There have been sustained calls on the need for countries in the Caribbean to improve public service delivery as well as the methods by which governments interface with citizens. These modernisations are increasingly being framed in terms of the role of emerging technologies and more specifically, egovernment and c-government to transform the operations and effectiveness of governments. As smal...

E-government has emerged not merely as a specialization in public administration, but as a transformative force affecting all levels and functions of government. This volume, written by a mix of practitioners and researchers, provides an overview of the management challenges and issues involved in seeking a new form of governance — digital government. An initial introductory section presents th...

In this paper, an overview of electronic government (e-government) is attempted. Definitions of e-government are reviewed that allow clarifying the relationship between e-government and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Examples of egovernment applications are given and the potential and barriers of e-government are discussed. Furthermore, the main steps towards planning e-governm...

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...

E-government has become an important phenomenon which attracted every country toward itself. However e-government is facing challenges which have significant effects on its performance. In order to overcome these challenges good strategies are inevitable for the e-government implementation. In this paper we analyzed Saudi Arabia's e-government using strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and...

Cloud computing is a style of computing which is formed from the aggregation and development of technologies such as grid computing distributed computing, parallel computing and service-oriented architecture. And its aim is to provide computing, communication and storage resources in a safe environment based on service, as fast as possible, which is virtually provided via Internet platform. Con...

This paper discusses E-government, in particular the challenges that face adoption in Saudi Arabia. E-government can be defined based on an existing set of requirements. In this research we define E-government as a matrix of stakeholders: governments to governments, governments to business and governments to citizens, using information and communications technology to deliver and consume servic...

E-government tries to take advantage of new technology to provide better service to citizens. Some of the main challenges in the face of E-government are query processing high volume applications, data center management, data security and E-government services. Cloud computing can be a good option for responding to these issues and fixing them, and guarantee the realization of E-government, wit...

The paper establishes a comparison between the grid (concept, standards, programming paradigms and implementation) and e-government as seen from the five viewpoints suggested by the standards and architectures of e-government applications. Based on this comparison, the paper discusses the potential and challenges of the grid for e-government and describes a universal accessibility grid layer th...