Digital Economy - E-Government
Synopsis Many countries around the world are now well aware of the importance of e-government and many governments have shown leadership in developing online services. The benefits of e-government applications can include cutting costs and improving processes and information flow - but one of its primary aims is to improve customer service for citizens. Attention is now turning towards new initiatives such as integrating social media tools or adopting cloud computing services. This report provides broad information on e-government development and identifies the leading governments around the world. It discusses common applications and the benefits and barriers to e-government.

 Table of Contents 1. Synopsis 2. Introduction 3. Benefits of E-Government 4. Barriers to E-Government 5. E-Government applications 5.1 Social media and e-government 6. Leading E-Government around the world 7. Fibre key to E-Government 8. Cloud Computing and government 8.1 Introduction to Cloud Computing 8.2 Cloud Computing generates huge interest 8.2.1 Governments start to embrace Cloud Computing 8.3 Cloud Computing in the trans-sector context 9. Related reports
Table 1 - United Nations e-government readiness ranking - top 35 countries - 2008
Table 2 - EIU e-readiness ranking - top 6 countries - 2008
Table 3 - Waseda University e-government ranking - 2008
Table 4 - Brookings Institution - highest e-government rankings - 2008
Table 5 - Worldwide top 10 markets with FTTx penetration > 1% - 2007; 2009
Exhibit 1 - Definition: E-Government
Exhibit 2 - Examples of Web 2.0 developments
Exhibit 3 - Examples of common web based e-government applications
Exhibit 4 - Countries with low e-government presence
Exhibit 5 - Faster broadband speeds offer more than just fast Internet
Exhibit 6 - Definition: Cloud computing
Exhibit 7 - Cloud computing example - Amazon Web Services

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