets for detection and control of avian colibacillosis. The iss gene was amplified from a virulent ...

Government-linked companies (GLCs) play an important role in the development of the Malaysian economy. However, overall public perception of GLCs in Malaysia has been tainted by the poor performance of key players, namely Malaysia Airline System (MAS) and Proton Holdings Berhad. Results of prior studies on the extent to which government intervention affects a company’s performance are mixed. Th...

Access to information systems across corporate boundaries with high demands to privacy and trust result into ambitious research and development targets. This study provides motivation and a roadmap for approaching integrated security management solutions in a business network of partners with heterogeneous ICT and security infrastructures. We aim at describing specifics of identity and access m...

This paper describes an ongoing research project involving the implementation of e-Government services on the Semantic Web. In particular, the project is aimed at managing the “digital identity” of citizens on the Internet, enabling them to benefit from “personalized” versions of the online services offered by the Public Administration, which can improve and optimize their involvement in the e-...

Mobile electronic identity (eID) management solutions are on the rise worldwide and see a rapid take-up by stakeholders. In this paper experts from the SSEDIC.2020 network study and review the status of mobile eID deployment and use in e-government as well as industry with a focus on Europe. The findings demonstrate that mobile eID solutions have the potential to become a major means for digita...