According to the World Bank, "E-Government" refers to the use by government agencies of information technologies (such as Wide Area Networks, the Internet, and mobile computing) that have the ability to transform relations with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government.

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Researchers are invited to submit their papers for publication on the E-government failure prevention Web Site. Position papers, commentaries, opinion papers and book reviews are also welcome.

The websites aims to focus on information technologies and practices relating to government with a particular focus on developing countries, rather than focusing in on the accepted norms in developed countries. Of particular interest is the prevention of future failures in the field of electronic government. Since the digital divide is not defined by national borders alone, we are also interested in electronic government systems among less privileged indigenous communities within otherwise developed countries. Examples are Native Americans, the aboriginal populations of Australia and the Maoris of New Zealand.

Focus of submissions:

• Policy making and ICT in the developing world
• ICT affecting policy decision making
• Reasons why ICTs in developing countries are more prone to fail
• Role of the government and ICT
• Government - private sector cooperation and competition with regards to ICTs
• Government ICT implementation success/failure factors
• Failure prevention of government ICT implementations
• Teaching computing and in developing countries
• Cultural adaptation to ICT
• Cultural barriers to ICT diffusion

Copyright Notice
An author submitting a paper agrees to allow the E-government failure prevention Web Site to publish the paper if paper is accepted. Papers published are protected by copyright, which is retained by the authors. Authors control translation and reproduction rights to their works published on this Web Site.

Page last updated: June 05, 2008