This paper presents a case analysis of a failed e-government implementation in a developing country context. The project involved constructing a large system for a central government department in India. After seven years and a few million rupees in costs, the project was terminated. Prior research in failed information systems implementations has highlighted many issues, most of which are now ...

E-government implementation has received extra attention as a new way to increase the development of a country. International organizations such as the ITU and the United Nations provide strategic guidance to overcome the challenges of ICT use. Yet, the development of ICT use in developing countries is still very low. Researchers are contributing to support successful implementation with models...

i Welcome to the second issue of volume eight in the International Journal of Electronic Government Research. This issue presents readers with five papers that are focused on subjects surrounding the adoption of e-government services and associated implementation factors that can influence citizens use of e-government systems. Factors such as trust, risk, security and privacy are highlighted in...

In this article we discuss in what ways an e-government project can give both expected and unexpected effects for agency employees and their working tasks. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the fact that, besides the aim to increase agency efficiency and citizen benefit, e-government implementation might also change the salience of involved stakeholders. We do this by focusing on one...

Although the use of ICT by government has demonstrated its potential in improving government services, worldwide there are more failures than successes of e-Government projects. In the context of developing countries, including India, authors have observed equally high failure rates. Therefore, it is important to understand the barriers to implementation of e-Government, especially in developin...

Adopting and using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the public sector affords undeniable benefits in terms of efficient and cost-effective provision of services, facilitating public management and promoting transparency and participation through e-government systems. However, many governments around the globe face many challenges and still struggle to implement e-government ...

In order to meet the needs of developing E-government, Egovernment integrated information services are proposed in this paper. First, we define E-government integrated information services. Second, we explore Egovernment integrated information service patterns. Third, we construct an Egovernment integrated information service platform. Finally, we give some suggestions on developing E-governmen...

As e-government becomes increasingly pervasive in modern public administrative management, its influence on organizations and individuals has become hard to ignore. It is therefore timely and relevant to examine e-governance—the fundamental mission of e-government. By adopting a stakeholder perspective and coming from the strategic orientation of control and collaboration management philosophy,...

E-Government provides unprecedented opportunities to improve citizen services and achieve cost efficiencies through process change. As a result, implementation models have been developed to support the successful attainment of citizen-centred e-government. This paper reports from a comprehensive study of e-government implementation in Ireland, conducted over the last two years, the outcome of w...