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Targeting local e-governments of Japan, this study examines whether the web system can reduce information system cost or not, namely provide cost efficiency. First, in this study, we analyzed the relationships between the cost efficiency of web systems and the software development approach. By doing so, we demonstrated that a web system and non-customized package is common in the easy structuring...
In this article we present the results of a website content analysis of all Portuguese municipalities performed in 2013. A three-dimensional maturity model was used to categorize e-government development. The results are compared with others obtained in 2010 in order to characterize local e-government evolution in Portugal. The main conclusion of this study is that, although the results of municipalities...
The paper draws on a case study of Taiwan e-Government to explore cross-boundary information sharing in both the vertical and horizontal dimensions. The advantages and disadvantages of the different types of cross-boundary information sharing are discussed, and the influential moderators regarding what types are employed in a give situation are discussed. Two preliminary frameworks for understanding...
Although Kenyan local authorities can benefit from ICTs in improving efficiency and effectiveness of their management and operations, this is not currently happening. The development of e-services in local authorities should be scaled from being merely informational or interactive to being truly transactional and eventually to being fully collaborative at the highest level of maturity. This may be...
The study focused on the evaluation of selected LGUs in Region III as regards their compliance to the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000. The LGUs are composed of provinces, cities and municipalities. These LGUs were evaluated in terms of their compliance to Part IV (Electronic Transactions in Government) of the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000. The study identified the different departments/offices utilizing...
Land information system is one of the most important components in the construction of E-government. Such system can provide fundamental position and land property for other information, which is urgently required by the local government in China. “One map” is a new project launched by the Ministry of Land and Resources of China towards the construction of E-government for land management. Purpose...
Construction of local e-government has a very significant impact on improving the governance capability of local government and promoting healthy and stable development of the regional economy. This paper compares the differences of the local e-government strategic positioning, management organization and operational mechanism between Chinese and the United States, and analyzes the similarities and...
In this paper, 40 important factors which inflected the practicing of evaluation information systems was found, that was an obstacle to promote the evaluation software in China today. A four-layer complex system about problems in performance evaluation is created, which involves some tough problems existing in the process of performance evaluation and its information systems in China. Taking the management...
Current plan checking process has been a tedious and time consuming process for developers and local authorities with many errors and problems. This may result to a late of building development progress and can cost a big number amount of money. The aim of this research is to build a software information system that integrates development plan using computer-aided design (CAD) and to evaluate the...
Using a survey of three departments in 234 Korean local governments carried out in February of 2006, this study investigates levels of IT assimilation in local governments and analyses factors affecting their levels of IT assimilation. Especially, this study tries to answer the following questions: 1) How are information systems being assimilated in terms of their use to carry out departmental tasks?...
This study analyzes several factors that contribute to the failures of e-government implementation in local government of South Sulawesi, Indonesia during 1996 to 2000. ITPOSMO model clearly shows significant gaps in all aspects of the case study. Three key points are also addressed as main obstacles for further e-government development. The study ends up with recommendations as the solution for better...
In this paper, we present the advantages from the use of data visualization from information systems of communal arrangement department for the local self-management. This approach will provide help to the users to analyze and see information more quickly and more efficiently. These visual representations are expected to shorten required time for data analyses. In the paper, we present several visualizations...
The concept of benefits management highlights explicit practices to facilitate benefits realization from information technology (IT) investments, in addition to plain project management focusing on information systems (IS) deliverables as such. This article presents preliminary results from a Delphi study of identifying critical issues to facilitate adoption of benefits management practices in Norwegian...
Various kinds of disaster occur in Japan, and we have developed information systems to mitigate possible disaster damages. This paper proposes three systems to support three different disaster mitigation activities, among our attempts. First, the local government support system supports local government officials to share trade-off experiences in disasters. Second, the multi-agent evacuation support...
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