tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64501232011-04-21T17:52:35.965-07:00E-gov is becoming integrated government (i-gov) About six years have passed since e-gov became a priority in most developed governments. What is working? Where are the leaders? What lessons have been learned? What is the future?frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262264726126743599noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6450123.post-1076275759568309632004-12-08T13:18:00.000-08:002004-12-19T09:46:51.926-08:00<strong>The Future of Electronic Government (e-Gov)</strong> <br /> <br />I am studying the country reports of 20 national governments. I have done this for four years. My purpose is to see if I can identify trends across national government. If most of them are focused on an objective this year, should not all governments address that priority? <br /> <br />As I study the reports this year, I begin to get the sense that the e-Gov movement may be losing energy. E-Gov began in the late 1990’s in most governments. Prime Ministers and President acclaimed it and included e-Gov objectives in their important speeches to the public. <br /> <br />Several years have passed. The photo opportunities for elected officials are over for now. Some low hanging fruit has been picked. There have been victories. National portals, for example, are a success everywhere. However, many governments are now at the door of e-Gov Phase Two which I am calling integrated government (i-Gov). In this phase, governments are hitting the wall. They are trying to manage horizontally across agencies, and vertically to state, provincial, regional, county, and municipal governments. Because of cultural issues, silo budgeting, and other factors, governments are experiencing great difficulty as they attempt to manage on an intergovernmental basis. <br /> <br />My questions are these: Are leaders of governments losing interest in e-Gov and its government to citizen, government to business, and government to government objectives. Is the job so complex that it will take another 20 years to reach the end state; and, if so, who has the staying power? Is the energy of the last six years escaping like the air in a leaky balloon? <br /> <br />Should this be happening it would not be unusual. It is difficult to sustain interest in any initiative in an ever-changing government including the e-Gov initiative embraced by so many career, appointed and elected officials in the past six or seven years. <br /> <br />What are my colleagues in the U.S. Federal other governments experiencing? <br /> <br />Comments please <br /> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6450123-107627575956830963?l=i-gov.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262264726126743599noreply@blogger.com5