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eGovernment (from " Electronic Government ," also known as '''e-gov''', '''digital government''', '''online government''' or '''transformational government''') is the application of Information And Communications Technology to enhance the effectiveness of a Legislature , Judiciary , or Administration , either to improve efficiency or to change the relationship between citizen and government, or both. The primary delivery models are Government-to-Consumer (G2C), Government-to-Business (G2B) and Government To Government (G2G). While eGovernment is often thought of as "online government" or "Internet-based government"—many non-Internet based "electronic government" technologies can be used, including telephone, fax, PDA ), SMS text messaging, MMS , and 3G , GPRS , WiFi , WiMAX and Bluetooth . Other technologies can include CCTV , tracking systems, RFID , Biometric identification, road traffic management and regulatory enforcement, identity cards, Smart Cards and other NFC applications; polling station technology (where non-online E-voting is being considered), TV and radio-based delivery of government services, email, Online Community facilities, Newsgroup s and Electronic Mailing List s, Online Chat , and Instant Messaging technologies. There are many considerations and potential implications of implementing and designing eGovernment, including Disintermediation of the government and its citizens, impacts on economic, social, and political factors, and disturbances to the ''status quo'' in these areas. In countries such as the United Kingdom , there is interest in using electronic government to re-engage citizens with the political process. In particular, this has taken the form of experiments with electronic voting, aiming to increase Voter Turnout by making voting easy. The UK Electoral Commission has undertaken several pilots, though concern has been expressed about the potential for fraud with some electronic voting methods1. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES The development and implementation of eGovernment involves consideration of its effects including environmental, social, cultural, educational, and consumer issues, among others. Governments may need to consider the impact by gender, age, language skills, and Cultural Diversity , as well as the effect on literacy, numeracy, education standards and IT literacy. Economic concerns include the " Digital Divide ," or the effect of non-use, non-availability or inaccessibility of eGovernment, or of other digital resources, upon the structure of society, and the potential impact on income and economics. Economic and revenue-related concerns include eGovernment's effect on taxation, debt, Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ), commerce and trade, Corporate Governance , and its effect on non-eGovernment business practices, industry and trade, especially Internet Service Providers and Internet infrastructure. From a technological standpoint, the implementation of eGovernment has effects on E-enablement , Interoperability (e.g., E-GIF ) and Semantic Web issues, "legacy technology" (making "pre-eGovernment IT" work together with or be replaced by eGovernment systems), and implications for software choices (between Open Source and proprietary software, and between Programming Languages ) as well as political Blog ging especially by legislators. There are also management issues related to service integration, Local EGovernment , and Internet governance including ICANN , IETF and W3C , and financial considerations, such as the cost of implementation / effect on existing budgets, effect on government procurement, and funding. Legal implications include Freedom Of Information and privacy (e.g. UK Data Protection Act ) concerns. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS eGovernment news websites
Official eGovernment sites
Research and education
Unofficial eGovernment sites
Miscellaneous
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