EB-2 Electronic Government: The Innovating Power of E-Commerce

E-Government is a powerful guiding vision for the transformation, which governments and public administrations have to undergo in the next decades. With e-Commerce having achieved striking success the transfer of concepts and systems to the public sector has been advocated. Yet, one has to pay attention to specific aspects of governance as well as to comply with the distinctive features of administrative work. Here, the following issues are discussed: improving the communication with the citizen, redesigning cooperation within and between governmental agencies, and supporting complex administrative decision making. So, E-Government is a holistic approach with serious implications that will lead to revolutionary changes in the way Government works