Electronic Government, An International Journal 

About: Electronic Government, An International Journal is an academic journal published by Inderscience Publishers. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Government & Public sector. It has an ISSN identifier of 1740-7494. Over the lifetime, 962 publications have been published receiving 7500 citations.

E-government: breaking the frontiers of inefficiencies in the public sector

Abstract: E-government is becoming the preferred tool to enhance seamless government services among its customers and government agencies. It is becoming the next wave of technology applications in the public sector as e-business or e-commerce in the private sector is maturing. This paper uses the 2002 survey of the International City or County Management Association (ICMA) and analyses various issues confronting county and municipality governments in their quest to enable their business processes to become efficient, accurate and ultimately satisfy their clients. However, progress among the survey respondents is mixed. Localities with more resources had more success in e-government implementation, resulting in more government efficiency, as compared to jurisdictions located in rural and large inner cities that lack adequate funding and the technical wherewithal.

An evaluative framework for analysing e-government convergence capability in developing countries

Abstract: The e-government objectives of a country go well beyond providing constituents with government information and services by leveraging information and communication technology. Although it is a crucial step, the desired goal is that of convergence characterised by ubiquitous access to government information and services and total transparency of government functioning, a stage that contributes to the social and economic wellbeing of citizens. Some developed countries are already engaged in the transformation of the governance process through increased citizen participation and are attempting to create an open, transparent environment through convergence of information and services. However, developing economies, especially poor ones, lag far behind their more progressive counterparts. Based on prior literature, this study proposes an evaluative framework for analysing e-government convergence capability in developing countries and applies it to analyse the prospects of convergence in a few selected developing countries. The results indicate that the quality and range of government information and services vary significantly across the countries, attributed in some measure to the e-leadership capability of the countries. However, we argue that e-leadership may not be able to readily combat social maladies, such as low literacy and awareness education, required for the meaningful use of information and interaction, or economic handicaps, such as living standards that impact on the citizen's ability to procure web-based access; these factors are crucial for e-government convergence.

Technical and organisational challenges facing transactional e-government systems: an empirical study

Abstract: E-government systems pass through stages until they reach the highest potential of providing customers with full online interaction with their governments, thus enabling them to obtain government information and services from a single point of access. The transactional stage of e-government is one of the most important to the implementation of an e-government system as it represents the highest level of interaction within organisations and between customers and government organisations. Due to the importance of the transactional stage of the e-government system and its positive impact, not only on making the delivery of external services quicker, but also on increasing the efficiency of internal government processes, government organisations might seek to reach this stage. However, in order to reach the transactional stage of e-government, government organisations face various challenges; these challenges could be political, technical, economic, social or organisational. In fact, there appears to be an absence of theoretical models for the technical and organisational challenges facing transactional e-government systems. Furthermore, there is a lack of studies focusing on identification of the importance, categorisation and presentation of strategies for overcoming technical and organisational challenges. Therefore, this paper will try to fill the information gap based on empirical case studies of two government organisations. This paper will propose the conceptual model, identify the importance, categorisation and presentation of the strategies for overcoming technical and organisational challenges facing a transactional e-government system.

Teledetección ambiental: La observación de la Tierra desde el Espacio.

Abstract: La teledeteccion, entendida como una tecnica que implica la obtencion a distancia de imagenes de la superficie de la Tierra, su tratamiento e interpretacion para diferentes propositos, inicialmente estuvo ligada principalmente a la fotografia aerea. A partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XX se realizaron desarrollos tecnologicos trascendentales, enmarcados dentro de la carrera armamentista de la >, que permitieron situar diferentes sensores en plataformas espaciales, dando origen a la teledeteccion espacial.