E-government has emerged as a government policy to improve the quality and efficiency of administration and make it more proactive and especially more service oriented. To raise these challenges, Moroccan government agencies are providing a wide spectrum of online services to improve government-citizen interactions. However, single service may not be able to serve citizens needs, but a combinat...

there is a consensus among housing experts and policy makers that there are not enough resources for government alone to address growing urban housing challenges in many developing countries. consequently, a paradigm shift from government provision to partnerships between the public and private sectors is advocated. this study examined the prospects and challenges of public-private partnerships...

Security compliance has now become a major information systems management problem thanks to government regulations. Organizations are now developing methodologies and tools to assess compliance of Information Systems (IS) security. The research outlined in this paper is part of a longitudinal action research study which aims to help inform and improve security within Whole of Government (WoG). ...

This paper describes the mechanics of establishing a voluntary, incentive-based integrated coastal management program in Indonesia that is consistent with the newly established laws relating to decentralization. It first offers a close analysis of those laws, specifically Act No. 22/1999 and its implementing Regulation No. 25/2000 regarding management authorities, and Act No. 25/1999 and its im...

— The electronic government involves developing the informational society, which refers to an economy and a society in which the access, acquisition, memorizing, taking, transmitting, spreading and using the knowledge accede to a decisive role. The informational society involves changes in the domains of administration (e-Government), business (electronic commerce and e-business), education (lo...

E-government is a relatively new branch of study within the Information Systems (IS) field. This paper examines the factors influencing adoption of e-government services by citizens. Factors that have been explored in the extant literature present inadequate understanding of the relationship that exists between ‘adopter characteristics’ and ‘behavioral intention’ to use e-government services. T...

For the time being, this experimental process, financed by the Government of the Netherlands, is limited to three developing countries – Honduras, Mali and Sri Lanka; if found successful, this process can be replicated in many other developing countries. In each country, a national diagnosis is to be developed through the concerted efforts of government ministries, representatives of employers ...

E-Governance is a powerful tool to bring about change to the government processes in the developing world. E-governance operates at the cross roads between Information and Communication Technology and government processes and is divided in three overlapping domains: e-administration, e-services and e-society. In order to be successful, e-governance needs to be firmly embedded in the existing go...