The e-Government Development Discourse
research agenda for e-Government. When e-Government was first conceived, it was designed upon basic technologies where the emphasis was only on the simple display of government information for citizens to read. Nowadays, e-Government design comprises many complicated modules such as upload and downl...
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| description | research agenda for e-Government. When e-Government was first conceived, it was designed upon basic technologies where the emphasis was only on the simple display of government information for citizens to read. Nowadays, e-Government design comprises many complicated modules such as upload and download consoles, two-way interaction consoles between citizens and government agents, integrated government business processes presenting the whole of government, and it does not depend solely on technology. The complexity of e-Government has now evolved to include political, cultural, economic, social and technical dimensions. Bringing all these difficult aspects together is so complicated that it needs carefully planned strategies informed by local contextual characteristics.
Rather than giving formulaic definitions and conceptual standpoints on many aspects of e-Government, as is the case in many e-Government publications, this book will explore the frontiers of global knowledge value chains by discussing current and future dimensions of e-Government. For example, the book discusses the concept of data governance by exploring how actual opening up of government data can be achieved, especially in a developing world context. Further, the book posits that opening government data should be followed by the opening up of government business processes in order to peddle the concept of accountability and responsiveness. Much text on data governance has concentrated on articulating the basic definitions surrounding this concept. Another very important topic explored in this book is regarding how the concept of decolonisation can be extended to e-Government by providing practical examples as to how researchers in the developing world can contribute to the advancement of e-Government as a scientific field of enquiry and guide its implementation, thereof. Decolonisation is advocated for in e-Government research so that there is a balance in the inclusion of the Afrocentric knowledge into e-Government advancement other than over-reliance on the Euro-, Asia- and America-centric knowledge value chains (Mbembe 2015).
As e-Government is a very expensive undertaking, the issue of funding has excluded African countries and a majority of the developing world from implementing e-Government. Despite funding being a critical cornerstone of e-Government development, there is a dearth of information on this topic. Therefore, this book provides a chapter which discusses traditional and innovative ways of funding e-Government design and implementation which can go a long way in improving e-Government penetration into the developing world. Further, the book explores how intelligent e-Government applications can be designed, especially in resource-constrained countries. A couple of emerging technology innovations such as fog computing and intelligent information technology are explored within the realm of e-Government design. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-377822025-01-31T08:48:35Z The e-Government Development Discourse Bwalya, Kelvin J. Applications business cloud computing communication context corruption data developing countries e-Government impact socio-economic technology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics research agenda for e-Government. When e-Government was first conceived, it was designed upon basic technologies where the emphasis was only on the simple display of government information for citizens to read. Nowadays, e-Government design comprises many complicated modules such as upload and download consoles, two-way interaction consoles between citizens and government agents, integrated government business processes presenting the whole of government, and it does not depend solely on technology. The complexity of e-Government has now evolved to include political, cultural, economic, social and technical dimensions. Bringing all these difficult aspects together is so complicated that it needs carefully planned strategies informed by local contextual characteristics. Rather than giving formulaic definitions and conceptual standpoints on many aspects of e-Government, as is the case in many e-Government publications, this book will explore the frontiers of global knowledge value chains by discussing current and future dimensions of e-Government. For example, the book discusses the concept of data governance by exploring how actual opening up of government data can be achieved, especially in a developing world context. Further, the book posits that opening government data should be followed by the opening up of government business processes in order to peddle the concept of accountability and responsiveness. Much text on data governance has concentrated on articulating the basic definitions surrounding this concept. Another very important topic explored in this book is regarding how the concept of decolonisation can be extended to e-Government by providing practical examples as to how researchers in the developing world can contribute to the advancement of e-Government as a scientific field of enquiry and guide its implementation, thereof. Decolonisation is advocated for in e-Government research so that there is a balance in the inclusion of the Afrocentric knowledge into e-Government advancement other than over-reliance on the Euro-, Asia- and America-centric knowledge value chains (Mbembe 2015). As e-Government is a very expensive undertaking, the issue of funding has excluded African countries and a majority of the developing world from implementing e-Government. Despite funding being a critical cornerstone of e-Government development, there is a dearth of information on this topic. Therefore, this book provides a chapter which discusses traditional and innovative ways of funding e-Government design and implementation which can go a long way in improving e-Government penetration into the developing world. Further, the book explores how intelligent e-Government applications can be designed, especially in resource-constrained countries. A couple of emerging technology innovations such as fog computing and intelligent information technology are explored within the realm of e-Government design. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-04-09 09:28:44 2020-04-01T10:34:02Z 2018 book 1004783 OCN: 1100518431 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25316 9781928396550 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37782 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25316/1/978-1-928396-57-4%20The%20e-Government%20.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25316/1/978-1-928396-57-4%20The%20e-Government%20.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25316/1/978-1-928396-57-4%20The%20e-Government%20.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25316/1/978-1-928396-57-4%20The%20e-Government%20.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25316/1/978-1-928396-57-4%20The%20e-Government%20.pdf AOSIS 10.4102/aosis.2018.BK71 10.4102/aosis.2018.BK71 c47a1220-d848-4e78-88cd-74f293e3d4f4 9781928396550 326 Durbanville open access |
| spellingShingle | Applications business cloud computing communication context corruption data developing countries e-Government impact socio-economic technology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics The e-Government Development Discourse |
| title | The e-Government Development Discourse |
| title_full | The e-Government Development Discourse |
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| topic | Applications business cloud computing communication context corruption data developing countries e-Government impact socio-economic technology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics |
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