New Directions for IT Governance in the Brazilian Government

Research made in recent years has shown that, to efficiently apply IT resources in a well-designed and responsible fashion it is important to implement an IT Governance programme in a way that it might allow the organization to maximize its actions in its business context, therefore, gaining competitive advantage (CARR, 2004). In many countries, the Government economy share might range from 20% to 50% (Weill, 2004). The Brazilian economy is not different and also has a significant impact on several sectors of the economy, and, as exemplified by the Brazilian Growth Acceleration Programme (PAC), the need to control huge investment amounts imposes new strategic approaches and requires new support endeavours (PAC, 2007). What must be understood is that, with massive Government investments in all economic sectors, how does one establish an efficient IT infrastructure that must be pervasive and reach every government sector in order to avoid effort and public resource waste? And mostly, how can ABSTRACT