Electronic-government in Saudi Arabia: A positive revolution in the peninsula

The informatization practice of countries all over the world has shown that the level of a government's informatization is one main factor that can affect its international competitive power. At present, e-government construction is regarded as one of the most important tasks for the national economy and society upliftment and informatization in Saudi Arabia. Unlike the traditional governments, an e-government takes on a new look with its framework and operation mode more suitable for the contemporary era. In fact, it is a basic national strategy to promote Saudi Arabia’s informatization by means of e-government construction. This talk firstly introduces the basic concepts and relevant viewpoints of egovernment, then reviews the development process of e-government in Saudi Arabia, and describes the current states, development strategies of e-government in Saudi Arabia. And also review e-government maturity models and synthesize them e-government maturity models are investigated, in which the authors have proposed the Delloite’s six-stage model, Layne and Lee four-stage model and Accenture five-stage model. So, the main e-government maturity stages are: online presence, interaction, transaction, transformation and digital democracy. After that, according to many references, the main technologies which are used in each stage are summarized.