E-government as Institutional Transformation

Abstract

Throughout the world, e-government has become a key element of modernization and government reform programs. E-government has put a spell on public administration from Singapore to Uruguay and from the United States to Hong Kong. This worldwide movement is interesting from the perspective of information science and public administration science. For example, an interesting aspect of the worldwide e-government movement is the remarkable similarity between the e-government programs. On the surface, e-government initiatives appear to be somewhat similar throughout the world. Governments have redesigned their social security organizations, tax departments and education agencies to be able to put informational and transactional services on the world-wide web.