This paper is conceptual in nature: in it, we seek to identify the current trends of State transformation, combine them with the changes in the new information and communication technologies, and extrapolate this combination into the near future. More precisely, the goal of the paper is to analyse how the New Information and Communication Technologies shape the newly emerging governance mechani...

The article aims to investigate how key e-Governance dimensions related to openness, such as transparency and accountability, which are a necessary condition for reaching a high maturity of e-Government, may not be sufficient for open government. For this purpose, an interpretative framework to identify country attitudes towards Open Government is proposed and it is applied to two cases drawn f...

The primary aim of the e-government applications is the fast citizen service and the accomplishment of governmental functions. This fact, combined with the increasing familiarization of the citizens with the new technologies, has led to a generic transition of the governmental models from the traditional to the electronic administration. In addressing the above context, this manuscript presents...

This article provides a broad overview of the likely global/ regional contextual factors and unique national characteristics that influence e-commerce diffusion in Singapore. Our analysis suggests that Singapore is likely to be a very fast adopter of e-commerce applications that have relatively proven business models in other advanced countries. In particular, advanced manufacturing clusters in...

E-government interoperability is not something new. However, this term has grown in importance as a result of the need to design and offer more sophisticated and complex e-government services that, many times, require the collaboration of two or more public institutions. Meaningful research on this topic could therefore be helpful in providing a basis for more clarity, insight, and understandin...

This article presents survey of different e-government frameworks. After the new technologies that have been happened in the last decade therefore all countries move towards updating and developing their government into electronic government (egovernment). E-Government has become a global phenomenon. There have been some great innovations in e-government over the last decade. Some governments c...

In this paper we present an architecture for an information container that can support complex eGovernment procedures. Based on basic trends and a eGovernment scenario, we apply the research results gained in a project on electronic contracting on this eGovernment scenario. We argue, that eGovernment and eBusiness have structural similarities, that allow us to apply a generic contracting contai...

Business to Government (B2G) e-commerce has increased manifold the opportunities available for entrepreneurs for global trade. The entrepreneurs can deal with businesses around the world, evaluate offers, undertake complex negotiations and realize successful deals in the electronic marketplace. In this paper, we demonstrate how the use of transducers can be very effective for generation, negoti...

E-services have been gaining increasing importance in the public sector over recent years. But even though e-services help governments in many ways – for example by increasing agency efficiency or enabling citizens to participate in democratic processes – citizen e-services usage rates still lag behind expectations in many countries to date. This article analyzes the reasons why citizens do not...

In order to provide electronic service delivery, several activities involving different public agencies need to be related and carried out in coordinated manner, thus resulting in a cooperative process. Currently, e-Service technologies seems to offer the enabling infrastructure for supporting cooperative process enactment, even at inter-country level. In this position paper, we outline the arc...