Electronic Government, an International Journal

Sheng, Hong ; Trimi, Silvana

2008 Electronic Government, an International Journal

doi: 10.1504/EG.2008.016124

The emergence of Mobile Technology (MT) has enabled the government to transform from Electronic Government (e-government) to Mobile Government (m-government). This paper proposed a framework based on the theory of Task-Technology Fit (TTF) to understand MTs and their implications for m-government applications. Following the framework, we reviewed current MTs, categorised e-government tasks and reviewed and summarised existing m-government applications. To measure the degree of fit between MTs and government tasks performed through them, and its importance in the successful m-government implementation, we then discussed the benefits and challenges of m-government.

Phusavat, Kongkiti ; Anussornnitisarn, Pornthep

2008 Electronic Government, an International Journal

doi: 10.1504/EG.2008.016125

This paper attempts to illustrate and discuss the three divide issues that have to be carefully considered by the Office of Public Sector Development Commission (OPDC) for its e-learning programme's deployment. This programme aims to improve common skills of the Royal Thai Government (RTG) staffs in response to the requirements of the Good Governance (GG) Act adapted in 2003. These three divide issues are: (1) digital, (2) language and (3) competency. For the digital divide issue, the focus is on the infrastructure barrier (i.e. speed and size of the internet network between Bangkok and the provincial areas). For the language barrier issue, the focus is on the need to have the learning contents in Thai. This barrier will increase the required investment cost. The competency issue deals with the low number of qualified developers (specifically multimedia) for learning contents in the local market. By having identified these issues, it is hopeful that the deployment of the e-learning programme will be better planned and prepared. Finally, the guideline for the OPDC to be used during planning is recommended.

Smith, Alan D.

2008 Electronic Government, an International Journal

doi: 10.1504/EG.2008.016126

The purpose of this paper is to provide practitioners of information exploration of the need for Business and e-Government Intelligence Systems (BGIS), the role such intelligence plays in competitive market research, industry, through the comparison of vendors, advantages and disadvantages, comparing the costs and benefits and some future insights. A review of the applied literature on topics that focus is on utilising Business Intelligence (BI) as a competitive tool in an online retrieval environment. The growth for BI systems may be dramatic (actual (2004, $5.3 billion; 2004, $5.6 billion) and predicted growth (2005, $6 billion; 2006, $6.5 billion; 2007, $7 billion and in 2008, $7.3 billion)), its associated costs may be equally stunning, especially in end-user query, reporting, analysis, data-mining applications and packaged data mart and/or warehousing applications. However, the figures reported in the paper should support the notion that BGIS-related systems' applications are potentially a good investment and worthy of considerable research in the knowledge management fields.

Haigh, Nardia ; Griffiths, Andrew

2008 Electronic Government, an International Journal

doi: 10.1504/EG.2008.016127

In this study, we bring Information Systems (IS) and environmental sustainability together to examine the environmental sustainability of implementing Electronic Government (e-government). Results indicate that while positive environmental outcomes were sought in high-level strategies, they dissipated as they made their way down to the e-government strategy level. We analyse four strategy layers; showing the extent to which strategic intent can become diluted layer by layer, and develop an environmental perspective by which to analyse IS that highlight previously overlooked inefficiencies. We contribute to the stream of thought combining IS with environmental sustainability and discuss the implications for practitioners and researchers.

Lee, Tzong-Ru ; Wu, Hsiao-Chen ; Lin, Cheng-Jen ; Wang, Hsiao-Ting

2008 Electronic Government, an International Journal

doi: 10.1504/EG.2008.016128

E-government provides information and services by websites. Using the functions of e-government described by West (2000), we discuss government agricultural websites in China, Korea, Taiwan and the USA, and suggest improvement. The findings indicate that general functions, viz. online information, services, foreign language access, restricted area and information sharing, are established. Greater effort should be made for advanced functions, viz. disability access, privacy and security and advertisement and user pay system. The result of this research serves as reference for other countries in developing their agricultural e-government.

Ghapanchi, Amirhossein ; Albadvi, Amir ; Zarei, Behrouz

2008 Electronic Government, an International Journal

doi: 10.1504/EG.2008.016129

Nowadays, Information Technology (IT) allows governments to serve citizens in a more timely, effective and cost-efficient way. As many public sector organisations are either planning for or implementing major Electronic Government (e-government) projects, there is a growing need to understand what factors should be considered for successful planning. This paper proposes that the e-government needs to be planned by a holistic view to reduce the associated risks and prevent extra wastage of time and money. The scope of this research is Iran. In this regard, we identified and discussed 30 key strategic factors and elaborately included them in a framework for successful implementation of e-government.

Gorla, Narasimhaiah

2008 Electronic Government, an International Journal

doi: 10.1504/EG.2008.01613

Rural Electronic Government (e-government) projects are aimed at providing government services and information to rural public. The e-government initiatives have not been very successful in developing countries because of several inherent constraints. We study ten typical rural e-government projects in India and analyse the operational, economic and personnel hurdles faced in implementing them along with their progression. Based on the implementation experiences of these projects, a list of recommendations is provided for successful execution of e-government projects. These recommendations will be useful for managing e-government projects in the developing world.