Digital Economy - E-Government Insights

Synopsis

Many e-government services on offer around the world already provide citizens with relatively sophisticated services and the establishment of a fibre-based broadband network may see governments improve and broaden the range of web services even further. In addition, mobile services are being incorporated in service offerings and cloud computing is becoming integrated. Then Internet of Things (IoT) will also impact upon this sector.

This report provides broad information on e-government development and identifies the leading governments around the world. It discusses common applications, trends and the benefits and barriers to e-government. This report is designed to provide current observations which may assist investors, analysts and industry participants in making investment and business decisions.

Latest developments:

The e-government sector is beginning to evolve with attention tuning towards cloud computing, green e-government, mobile services and citizen participation.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Market summary
  • 2.1 Benefits of e-government
  • 2.2 Barriers to e-government
  • 2.3 Brief case studies
    • 2.3.1 Gov 2.0 in South Korea
    • 2.3.2 Gov 2.0 in Japan
    • 2.3.3 Gov 2.0 in USA
    • 2.3.4 Gov 2.0 in Australia
• 3. Market insights
  • 3.1 Fibre key to e-government
    • 3.1.1 Governments need to have a broadband vision
  • 3.2 Cloud computing and government
  • 3.3 E-democracy
    • 3.3.1 Apps development contests
  • 3.4 Social media and e-government
  • 3.5 M-government
  • 3.6 The Internet of Things (IoT)
• 4. Published studies
  • 4.1 United Nations
  • 4.2 Economic Intelligence Unit
  • 4.3 Waseda University
  • 4.4 Brookings Institute
• 5. Related reports

• Table 1 – Global investment in e-government – 2010; 2016
• Table 2 – United Nations e-government development ranking – top 20 countries 2010
• Table 3 – EIU digital economy ranking – top 15 countries – 2010
• Table 4 – EIU e-readiness ranking – top 15 countries – 2009
• Table 5 – Waseda University e-government ranking – top 10 countries – 2010; 2011
• Table 6 – Brookings Institution – highest e-government rankings – 2008

• Exhibit 1 – Definition: E-Government
• Exhibit 2 – Examples of Web 2.0 tools
• Exhibit 3 – Examples of common web based e-government applications
• Exhibit 4 – Faster broadband speeds offer more than just fast Internet
• Exhibit 5 – Definition: Cloud computing
• Exhibit 6 – The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) annual Digital Economy Rankings criteria
• Exhibit 7 – Countries with low e-government presence