Though many countries are still just beginning to grasp the potential uses and impacts of Electronicgovernment (EG), advances in technologies and their applications continue. Observing the proliferation of EG, countries are increasingly turning to the Internet to market their EG system to gain a competitive advantage. However, the effectiveness and efficiency of such online government systems l...

With the widespread adoption of electronic government services, there has been a need to ensure a seamless flow of information across public sector organizations, while at the same time, maintaining confidentiality, integrity and availability. Governments have put in place various initiatives and programs including information security awareness to provide the needed understanding on how public...

This paper presents an overview of the history of e-government in China, clarifies the conceptual vagueness of e-government, and explains the current situations with a model for understanding the status of e-government in China.

The government of Vietnam perceives e-Government as a powerful enabler to achieve the target to build a “government of, by and for the people. Thus, from 2001 to 2005 the government implemented Project 112, which had 10 times investment fund compared to the previous project. However, in April, 2007 the Prime Minister halted the project. In order to assist the Vietnam Government moving forward w...

E-government diffusion and adoption is a global topic that concerns many developed and developing countries worldwide. However, global efforts to provide e-services to different stakeholders (citizens) differ from one country to another in terms of readiness, challenges, adoptions, and diffusions. These differences are due to the variation of technological, political, cultural, economic, and so...

Most developing countries in Africa are at the emerging stage of e-government development and lag far behind developed nations despite having had national e-government strategies in place for a considerable period of time. This research argues that although Zambia has recognised the importance of e-government through their national ICT policy as a means to increase opportunities for wealth and ...

As part of the regulatory compliance process and the streamlining of public administration, the Peruvian government has implemented the National E-Government Plan in all state institutions with the aim of providing citizens with solid services based on the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). As part of the regulations, the requisites to be met by public institutions have b...

Objectives and experiences gained during the first period of the IST project Webocracy (IST-1999-20364 " Web Technologies Supporting Direct Participation i n Democratic Processes ") are described in the paper. Project Webocracy contributes to empowering citizen s with innovative communication; access and polling system supporting increased participation of citize ns in democratic processes and ...

Evaluating readiness of individual public agencies to execute specific e-Government programs and directives is a key ingredient for wider eGovernment deployment and success. This article describes how the eGovernment Maturity Model (eGov-MM) identifies specific areas in which public agencies should focus improvement efforts. eGov-MM is a capability maturity model, that identifies capability lev...

1074 Information Security Framework for E-Government Implementation in Nepal 1 Pranita Upadhyaya, 2 Subarna Shakya, 3 Manish Pokharel 1, 3 Department of Computer Science & Engineering/Kathmandu University, Kavre, Nepal. 2 Department of E&C and Computer, Pulchowk Campus/Institute of Engineering /Tribhuvan University, Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal. 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected], 3 manishpok...