The document provides an overview of the eGovFrame runtime environment. It describes the layers and services that make up the runtime environment. The runtime environment includes presentation, business logic, persistence, and integration layers. It provides 34 common services across these layers, including MVC, security, exception handling, ORM, and more. These services improve development productivity, reusability, interoperability, and standardization of e-government applications. The runtime environment is built using proven open source technologies like Spring and Hibernate.