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THE RILEY REPORT - October 2005
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This month's Riley Report summarizes a paper that assesses the importance of e-Governance principles. The paper explores the current theory regarding e-government and best practices in Government for the usage and implementation of information and communication technologies in government and other organizations. It also explores the relevance and recent evolution of e-Governance to organizations. The paper addresses the necessity for organizations to apply crucial principles to ensure good governance. See: www.rileyis.com/publications/research_papers/EgovRiley.html
E-GOVERNANCE COMES OF
AGE IN THE COMMONWEALTH
By Thomas B. Riley, Executive Director The Commonwealth Centre for
e-Governance Rtriley6@cs.com http://www.electronicgov.net
and William Sheridan, Research Fellow Commonwealth Centre for Electronic
Governance
A paper has been written that explores the current theory regarding e-government and best practices in Government for the usage and implementation of information and communication technologies in government and other organizations. It also evaluates the relevance and recent evolution of e-Governance to organizations. The paper addresses the necessity for organizations to apply crucial principles to ensure good governance. Some of these principles include:
a) The contemporary theory of governance in a digital world, as reflected in the innovative thinking reflected in the evolved countries and jurisdictions;
b) The importance of application of e-Governance principles being applied to a specific jurisdiction and how this can be achieved;
c) E-Governance principles; new principles are required to be developed that address specifically the needs and wants of developing countries.
Best Practices
a) Application of e-Governance Best Practices involve developing a workable template to determine requirements for successful e-Governance, including:
i) Assessment of what is needed for a particular situation in a government;
ii) Principles and characteristics of strong leadership to make e-Governance programs go forward in any jurisdiction;
iii) Assessment of financial requirements as to what is needed to initiate and complete projects;
iv) Determining sources of funding for projects from international organizations such as the World Bank;
v) Assessment of technical and policy experts needed to evolve an e-Governance application strategy;
vi) State of the technology available or not available in a specific jurisdiction;
vii) Assessment of what technologies can be used in different jurisdictions;
viii) Personnel availability to fulfill an e-Governance program;
ix) Training of officials to apply best practices for ICT development and delivery.
b.) Formulating an overall strategy and appropriate policies in relation to information and communication technologies in relation to the organization, i.e., what type of organization is it: public sector or private sector, small, medium or large or a developed, medium developed or developing country;
c) What governance issues, policy and training are needed to effectively move forward in an information and communications technology environment;
d) Specific policies and approaches to utilize the disciplines of records management, information management, change management and knowledge management;
e) The importance of leadership and how to engage the top echelons of the political and public service and private sector organizations, whether it be commercial, not for profit, civil society, ngo or religious organization;
f) Leadership skills are paramount;
g) Specific personnel and financial resources needed to achieve success.
To read the paper E-Governance Comes of Age in the Commonwealth, click here
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Commonwealth Centre for E-Governance
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