E-Government Foresight in Developing Countries

Ever-increasing development of information technology has affected many aspects of the individual, social and organizational life. This enforces many countries to develop and adapt comprehensive plans to manage this relatively new phenomenon. Highly adoptable e-government policies and protocols are required nationally, where traditional e-government plans are failed to address the citizens' requirements. In This study current e-government activities in developing countries discussed and highlighted available foresight methodologies. The main components of the e-government foresight are identified using meta-synthesis methodology. Finally, a new framework is developed for the e-government foresight in developing counties. This framework has a systematic approach to foresight in contextual and interaction areas with 3 main processes: pre foresight, foresight and post foresight. It should be considered that the main processes are cyclic. This issue is ignored in other frameworks.