Many maturity models have been used to assess or rank e
-
government portals. In order to assess electronic
services provided to the citizens, an appropriate e
-
governm
ent maturity model should be selected. This paper
aims at comparing 25 e
-
government maturity models to find the similarities and differences between them and
also to identify their weaknesses and strengths. Although the maturity models present large simila
rities
between them, our findings show that the features included in those models differ from a maturity model to
another. Furthermore, while some maturity models are covering some features and introducing new ones, it
seems that others are just ignoring t
hem.
THE BARRIERS OF E-GOVERNMENT SUCCESS:AN EMPIRICAL STUDY FROM JORDANijmpict
This paper discussed the E-governmentsuccess barriers and how could these barriers affect in users' dissatisfaction as measure ofE-governmentsuccess. The model explained more embedded relations of Information System (IS) success model in a negative context. E-governmentquality model encompasses information quality, system quality, service quality and IT infrastructures readiness, which are the predecessors of user satisfaction as measure of E-government success. The research model has been empirically tested using 93 IT managers and IT specialists of Jordanian government agencies. PLSstructural equation modeling (SEM)has been used because his superior statistical power in dealing with complex causal model and small sample size. The results clearly articulated that provisionede-services are less than expectationsof stakeholders.We found that lack of IT infrastructures readiness is the strongest factor to affect in E-governmentperformance negatively and the most important factor to provoke users’ dissatisfaction. Along with the other factors were found significantly correlated with users' dissatisfaction.The relation of system quality with services quality only the difference between female and male group, where male group found its insignificant while females found thatlow system quality led to low service quality directly.
The Barriers of E-Government Success: An Empirical Study from Jordanijmpict
This paper discussed the E-government success barriers and how could these barriers affect in users' dissatisfaction as measure of E-government success. The model explained more embedded relations of Information System (IS) success model in a negative context. E-government quality model encompasses information quality, system quality, service quality and IT infrastructures readiness, which are the predecessors
of user satisfaction as measure of E-government success. The research model has been empirically tested using 93 IT managers and IT specialists of Jordanian government agencies. PLS-structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used because his superior statistical power in dealing with complex causal model and small sample size. The results clearly articulated that provisioned e-services are less than expectations of stakeholders. We found that lack of IT infrastructures readiness is the strongest factor to affect in E-government performance negatively and the most important factor to provoke users’ dissatisfaction. Along with the other factors were found significantly correlated with users' dissatisfaction. The relation of system quality with services quality only the difference between female and male group, where male group found its insignificant while females found that low system quality led to low service quality directly.
The advancement of the information and communications technology has helped almost all governments across the world as they have exploited these technologies for delivering services to their citizens. However, this phenomenon may face several challenges and barriers that lead to the failure in its adoption, use, or continuous usage. In the Arab countries, the rate of failure in the use of electronic services is high in the public sector. Therefore, previous studies have concentrated on this critical issue and highlighted on the citizens’ perspective andignored the perspective of employees in the government organizations.In addition, very few previous studies dealt with the quality of the services based on the employees’viewpoint. Thus, based on the arguments that have been stated earlier, this preliminary study strives to identify the factors that may affect the electronic administrative adoption according to the employees’ perspective. With regard to the data collection, the quantitative method, self-administered questionnaires will be distributed among the staff of the Al-Mustansiriyah University, Iraq.With regard to data analysis, a partial least squares structural equation modelling will be used as a technique to analyse the collected data from a key respondent (Employee). In fact, this research strivesto enrich the literature by adding more information about the factors that may hinder theadoption of modern technologies in general and electronic administration in particular. With regard to the Al-Mustansiriyah University, the present study is considered as the first study conducted in this area; therefore the outputs will assist the government to remedy these obstacles before beginning any project in the public sector including the use of ICT instead of the conventional manner.The result of the analysis showed that system quality, service quality, trust of organization, and usefulness were found as significant factors that affect the employees’ adoption of e-administration services in University.
APPLYING AN ARABIC CONVERSATIONAL AGENT IN THE JORDANIAN E-GOVERNMENTijcsit
This paper discusses a prototype idea of applying a Conversational Agent (CA) to be embedded into the Jordanian E-government websites. The Conversational Agent is a smart system used to handle natural conversations between user and machine. A Jordanian citizen facing struggles when he/she want to apply for a service through the E-government portal.In addition the Jordanians struggling when searched for a
piece of information (for example the needed documents for a specific service) inside the E-government websites. This struggling comes from number of reasons such as the needed knowledge that the user could have to deal with such services and the big number of links that the user must visitto achieve his/her target.In addition, the Jordanian E-Government websites does not meet the users’ requirements in their design.
Instead, this paper proposes the idea of applying a prototype called CA into those websites as a general help desk automated service to save the Jordanians time and effort. Simply, the user will chat with the proposed CA with what he/she coming to do through the targeted website using a text based Arabic conversations. The CA’s responses might be the exact needed link or the targeted information. Such a proposed service will strength the Jordanian E-government platform especially for accessibility and usability factors and as to best of our knowledge, no country has been applied it before.
THE CRITICAL ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS OF E-GOVERNMENT IN KENYA Editor IJCATR
eGovernment focusses on the use of technology to achieve levels of improvement in various areas of government, transforming the nature of politics and relations between the government and citizens. However, in Kenya, just like in other developing nations, many eGovernment projects have either stalled or failed to meet their objectives due to some key organizational factors. This study therefore highlights critical organizational factors affecting eGovernment projects and the nature of their relationships with eGovernment performance. The study employed cross-sectional survey design. Targeting the entire 18 eGovernment projects implemented through the Information Communications Authority of Kenya since 2005. Both primary and secondary data was collected and analyzed based on response from 217 respondents out of the 300 who participated (72% response rate). At the end, it emerged that out of the various organizational factors hypothesized to predict eGovernment projects Performance, only organizational structure, prioritization of deliverables, and organizational culture are critical in Kenyan context. Others identified in previous studies such as future needs of the organization, power distribution, structure, information system strategy alignment, prioritization of deliverables, and training were also important but not critical.
Comparative review on information and communication technology issues in educ...riyaniaes
The use of information and communication technology is very beneficial in the education sector because it can enhance the quality of education. However, the implementation of ICT in the education sector of developed and developing countries is a challenging task. This paper explains the comparative study of ICT issues in the education sector of developed and developing countries. In particular, we compare issues between Pakistan and high-tech countries. Our study reveals the fact that the education sector is facing numerous ICT problems that are based on culture, finance, management, infrastructure, lack of training, lack of equipment, teacher’s refusal, and ethical issues. At the end of this paper, various issues faced by the implementation of ICT in the education sector of Pakistan have been categorized into various types, namely, infrastructure, lack of IT professionals, lack of high-speed internet and equipment. Our research is based on five key research questions related to ICT issues. We used a mixed approach where the results of this study can be used as a set of guidelines to help make the learning environment technology-oriented, fast, planned, and productive. Future directions are also given at the end of this paper.
THE BARRIERS OF E-GOVERNMENT SUCCESS:AN EMPIRICAL STUDY FROM JORDANijmpict
This paper discussed the E-governmentsuccess barriers and how could these barriers affect in users' dissatisfaction as measure ofE-governmentsuccess. The model explained more embedded relations of Information System (IS) success model in a negative context. E-governmentquality model encompasses information quality, system quality, service quality and IT infrastructures readiness, which are the predecessors of user satisfaction as measure of E-government success. The research model has been empirically tested using 93 IT managers and IT specialists of Jordanian government agencies. PLSstructural equation modeling (SEM)has been used because his superior statistical power in dealing with complex causal model and small sample size. The results clearly articulated that provisionede-services are less than expectationsof stakeholders.We found that lack of IT infrastructures readiness is the strongest factor to affect in E-governmentperformance negatively and the most important factor to provoke users’ dissatisfaction. Along with the other factors were found significantly correlated with users' dissatisfaction.The relation of system quality with services quality only the difference between female and male group, where male group found its insignificant while females found thatlow system quality led to low service quality directly.
The Barriers of E-Government Success: An Empirical Study from Jordanijmpict
This paper discussed the E-government success barriers and how could these barriers affect in users' dissatisfaction as measure of E-government success. The model explained more embedded relations of Information System (IS) success model in a negative context. E-government quality model encompasses information quality, system quality, service quality and IT infrastructures readiness, which are the predecessors
of user satisfaction as measure of E-government success. The research model has been empirically tested using 93 IT managers and IT specialists of Jordanian government agencies. PLS-structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used because his superior statistical power in dealing with complex causal model and small sample size. The results clearly articulated that provisioned e-services are less than expectations of stakeholders. We found that lack of IT infrastructures readiness is the strongest factor to affect in E-government performance negatively and the most important factor to provoke users’ dissatisfaction. Along with the other factors were found significantly correlated with users' dissatisfaction. The relation of system quality with services quality only the difference between female and male group, where male group found its insignificant while females found that low system quality led to low service quality directly.
The advancement of the information and communications technology has helped almost all governments across the world as they have exploited these technologies for delivering services to their citizens. However, this phenomenon may face several challenges and barriers that lead to the failure in its adoption, use, or continuous usage. In the Arab countries, the rate of failure in the use of electronic services is high in the public sector. Therefore, previous studies have concentrated on this critical issue and highlighted on the citizens’ perspective andignored the perspective of employees in the government organizations.In addition, very few previous studies dealt with the quality of the services based on the employees’viewpoint. Thus, based on the arguments that have been stated earlier, this preliminary study strives to identify the factors that may affect the electronic administrative adoption according to the employees’ perspective. With regard to the data collection, the quantitative method, self-administered questionnaires will be distributed among the staff of the Al-Mustansiriyah University, Iraq.With regard to data analysis, a partial least squares structural equation modelling will be used as a technique to analyse the collected data from a key respondent (Employee). In fact, this research strivesto enrich the literature by adding more information about the factors that may hinder theadoption of modern technologies in general and electronic administration in particular. With regard to the Al-Mustansiriyah University, the present study is considered as the first study conducted in this area; therefore the outputs will assist the government to remedy these obstacles before beginning any project in the public sector including the use of ICT instead of the conventional manner.The result of the analysis showed that system quality, service quality, trust of organization, and usefulness were found as significant factors that affect the employees’ adoption of e-administration services in University.
APPLYING AN ARABIC CONVERSATIONAL AGENT IN THE JORDANIAN E-GOVERNMENTijcsit
This paper discusses a prototype idea of applying a Conversational Agent (CA) to be embedded into the Jordanian E-government websites. The Conversational Agent is a smart system used to handle natural conversations between user and machine. A Jordanian citizen facing struggles when he/she want to apply for a service through the E-government portal.In addition the Jordanians struggling when searched for a
piece of information (for example the needed documents for a specific service) inside the E-government websites. This struggling comes from number of reasons such as the needed knowledge that the user could have to deal with such services and the big number of links that the user must visitto achieve his/her target.In addition, the Jordanian E-Government websites does not meet the users’ requirements in their design.
Instead, this paper proposes the idea of applying a prototype called CA into those websites as a general help desk automated service to save the Jordanians time and effort. Simply, the user will chat with the proposed CA with what he/she coming to do through the targeted website using a text based Arabic conversations. The CA’s responses might be the exact needed link or the targeted information. Such a proposed service will strength the Jordanian E-government platform especially for accessibility and usability factors and as to best of our knowledge, no country has been applied it before.
THE CRITICAL ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS OF E-GOVERNMENT IN KENYA Editor IJCATR
eGovernment focusses on the use of technology to achieve levels of improvement in various areas of government, transforming the nature of politics and relations between the government and citizens. However, in Kenya, just like in other developing nations, many eGovernment projects have either stalled or failed to meet their objectives due to some key organizational factors. This study therefore highlights critical organizational factors affecting eGovernment projects and the nature of their relationships with eGovernment performance. The study employed cross-sectional survey design. Targeting the entire 18 eGovernment projects implemented through the Information Communications Authority of Kenya since 2005. Both primary and secondary data was collected and analyzed based on response from 217 respondents out of the 300 who participated (72% response rate). At the end, it emerged that out of the various organizational factors hypothesized to predict eGovernment projects Performance, only organizational structure, prioritization of deliverables, and organizational culture are critical in Kenyan context. Others identified in previous studies such as future needs of the organization, power distribution, structure, information system strategy alignment, prioritization of deliverables, and training were also important but not critical.
Comparative review on information and communication technology issues in educ...riyaniaes
The use of information and communication technology is very beneficial in the education sector because it can enhance the quality of education. However, the implementation of ICT in the education sector of developed and developing countries is a challenging task. This paper explains the comparative study of ICT issues in the education sector of developed and developing countries. In particular, we compare issues between Pakistan and high-tech countries. Our study reveals the fact that the education sector is facing numerous ICT problems that are based on culture, finance, management, infrastructure, lack of training, lack of equipment, teacher’s refusal, and ethical issues. At the end of this paper, various issues faced by the implementation of ICT in the education sector of Pakistan have been categorized into various types, namely, infrastructure, lack of IT professionals, lack of high-speed internet and equipment. Our research is based on five key research questions related to ICT issues. We used a mixed approach where the results of this study can be used as a set of guidelines to help make the learning environment technology-oriented, fast, planned, and productive. Future directions are also given at the end of this paper.
An Integrated Approach to Design an EAF for the CCS of ICDS in Indiaiosrjce
IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of computer engineering and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in computer technology. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
The subject of connected government is coming once again to the forefront of national development priorities all over the world. This is stemming from the need to address various local and global necessities in light of changing landscape of the new digital world we live in today. In a connected government context, public service agencies are needed to act as a single enterprise so that citizens feel they are being served by one organisation rather than a number of different public authorities. Identity management is considered here a fundamental pillar to enable such operating models, and support single sign-on (SSO) and online identity validation capabilities for e-government and e-commerce environments. This article explores and describes the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government integration strategy with relation to keeping its national identity management infrastructure (population register) updated as life events take place. The integration strategy also aims to support federal and local government entities to verify citizen and resident information using their own applications in a secure, reliable, and integrated manner. Other expected contributions of the integration platform is to support decision-making and strategic planning dimensions of government work.
Framework for Securing Educational E-Government Serviceijcisjournal
Enhancement in technology is leading to a change in the way governments, individuals, institutions and
business entities provide quality services to the citizen. Today's education system plays crucial role for
developing cognizance in society so e-government service is obliged to integrate with educational system.
In this work we proposed a novel framework for integrating educational service within e-government
services. One of the main tasks of this paper is to explore or propose a Secure Examination Management
System (SEMS). The system has been designed using cryptographic primitives, which enables students to
take the exam from anywhere. The student is allowed to take the exam after he gives his necessary
authentication details. In SEMS, it is important to exclude false students while ensuring the privacy for the
honest students. It allows evaluators to share student examination papers for evaluation with proper
authentication. This is done using digital signatures, authentication and confidentiality provided by public
key cryptographic system.
In our research, we work to understand how people feel about the expansion of robots in different employment areas, and what factors influence their feelings. Mainly we aim to discover what factors influence people‟s opinions on robots.
The widely publicized views about robotics and artificial intelligence come to opposite conclusions. One being the idea that increased development of artificial intelligence and robots may lead to a situation of mass unemployment. The other more optimistic one being that the fear of job loss is unwarranted because a displacement and reposition of employment is what will ensue. There are also more contemporary views such as the following, to accelerate the development of robots and AI while maintaining employment opportunities at the same time, it is necessary to upgrade human capital.
The results of our research show that males have a more positive view about robots than females. People who found out about robots via scientific readings are also more likely to have a positive opinion about them than those who found out about robots via media. Furthermore, people who were personally exposed to robots or who had heard about them from friends are less likely to have a negative opinion about them than those who found out the information via scientific readings. The results also show that the more interested a person is in science and technology, the more likely he or she will have a positive view of robots.
We did not discover significant correlation between peoples‟ view about robots and their country of origin, also their age was not a significant determinate. We included further descriptive questions in our study pertaining to where respondents believe robots should be used as well as where robots should not be used. The majority of responses were in the fields of manufacturing and education. From this we draw that as of now, most people cannot accept the use of robots within social interaction due to either personal fears or lack of trust.
This is a presentation made by me in an international symposium on Distance Learning as an E-infrastructures Application: Innovation and Future Trends organized by European Commission under joint BELIEF, 6 CHOICE projects in New Delhi, India, January 29, 2009, http://www.beliefproject.org/events/belief-indian-symposium
Tanzania government has been making efforts to provide its information and services through internet. However, e-government adoption has been quite slow. Few publications explore e-government adoption in Tanzanian context; therefore, the purpose of this paper is to assess factors that influence citizen adoption of e-government in Tanzania.Design/methodology/approach- A survey was administered to elicit factors for egovernment adoption in Tanzania. Findings- The results of multiple linear regressions indicate that social influence and system quality significantly influence e-government adoption in Tanzania.Research limitation/implications- In light of these findings, researchers should conduct a similar study using other different models of e-government adoption, in order to identify more factors that influence e-government adoption in Tanzania.
Practical implications- Policy makers and e-government project teams should consider these factors to facilitate e-government adoption within the country.
CITIZENS’ ACCEPTANCE OF E-GOVERNMENT SERVICESijcseit
The rate of computer and internet usage has been increasing rapidly around the world. In parallel with the
technologic developments in computer science, transformation from traditional services to online services
has gained speed. The aim of this study is to predict the factors that affect e-government service usage. A
research model is developed to achieve this aim. The proposed model bases on Technology Acceptance
Model and Theory of Planned Behaviour. A questionnaire is developed to evaluate the model. This
questionnaire composes of two parts: demographics part and item part. In the items part, 32 items
comprising the factors of the proposed model are asked to participants. 100 participants fill the
questionnaire. Reliability analysis of the questionnaire is evaluated with internal consistency reliability
method. Results show that all items satisfies the reliability conditions. The reliability of whole
questionnaire Cronbach Alpha is 0.885. The Cronbach’s alpha for the overall scale of each of the factors
ranges from 0.878 to 0.890. Regression analysis results showed that all hypotheses are supported. This
study provides some valuable references to understand citizens’ acceptance level of e-government services.
This paper describes the status of local e-government in Indonesia using the United Nations e-government benchmarking model. Using data from the Indonesia Ministry of Internal Affairs, we examined 353 local government websites from early March to the end of May 2011. The results show that the majority of local government websites (193) are still at the emergence stage, 98 are at the enhanced stage, 61 are at the interactive stage, and only one local government website has achieved the transaction stage. None of the local e-government websites have moved to the final stage of e-government according to the UN model. Our findings also show that some local government websites are not well managed and maintained and that local government websites do not comply with central government standardization requirements outlined in the e-government blue print
Indian growing new financial establishments, notably banks, square measure one among the most important investors within the domains of knowledge systems, and there square measure quite clear signs that these trends to spread within the future. The arrival and enlargement of globalization and also the development of Advanced technologies knowledge pushed the banks to adopt advanced technology to launch new services. Banks have applied remote enabled service victimization the net to achieve competitive advantage, increase potency, scale back prices and provide a range of latest services. On-line systems create banking transactions straightforward and convenient, notably for disabled people that could need special services. the most purpose of this current study is to look at the most keys to live the advantage perception of victimization net banking technology, as this advanced technology is taken into account together of the principal motivations underlying the inclinations of people to adopt such a convenient technology in India. The model developed associated developed during this analysis study is an extension to the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). The model was tested with a survey sample of four hundred folks chosen arbitrarily. The findings of the study indicate that everyone mentioned factors within the projected model (CNV, SE, QI, AW, PEU, PU) have important impact at intervals prompting the employment of net banking systems. The information analysis relies on the applied mathematics Package for scientific discipline (SPSS).
Virtual teams are used more and more by companies and other organizations to receive benefits. They are a great way to enable teamwork in situations where people are not sitting in the same physical place at the same time. As companies seek to increase the use of virtual teams, a need exists to explore the context of these teams, the virtuality of a team and software that may help these teams working virtualy. Virtual teams have the same basic principles as traditional teams, but there is one big difference. This difference is the way the team members communicate. Instead of using the dynamics of in-office face-to-face exchange, they now rely on special communication channels enabled by modern technologies, such as e-mails, faxes, phone calls and teleconferences, virtual meetings etc. This is why this paper is focused on the issues regarding virtual teams, and how these teams are created and progressing in Albania.
The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been applied in many fields and especially to complex
engineering problems and applications. The AHP is capable of structuring decision problems and finding
mathematically determined judgments built on knowledge and experience. This suggests that AHP should
prove useful in agile software development where complex decisions occur routinely. In this paper, the
AHP is used to rank the refactoring techniques based on the internal code quality attributes. XP
encourages applying the refactoring where the code smells bad. However, refactoring may consume more
time and efforts.So, to maximize the benefits of the refactoring in less time and effort, AHP has been
applied to achieve this purpose. It was found that ranking the refactoring techniques helped the XP team to
focus on the technique that improve the code and the XP development process in general.
With interconnectivity between IT Service Providers and their customers and partners growing, fueled by
proliferation of IT Services Outsourcing, with some providers gaining leading positions in marketplace
today, challenges are faced by teams who are tasked to deliver integration projects with much desired
efficiencies both in cost and schedule. Such integrations are growing both in volume and complexity.
Integrations between different autonomous systems such as workflow systems of the providers and their
customers are an important element of this emerging paradigm. In this paper we present an efficient model
to implement such interfaces between autonomous workflow systems with close attention given to major
phases of these projects, from requirement gathering/analysis, to configuration/coding, to
validation/verification, several levels of testing and finally deployment. By deploying a comprehensive
strategy and implementing it in a real corporate environment, a 10%-20% reduction in cost and schedule
year over year was achieved for past several years primarily by improving testing techniques and detecting
bugs earlier in the development life-cycle. Some practical considerations are outlined in addition to
detailing the strategy for testing the autonomous system integrations domain.
Transaction handling in com, ejb and .netijseajournal
The technology evolution has shown a very impressive performance in the last years by introducing several
technologies that are based on the concept of component. As time passes, new versions of Component-
Based technologies are released in order to improve services provided by previous ones. One important
issue that regards these technologies is transactional activity. Transactions are important because they
consist in sending different small amounts of information collected properly in a single combined unit
which makes the process simpler, less expensive and also improves the reliability of the whole system,
reducing its chances to go through possible failures. Different Component-Based technologies offer
different ways of handling transactions. In this paper, we will review and discuss how transactions are
handled in three of them: COM, EJB and .NET. It can be expected that .NET offers more efficient
mechanisms due to the fact of being released later than the other two technologies. Nevertheless, COM and
EJB are still present in the market and their services are still widely used. Comparing transaction handling
in these technologies will be helpful to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each of them. This
comparison and evaluation will be seen in two main perspectives: performance and security.
An Integrated Approach to Design an EAF for the CCS of ICDS in Indiaiosrjce
IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) is a double blind peer reviewed International Journal that provides rapid publication (within a month) of articles in all areas of computer engineering and its applications. The journal welcomes publications of high quality papers on theoretical developments and practical applications in computer technology. Original research papers, state-of-the-art reviews, and high quality technical notes are invited for publications.
The subject of connected government is coming once again to the forefront of national development priorities all over the world. This is stemming from the need to address various local and global necessities in light of changing landscape of the new digital world we live in today. In a connected government context, public service agencies are needed to act as a single enterprise so that citizens feel they are being served by one organisation rather than a number of different public authorities. Identity management is considered here a fundamental pillar to enable such operating models, and support single sign-on (SSO) and online identity validation capabilities for e-government and e-commerce environments. This article explores and describes the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government integration strategy with relation to keeping its national identity management infrastructure (population register) updated as life events take place. The integration strategy also aims to support federal and local government entities to verify citizen and resident information using their own applications in a secure, reliable, and integrated manner. Other expected contributions of the integration platform is to support decision-making and strategic planning dimensions of government work.
Framework for Securing Educational E-Government Serviceijcisjournal
Enhancement in technology is leading to a change in the way governments, individuals, institutions and
business entities provide quality services to the citizen. Today's education system plays crucial role for
developing cognizance in society so e-government service is obliged to integrate with educational system.
In this work we proposed a novel framework for integrating educational service within e-government
services. One of the main tasks of this paper is to explore or propose a Secure Examination Management
System (SEMS). The system has been designed using cryptographic primitives, which enables students to
take the exam from anywhere. The student is allowed to take the exam after he gives his necessary
authentication details. In SEMS, it is important to exclude false students while ensuring the privacy for the
honest students. It allows evaluators to share student examination papers for evaluation with proper
authentication. This is done using digital signatures, authentication and confidentiality provided by public
key cryptographic system.
In our research, we work to understand how people feel about the expansion of robots in different employment areas, and what factors influence their feelings. Mainly we aim to discover what factors influence people‟s opinions on robots.
The widely publicized views about robotics and artificial intelligence come to opposite conclusions. One being the idea that increased development of artificial intelligence and robots may lead to a situation of mass unemployment. The other more optimistic one being that the fear of job loss is unwarranted because a displacement and reposition of employment is what will ensue. There are also more contemporary views such as the following, to accelerate the development of robots and AI while maintaining employment opportunities at the same time, it is necessary to upgrade human capital.
The results of our research show that males have a more positive view about robots than females. People who found out about robots via scientific readings are also more likely to have a positive opinion about them than those who found out about robots via media. Furthermore, people who were personally exposed to robots or who had heard about them from friends are less likely to have a negative opinion about them than those who found out the information via scientific readings. The results also show that the more interested a person is in science and technology, the more likely he or she will have a positive view of robots.
We did not discover significant correlation between peoples‟ view about robots and their country of origin, also their age was not a significant determinate. We included further descriptive questions in our study pertaining to where respondents believe robots should be used as well as where robots should not be used. The majority of responses were in the fields of manufacturing and education. From this we draw that as of now, most people cannot accept the use of robots within social interaction due to either personal fears or lack of trust.
This is a presentation made by me in an international symposium on Distance Learning as an E-infrastructures Application: Innovation and Future Trends organized by European Commission under joint BELIEF, 6 CHOICE projects in New Delhi, India, January 29, 2009, http://www.beliefproject.org/events/belief-indian-symposium
Tanzania government has been making efforts to provide its information and services through internet. However, e-government adoption has been quite slow. Few publications explore e-government adoption in Tanzanian context; therefore, the purpose of this paper is to assess factors that influence citizen adoption of e-government in Tanzania.Design/methodology/approach- A survey was administered to elicit factors for egovernment adoption in Tanzania. Findings- The results of multiple linear regressions indicate that social influence and system quality significantly influence e-government adoption in Tanzania.Research limitation/implications- In light of these findings, researchers should conduct a similar study using other different models of e-government adoption, in order to identify more factors that influence e-government adoption in Tanzania.
Practical implications- Policy makers and e-government project teams should consider these factors to facilitate e-government adoption within the country.
CITIZENS’ ACCEPTANCE OF E-GOVERNMENT SERVICESijcseit
The rate of computer and internet usage has been increasing rapidly around the world. In parallel with the
technologic developments in computer science, transformation from traditional services to online services
has gained speed. The aim of this study is to predict the factors that affect e-government service usage. A
research model is developed to achieve this aim. The proposed model bases on Technology Acceptance
Model and Theory of Planned Behaviour. A questionnaire is developed to evaluate the model. This
questionnaire composes of two parts: demographics part and item part. In the items part, 32 items
comprising the factors of the proposed model are asked to participants. 100 participants fill the
questionnaire. Reliability analysis of the questionnaire is evaluated with internal consistency reliability
method. Results show that all items satisfies the reliability conditions. The reliability of whole
questionnaire Cronbach Alpha is 0.885. The Cronbach’s alpha for the overall scale of each of the factors
ranges from 0.878 to 0.890. Regression analysis results showed that all hypotheses are supported. This
study provides some valuable references to understand citizens’ acceptance level of e-government services.
This paper describes the status of local e-government in Indonesia using the United Nations e-government benchmarking model. Using data from the Indonesia Ministry of Internal Affairs, we examined 353 local government websites from early March to the end of May 2011. The results show that the majority of local government websites (193) are still at the emergence stage, 98 are at the enhanced stage, 61 are at the interactive stage, and only one local government website has achieved the transaction stage. None of the local e-government websites have moved to the final stage of e-government according to the UN model. Our findings also show that some local government websites are not well managed and maintained and that local government websites do not comply with central government standardization requirements outlined in the e-government blue print
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E government maturity models a comparative study
1. International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications (IJSEA), Vol.5, No.3, May 2014
DOI : 10.5121/ijsea.2014.5306 71
E-GOVERNMENT MATURITY MODELS:
A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Abdoullah Fath-Allah1
, Laila Cheikhi1
, Rafa E. Al-Qutaish2
, and Ali Idri1
1
Software Project Management Research Team, ENSIAS - Mohammed V University -
Souissi, Rabat, Morocco
2
Dept. of Software Engineering & IT, École de Technologie Supérieure, University of
Québec, Montréal, Canada
ABSTRACT
Many maturity models have been used to assess or rank e-government portals. In order to assess electronic
services provided to the citizens, an appropriate e-government maturity model should be selected. This paper
aims at comparing 25 e-government maturity models to find the similarities and differences between them and
also to identify their weaknesses and strengths. Although the maturity models present large similarities
between them, our findings show that the features included in those models differ from a maturity model to
another. Furthermore, while some maturity models are covering some features and introducing new ones, it
seems that others are just ignoring them.
KEYWORDS
E-government, portal, maturity model, comparison, best practices, e-services, maturity stages
1. INTRODUCTION
An e-government e-portal’s maturity model is a set of stages (from basic to advanced ones) that
determines the maturity of the e-government e-portal. The main benefit of those maturity models is
to offer a way to rank e-government portals. Maturity models can also serve as a guide to help
agencies enhance their e-government portal’s quality. Concha et al. [1] divided e-government
maturity models into the following three types:
• The governmental models: those models are developed by governments, consultants and
academics to help agencies identify and improve their level of e-government maturity. An
example is the “Canadian e-Government Capacity Check” [2] which consists of a capacity
diagnosis set of tools used to assess the capability of public agencies to deliver electronic
services to citizens.
• The holistic approach models: those models are designed to be applied in public services
development projects to help agencies identify if an e-government project will be successful or
not. An example is the “Capacity Assessment Toolkit” [3] which is a model that determines
whether an e-government project will be successful by examining capabilities through 180
indicators.
• The evolutionary e-government maturity models: those models focus on the evolution of e-
government using sequential steps, for instance from immature to mature e-government with
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improved quality. From an academic perspective, the most famous maturity models are - for
example - the Layne and Lee [4] model and the Andersen and Henriksen [5] model.
In this paper we are concerned about the third category which is the evolutionary e-government
maturity models. The purpose is to investigate all the existing maturity models provided in the
literature related to this category and to figure out their similarities, differences, weaknesses and
strengths. Such output will be useful in building a new maturity model related to e-government
portals.
This paper is structured as follow: Section 2 provides an overview of the collected maturity models
from literature. Section 3 provides a comparison of those maturity models. Section 4 concludes the
paper and gives directions for future work.
2. E-GOVERNMENT MATURITY MODELS - AN OVERVIEW
This section presents a description of e-government maturity models available in literature. This
includes the following models: Layne and Lee [4], Andersen and Henriksen [5], United Nations [6],
Alhomod et al. [7], Hiller and Belanger [8], Almazan and Gil-Garcia [9], Cisco [10], Gartner group
[11], West [12], Moon [13], World Bank [14], Deloitte and Touche [15], Howard [16], Shahkooh et
al. [17], Lee and Kwak [17], Siau and Long [19], Wescott [20], Chandler and Emanuel [21], Kim
and Grant [22], Chen et al. [23], Windley [24], Reddick [25], Accenture [26], the UK National
Audit Office [27], and Netchaeva [28].
2.1. Layne and Lee Maturity Model
Layne and Lee [4] developed a four stages maturity model of e-government. The model is
developed based on observations on e-government initiatives in the US. The maturity model is
defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “catalogue”: At this stage, the public authority is presented on the web.
• The 2nd stage is “transaction”: The citizen at this stage can make transactions with the
government.
• The 3rd stage is “vertical integration”: This stage, involves integration with higher level systems
within similar functionalities or jurisdictions.
• The 4th stage is “horizontal integration”: Systems at this stage are integrated across various
government jurisdictions, the e-portals are real one stop shops for citizens.
2.2. Andersen and Henriksen Maturity Model
Andersen and Henriksen [5] developed a four stage maturity model of e-government. The maturity
model was used in Denmark in an assessment of 110 state agencies. The authors noticed low scores
for Danish agencies. The maturity model is defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “cultivation”: At this stage, horizontal and vertical integration is present along
with the use of intranet by governments.
• The 2nd stage is “extension”: At this stage, there is an extensive use of intranet. The stage also
features customized Web interfaces and extensive use of intranet.
• The 3rd stage is “maturity”: At this stage, there is an abandoning of intranet. The organization is
mature and the processes are transparent.
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• The 4th stage is “revolution”: At this stage, data can be shared between organizations and also
applications can be shared across vendors.
2.3. United Nations Maturity Model
The United Nations [6] developed a four stage maturity model of e-government. The maturity
model was used for ranking the UN member states. It is defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “emerging information” services: In this stage, e-government Web sites provide
static information.
• The 2nd stage is “enhanced information services”: In this stage, the presence is enhanced with
one way or simple two way communication.
• The 3rd stage “transactional services”: In this stage, a two way interaction with citizens is
possible.
• The 4th stage is “connected services”: In this stage, Web sites are proactive in requesting
citizens’ feedback via Web 2.0 tools. Government agencies are citizen centric and services are
customer centric.
2.4. Alhomod Maturity Model
Alhomod et al. [7] developed a four stage maturity model of e-government defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “presence on the web”: At this stage, the e-portal provides only information.
• The 2nd stage is “interaction between the citizen and the government”: At this stage, the user
can download and email forms to the concerned authority.
• The 3rd stage is “complete transaction over the web”: At this stage, citizens are able to complete
entire tasks over the internet.
• The 4th stage is “integration of services”: At this stage, various departments share information
with each other.
2.5. Hiller and Belanger Maturity Model
Hiller and Belanger [8] developed a five stage maturity model of e-government defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “information”: It represents the most basic form of Web sites i.e. posting
information.
• The 2nd stage is “two way communications”: It involves communication between the citizens
and the government.
• The 3rd stage is “transaction”: At this stage, online services and financial transactions are
available for use by citizens.
• The 4th stage is “integration”: At this stage, all services are connected. A single e-portal can be
used to access all e-government services.
• The 5th stage is “participation”: It features political participation, posting comments and voting.
2.6. Almazan and Gil-Garcia Maturity Model
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Almazan and Gil-Garcia [9] developed a six stage maturity model of e-government. The maturity
model was used in Mexico in a systematic analysis of 32 state portals. The authors concluded that
Mexican state portals are in the initial stages of electronic government. Besides that the authors
provided weaknesses of those e-government portals. The maturity model is defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “presence”: At this stage the Web site contains static and limited information.
• The 2nd stage is “information”: At this stage, information is frequently updated and there is a
greater number of available webpages.
• The 3rd stage is “interaction”: At this stage, the users can download forms and communicate
with the government by mail.
• The 4th stage is “transaction”: This stage features secure online Web services with the
possibility of payments.
• The 5th stage is “integration”: This stage offers a one stop shop to the citizens.
• The 6th stage is “political participation”: At this stage users can vote and participate in opinion
surveys and public forums.
2.7. Cisco Maturity Model
Cisco [10] developed a three stage maturity model of e-government defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “information interaction”: This stage features departmental Web sites, legislative
posting, public notices, online forms, webcasting and personalized e-portals.
• The 2nd stage is “transaction efficiency”: it is a citizen self-service e-portal that can include
electronic payments like online taxes and e-procurement.
• The 3rd stage is “transformation citizen centric”: The administrative services at this stage are
consolidated and shared across various government jurisdictions.
2.8. Gartner Group Open Government Maturity Model
Gartner group [11] developed a four stage maturity model of e-government defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “Web presence”: At this stage, the Web site is static and used to provide basic
information to the citizen.
• The 2nd stage is “interaction”: This stage features tools for interaction with stakeholders like
search engines, documents downloading and emails.
• The 3rd stage is “transaction”: At this stage the user can perform complete transactions online.
This includes payments like buying and selling.
• The 4th stage is “transformation”: At this stage, the processes are integrated and personalized.
2.9. West Maturity Model
West [12] developed a four stage maturity model of e-government. The maturity model was used in
a content analysis of US state and federal governmental Web sites. This included 1,813 government
Web sites in 2000, and a follow-up study of 1,680 government Web sites in 2001. The authors
concluded that many government agencies have mastered the first and second stage, while few
government Web sites have achieved the 3rd and 4th stage. The maturity model is defined as
follows:
• The 1st stage is “bill-board”: At this stage, Web sites are just billboards mainly used for posting
information.
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• The 2nd stage is “partial-service-delivery”: At this stage, users have the ability to search for data
via search engines with limited online services.
• The 3rd stage is “portal or the one stop shop portal”: At this stage, all information and services
are located in a single place.
• The 4th stage is “interactive democracy”: The e-portal at this stage offers personalization, push
technology and feedback forms.
2.10. Moon Maturity Model
Moon [13] developed a five stage maturity model of e-government. The authors examined the
current state of municipal e-government initiatives in the US based on data from 2000 e-
government surveys for municipalities. The authors concluded that e-government was adopted by
municipalities but it is still in an early stage. The maturity model is defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “simple information dissemination” (one-way communication): At this stage,
governments are simply posting data and information on the Web sites.
• The 2nd stage is “two-way communication” (request and response): This stage features an
interactive mode between the governments and the stakeholders. Email systems and data transfer
technologies are also present at this stage.
• The 3rd stage is “service and financial transactions”: At this stage, the users can execute self-
services with the possibility of electronic payments.
• The 4th is “integration” (horizontal and vertical integration): This stage features horizontal and
vertical integration which help data sharing between various departments.
• The 5th stage is “political participation”: This stage features surveys, forums and online voting.
It also focuses on political activities.
2.11. World Bank Maturity Model
World Bank [14] developed a three stage maturity model of e-government defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “publish”: This stage features a variety of information published in the Web site.
This includes rules, regulations, documents and forms.
• The 2nd stage is “interact”: In this stage, the users can provide feedback and submit comments
on legislative or policy proposals.
• The 3rd stage is “transact”: In this stage, the users can complete secure transactions online.
2.12. Deloitte and Touche Maturity Model
Deloitte and Touche [15] developed a six stage maturity model of e-government. The model was
used in the following countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the
United States. The authors concluded that the majority of governments are at least in stage 1. The
maturity model is defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “information publishing”: The Web site at this stage serves as a static way to
provide information.
• The 2nd stage is “official-two way transaction”: This stage features transactions and exchange of
information between the citizens and the governmental agencies.
• The 3rd stage is “multipurpose portal”: The e-portal at this stage is a single point of entry to
provide services to the citizen.
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• The 4th stage is “portal personalization”: At this stage, the e-portal can be personalized
according to the citizen’s needs.
• The 5th stage is “clustering of common services”: At this stage, the services and processes are
clustered to provide unified services to the customer.
• The 6th stage is “full integration and enterprise transaction”: At this stage, the e-portal is fully
integrated and the services are personalized to customer needs.
2.13. Howard Maturity Model
Howard [16] developed a three stage maturity model of e-government defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “publish”: At this stage, the government just publishes information about itself
and its activities.
• The 2nd stage is “interact”: At this stage, the users can interact with the government via e-mails
and chat rooms.
• The 3rd stage is “transact”: Where the users can complete transactions over the web.
2.14. Shahkooh Maturity Model
Shahkooh et al. [17] developed a five stage maturity model of e-government. The stages are defined
as follows:
• The 1st stage is “online presence”: At this stage, information is published online.
• The 2nd stage is “interaction”: At this stage, citizens can interact with governments by emailing
officials and downloading forms.
• The 3rd stage is “transaction”: The users at this stage can conduct secure transactions like
payments and tax filling.
• The 4th stage is “fully integrated and transformed e-government”: At this stage government
services are organized as a single point of contact.
• The 5th stage is “digital democracy”: This stage features online voting, public forums and
opinion surveys.
2.15. Lee and Kwak Maturity Model
Lee and Kwak [18] proposed a five stage maturity model of e-government which focus on open
government and the use of social media and Web 2.0 tools. The model was developed based on case
studies from US Healthcare Administration agencies. It is defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “initial conditions”: This stage is a one way static interaction with the citizen. It
is only used for broadcasting information to the public.
• The 2nd stage is “data transparency”: At this stage, the use of social media is limited. Feedback
is get from the public on usefulness and data quality.
• The 3rd stage is “open participation”: This stage features social media tools to increase open
participation. Input from the public is welcomed and used in policy decisions. This stage
includes also e-Voting and e-Petitioning.
• The 4th stage is “open collaboration”: This stage features interagency collaboration by sharing
data and public input. Public contests are organized and data is analyzed for obtaining new
insights and improving decision-making.
• The 5th stage is “ubiquitous engagement”: At this stage, data is easily accessed by mobile
devices and tablets. Data is vertically and horizontally integrated. Besides that, data analytics is
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used for decision making processes. The agencies are focused on enabling continuous
improvements.
2.16. Siau and Long Maturity Model
Siau and Long [19] developed a five stage maturity model of e-government defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “Web presence”: Web sites at this stage contain only static information.
• The 2nd stage is “interaction”: This stage provides a simple interaction like forms download and
features basic search engines and email systems.
• The 3rd stage is “transaction”: In this stage, the users can perform complete transactions over the
web.
• The 4th stage is “transformation”: This stage includes vertical and horizontal integration. The
governments provide a single unified e-portal.
• The 5th stage is “e-democracy”: This stage features tools for online voting, polling and surveys
to enable political participation and citizen engagement.
2.17. Wescott Maturity Model
Wescott [20] developed a six stage maturity model of e-government that focuses on the
development of e-government in the Asia-Pacific region. The authors concluded that most of the
Asia-Pacific countries are still in the initial phases of e-government. The maturity model is defined
as follows:
• The 1st stage is “setting up an email system and internal network”: This stage features e-mail
systems to improve information sharing, coordination and feedback.
• The 2nd stage is “enabling inter-organizational and public access to information”: At this stage,
information is department centric, shared between organizations and can be accessed by the
public over the internet.
• The 3rd stage is “allowing 2-way communication”: This stage features online services. The
citizens can make suggestions using emails or ask questions in forums and receive answers.
• The 4th stage is “allowing exchange of value”: This stage features applications such as tax
assessments and license renewals. At this stage, the citizen can make secure payments on the
Web.
• The 5th stage is “digital democracy”: This stage focuses on empowering the civil society (ex.
increasing awareness of government corruption) and allowing citizens to vote and express their
opinions and feedback.
• The 6th stage is “joined-up government”: At this stage, citizens can execute services without
knowing which government agency is responsible for. Vertical and horizontal integration is
present at this stage.
2.18. Chandler and Emanuel Maturity Model
Chandler and Emanuel [21] developed a four stage maturity model of e-government defined as
follows:
• The 1st stage is “information”: This stage features the availability of online information about
government services and policies.
• The 2nd stage is “interaction”: This stage features basic level of interaction between
governments and citizens such as email systems.
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• The 3rd stage is “transaction”: At this stage, the user can conduct transactions online.
• The 4th stage is “integration”: This stage features integrated services across various departments
and agencies.
2.19. Kim and Grant Maturity Model
Kim and Grant [22] developed a five stage maturity model of e-government defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “Web presence”: This stage features simple and limited information available on
the web.
• The 2nd stage is “interaction”: This stage features search engines and downloadable forms.
• The 3rd stage is “transaction”: This stage features online transactions with the possibility of
electronic payments.
• The 4th stage is “integration”: This stage features horizontal and vertical integration. Moreover,
performance can be measured at this stage using statistical techniques.
• The 5th stage is “continuous improvement”: This stage features political activities. Besides that,
there is a great focus on continuous improvements.
2.20. Chen Maturity Model
Chen et al. [23] developed a three stage maturity model of e-government. The model was proposed
based on theoretical research and the authors’ experience in China’s regional e-government. It is
defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “catalogue”: At this stage, there is an online presence on the web. The stage
features presentation catalogue and downloadable forms.
• The 2nd stage is “transaction”: This stage features working databases supporting online
transactions. Services and online forms are also made available at this stage.
• The 3rd stage is “vertical integration”: This stage features vertical integration with higher levels
within similar jurisdictions.
2.21. Windley Maturity Model
Windley [24] developed a four stage maturity model of e-government. The model was applied to
the ‘Utah.gov’ state portal in the US. The author concluded that the portal is solidly at the second
stage of maturity. The maturity model is defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “simple Web site”: This stage features static pages with downloadable forms.
• The 2nd stage is “online government”: This stage features interaction mechanisms such as
emails, Web forms, help and FAQs.
• The 3rd stage is “integrated government”: This stage features end to end transactions. Moreover,
information is shared between departments at this stage.
• The 4th stage is “transformed government”: At this stage, the services are customer centric and
organized according to citizens’ needs and segmented according to population groups and life
events. Vertical and horizontal integration is also present at this stage.
2.22. Reddick Maturity Model
Reddick [25] developed a two stage maturity model of e-government. The model was used in the
US context in examining the current stage of municipal e-government in the American cities. The
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author concluded that the G2C Websites are in the first stage of maturity. This maturity model is
defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “cataloguing”: At this stage, information about the government and its activities
is presented on the web.
• The 2nd stage is “transactions”: At this stage, citizens can make transactions over the web.
Furthermore, one stop shops are considered as a desired feature at this stage of maturity.
2.23. Accenture Maturity Model
Accenture [26] developed a five stage maturity model of e-government. The model was used to
rank the following countries in e-government: Canada, Singapore, United States, Denmark,
Australia, Finland, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, France, The
Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Norway, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Brazil, and South Africa.
The maturity model is defined as follows:
• The 1st stage is “online presence”: At this stage, information is published online.
• The 2nd stage is “basic capability”: At this stage, security and certification is developed. The
online presence is broad.
• The 3rd stage is “service availability”: At this stage, many services are available in the e-portal.
This stage also features cross agency cooperation. Moreover, the services are designed to meet
customer needs.
• The 4th stage is “mature delivery”: At this stage, the services are clustered. There is a clear
ownership and authority – CIO (Chief Information Officer) or central agency. The customer is
involved in the process of e-government and the services are marketed.
• The 5th stage is “service transformation”: At this stage, improved customer service delivery is
the target. This stage also features multichannel integration.
2.24. UK Maturity model
The UK National Audit Office [27] presented a report to the House of Commons, in which an e-
government maturity model was developed using five stages as the following:
• The 1st stage is “basic site”: At this stage, few pages are available in the Web site which give
basic information about the agency.
• The 2nd stage is “electronic publishing”: At this stage, the Web site contains many pages.
• The 3rd stage is “e-publishing”: This stage features personalization options and customizable
search tools. Some forms can be submitted online and others can be downloaded. Moreover, at
this stage there is an extensive use of emails and the responses are timely. Besides that, email
alerts to notify the users about new content is an offered functionality.
• The 4th stage is “Transactional”: At this stage, the users make secure transactions over the Web.
• The 5th stage is “joined-up e-governance”: This stage features one stop shops and joined up
governments (vertical and horizontal integration).
2.25. Netchaeva Maturity Model
Netchaeva [28] developed a five stage e-government maturity model without giving names to
designate each stage as follows:
• The 1st stage features online Web sites with department information.
• The 2nd stage features FAQs and email systems.
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• The 3rd stage features forums and opinion surveys.
• The 4th stage features online services such as: license renewals and payment of fines.
• The 5th stage features one stop shops. The citizens can vote, contribute in online discussions and
make comments on policy and legislation proposals.
3. COMPARISON AND DISCUSSION OF THE E-GOVERNMENT MATURITY
MODELS
Several authors have conducted a synthesis based on existing maturity models and then provided
their own maturity model. Examples of these studies are as follows:
• Almazan and Gil-Garcia [9] provided their six stage maturity model after a synthesis of 5
theoretical models (out of the 25 in this study) including the United Nations and the American
Society for Public Administration [29], Hiller and Belanger [8], Layne and Lee [4], Moon [13],
and Holden et al. [30].
• Shahkooh et al.[17] presented their five stage maturity model after reviewing 9 (out of the 25 in
this study) maturity models including Deloitte and Touche [15], UN [6], Layne and Lee [4],
Accenture [26], Gartner [11], World Bank [14], Wescott [20], West [12], and Hiller and
Belanger [8] maturity models. The authors provided a mapping between their maturity model
and the compared maturity models.
• Siau and Long [19] compared 6 (out of the 25 in this study) e-government maturity models
including UN [6], Hiller and Belanger [8], Deloitte and Touche [15], Layne and Lee [4], Moon
[13], and Gartner [11] before introducing their model. The authors applied a quantitative meta-
synthesis approach to integrate those maturity models into a new synthesized one.
• Kim and Grant [22] provided their 5 stage maturity model after making a literature review of
seven maturity models (out of the 25 in this study) including Layne and Lee [4], the United
Nations [6], the American Society for Public Administration [29], Moon [13], Siau and Long
[19], Anderson and Henriksen [5], and Hiller and Belanger [8]. However, in those studies the
authors did not provide weaknesses and strengths of each maturity model. Besides that, the
authors did not compare the maturity models between them based on some criteria such as stages
focus, features and names etc. Moreover, the fact of missing many e-government maturity
models from literature could yield into missing best practices in their new maturity models.
Compared to the above studies, the comparison conducted in this paper takes a large number of e-
government maturity models that is 25 (see previous section). Moreover, we highlighted 4 main
issues related to the e-government maturity models:
• Maturity models’ stage names.
• Maturity models’ stage numbers, year and country.
• Maturity models’ stage focus.
• Maturity models’ stage features.
The result of this comparison and discussion is useful in order to identify the strengths &
weaknesses of the existing maturity models and to figure out what is missing in these maturity
models in order to take them into account in the new e-government maturity model dedicated for e-
government e-portals.
3.1. Maturity models’ stage names
From our investigation of the 25 e-government maturity models, we have noticed that (see table 1):
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Table 1. Maturity models’ stage names.
Stage
Model
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6
Layne and Lee [4] Catalogue Transaction
Vertical
integration
Horizontal
integration
NA NA
Andersen and Henriksen
[5]
Cultivation Extension Maturity Revolution NA NA
United Nation [6]
Emerging
information
services
Enhanced
information
services
Transactional
services
Connected
services
NA NA
Alhomod et al. [7]
Presence on
the web
Interaction
between the
citizen and the
government
Complete
transaction
over the web
Integration of
services
NA NA
Hiller and Belanger [8] Information
Two way
communication
Transaction Integration Participation NA
Almazan and Gil-Garcia
[9]
Presence Information Interaction Transaction Integration
Political
Participation
Cisco [10]
Information
interaction
Transaction
efficiency
Transformation
citizen centric
NA NA NA
Gartner group [11]
Web
presence
Interaction Transaction Transformation NA NA
West [12] Bill-board
Partial-service-
delivery
Portal
Interactive
democracy
NA NA
Moon [13]
Simple
information
dissemination
Two-way
communication
Service and
financial
transactions
Integration
Political
participation
NA
World Bank [14] Publish Interact Transact NA NA NA
Deloitte and Touche [15]
Information
publishing
Official-two
way
transactions
Multipurpose
portals
Portal
personalization
Clustering of
common
services
Full
integration
and
enterprise
transaction
Howard [16] Publish Interact Transact NA NA NA
Shahkooh et al. [17]
Online
presence Interaction Transaction
Fully
integrated and
transformed e-
government
Digital
democracy
NA
Lee and Kwak [18]
Initial
conditions
Data
transparency
Open
participation
Open
collaboration
Ubiquitous
engagement
NA
Siau and Long [19] Web presence Interaction Transaction Transformation E-democracy NA
Wescott [20]
Setting up an
email system
and internal
network
Enabling inter-
organizational
and public
access to
information
Allowing 2-
way
communication
Exchange of
value
Digital
democracy
Joined-up
government
Chandler and Emanuel [21] Information Interaction Transaction Integration NA NA
Kim and Grant [22]
Web
presence
Interaction Transaction Integration
Continuous
improvement
NA
Chen et al. [23] Catalogue Transaction
Vertical
integration
NA NA NA
Windley [24]
Simple Web
site
Online
government
Integrated
government
Transformed
government
NA NA
Reddick [25] Cataloguing Transactions NA NA NA NA
Accenture [26]
Online
presence
Basic
capability
Service
availability
Mature
delivery
Service
transformation
NA
The UK National Audit
[6]
Basic site
Electronic
publishing
E-publishing Transactional
Joined-up e-
governance
NA
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• All the maturity models present large similarities between them; for instance, there are large
similarities between the Moon’s model and the Hiller and Belanger’s one as stated in [31].
• According to Andersen and Henriksen [5], the Layne and Lee model focus more on the bias of
the international institutions promoting e-government. They argued that e-government should
move beyond the actual benefits it is making and focus more on reaching the citizen in a more
efficient way. For this purpose, the authors see that the first stage should include horizontal and
vertical integration [5]. However, this is an advanced feature and should be considered at the last
stages like in the other maturity models.
• Lee and Kwak [18] focus more on open government, e-participation and political participation.
This model is introducing important aspects such as measuring performance and analytics for
decision making.
In fact, although the maturity models’ stage names are different from one maturity model to
another; their content may have some similarities and differences. For instance, the first
stage for Layne and Lee is named “Catalogue” where the public authority is presented on
the web, while for United Nations this stage is named “Emerging information services”
where government websites provide static information, and for Lee and Kwak [18] this
stage is named “Initial conditions” and is about broadcasting information to the public.
Moreover, almost all of them contain:
• A stage related to the availability of the portal in the Web (presence).
• A stage where the citizens can interact with governments (interaction).
• A stage where the citizens can transact with governments (transaction).
• An advanced stage that covers advanced features such as information sharing between agencies
(integration).
• Etc.
3.2. Maturity models’ stage numbers, year and country
From the investigation of the 25 e-government maturity models, we have noticed that these maturity
models have different number of stages as the following (see Table 2):
• Only one maturity model has two stages which is the Reddick model.
• Four maturity models have three stages, which are: Cisco, World Bank, Howard and Chen.
• Eight maturity models have four stages, which are: Layne and Lee, Andersen and Henriksen,
United Nations, Alhomod, Gartner, West, Chandler, and Emanuel and Windley.
• Nine maturity models have five stages, which are: Hiller and Belanger, Moon, Shahkooh, Lee
and Kwak, Siau and Long, Kim and Grant, Accenture, UK, and Netchaeva.
• Three maturity models have six stages, which are: Almazan and Gil-Garcia, Deloitte and
Touche, and Wescott.
Moreover, concerning the years of the maturity models, we could notice that:
• Two maturity models are in 2000, which are: Gartner, and Deloitte and Touche.
• Four maturity models are in 2001, which are: Howard, Layne and Lee, Hiller and Belanger, and
Wescott.
• Five maturity models are in 2002, which are: Chandler and Emanuel, Windley, Moon, UK, and
Netchaeva.
• Two maturity models are in 2003, which are: World Bank and Accenture.
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Table 2. Maturity models’ stage numbers, year and country.
Maturity model Number of stages Year Country
United Nations 4 2012 UN member state countries
Alhomod 4 2012 -
Lee and Kwak 5 2012 US
Chen 3 2011 China
Kim and Grant 5 2010 -
Almazan and Gil-
Garcia
6 2008 Mexico
Shahkooh 5 2008 -
Cisco 3 2007 -
Andersen and
Henriksen
4 2006 Denmark
Siau and Long 5 2005 -
West 4 2004 US
Reddick 2 2004 US
World Bank 3 2003 -
Accenture 5 2003
Canada, Singapore, United States,
Denmark, Australia, Finland, Hong
Kong, United Kingdom, Belgium,
Germany, Ireland, France, The
Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Norway,
Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal,
Brazil and South Africa
Chandler and Emanuel 4 2002 -
Windley 4 2002 US
Moon 5 2002 US
UK 5 2002 UK
Netchaeva 5 2002 -
Howard 3 2001 -
Layne and Lee 4 2001 US
Wescott 6 2001 Asia Pacific
Hiller and Belanger 5 2001 -
Gartner 4 2000 -
Deloitte and Touche 6 2000
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the
United Kingdom and the United States
• Two maturity models are in 2004, which are: Reddick and West.
• One maturity model is in 2005, which is the Siau and Long model.
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• One maturity model is in 2006, which is the Andersen and Henriksen model.
• One maturity model is in 2007, which is the Cisco model.
• Two maturity models are in 2008, which are: Shahkooh, and Almazan and Gil-Garcia.
• One maturity model is in 2010, which is the Kim and Grant model.
• One maturity model is in 2011, which is the Chen model.
• Three maturity models are in 2012, which are: United Nations, Alhomod, and Lee and Kwak.
Furthermore, concerning the countries of the maturity models, we could notice that:
• Six maturity models were developed and/or used in the US context, which are: Reddick, Layne
and Lee, West, Windley, Moon and, Lee and Kwak.
• Four maturity models were developed and/or used in many countries, including: United Nations,
Accenture, Deloitte and Touche, and Wescott.
• One maturity model developed and/or used in the China’s context, which is the Chen model.
• One maturity model was developed and/or used in the UK’s context, which is the UK maturity
model.
• One maturity model was developed and/or used in the Mexican context, which is the Almazan
and Gil-Garcia model.
3.3 Maturity models’ stage focus
Regarding the focus of the maturity models, we have grouped the stages of those maturity models
according to their focus (as discussed in the sub section related to the maturity models’ stage
names): presence, interaction, transaction, integration, etc. Table 3 presents the grouping of the
maturity stages according to their focus.
The first stage of all the maturity models is mainly concerned with “presence on the Web” except
Andersen & Henriksen and Wescott maturity models. In fact the maturity models used different
words while they all focus on the same aspects (present, emerging information, presence on the
web, information, presence, information interaction, Web presence, bill-board, simple information
dissemination, publish information publishing, online presence, initial conditions, catalogue,
cataloguing and basic site).
The second stage of all the maturity models is mainly concerned with allowing citizens to find
enhanced information in the portal and to interact and transact with the government. We have
grouped such information into three categories as the following:
• “Interaction”: This means that the citizens can interact or communicate with the government.
This includes, Alhomod, Hiller and Belanger, Gartner, Moon, World Bank, Deloitte and Touche,
Howard, Shahkooh, Siau and Long, Chandler and Emanuel, Kim and Grant and Windley.
• “Enhanced information”: This means that the quality of information is enhanced. This includes
the UN, Almazan and Gil-Garcia and UK.
• “Transaction”: This means that the citizen can make complete transactions over the web. This
includes Layne and Lee, Cisco, Chen and Reddick.
The third stage of all the maturity models is mainly concerned with allowing citizens to interact and
transact with the government and making the e-portal a real one stop shop. We have grouped such
information into three categories as the following:
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Table 3. Focus of the e-government maturity stages.
Maturity stage Focus Maturity models
1 Presence All models expect Andersen and Henriksen and Wescott
2
Interaction
Alhomod, Hiller and Belanger, Gartner, Moon, World
Bank, Deloitte and Touche, Howard, Shahkooh, Siau and
Long, Chandler and Emanuel, Kim and Grant and
Windley.
Enhanced information UN, Almazan and Gil-Garcia and UK.
Transaction Layne and Lee, Cisco, Chen and Reddick.
3
Transaction
UN, Alhomod, Hiller and Belanger, Gartner, Moon, World
Bank, Howard, Shahkooh, Siau and Long, Wescott,
Chandler and Emanuel and Kim and Grant.
Interaction Almazan and Gil-Garcia.
Integration
(transformation, single
point of entry)
Layne and Lee, Cisco, West, Deloitte and Touche, Chen
and Windley.
4
Integration
(transformation)
Layne and Lee, Andersen and Henriksen, UN, Alhomod,
Hiller and Belanger, Gartner, Moon, Shahkooh, Siau and
Long, Chandler and Emanuel, Kim and Grant, and
Windley.
Transaction Almazan and Gil-Garcia, UK and Netchaeva.
Personalization West, and Deloitte and Touche.
5
E-participation (political
participation)
Hiller and Belanger, Moon, Shahkooh, Siau and Long,
Wescott, Kim and Grant and Netchaeva.
Integration Almazan and Gil-Garcia, Deloitte and Touche and UK.
6
Political participation Almazan and Gil-Garcia.
Integration Deloitte and Touche, and Wescott.
• “Transaction”: This means that the citizen can make complete transactions over the web. This
includes the UN, Alhomod, Hiller and Belanger, Gartner, Moon, World Bank, Howard,
Shahkooh, Siau and Long, Wescott, Chandler and Emanuel, and Kim and Grant.
• “Interaction”: This means that the citizens can interact with the government. This includes
Almazan and Gil-Garcia.
• “Integration”: This includes transformation and single point of entry portals. This means that
systems and e-portals are interoperable and work in harmony. An example is one stop shop e-
portals. This includes Layne and Lee, Cisco, West, Deloitte and Touche, Ken and Windley.
The fourth stage of all the maturity models is mainly concerned with allowing citizens to transact
with the government and making the e-portal integrated and personalized according to citizens’
needs. We have grouped such information into three categories as the following:
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• “Integration or Transformation”: This means that systems and e-portals are interoperable and
work in harmony. An example is one stop shop e-portals. This includes Layne and Lee,
Andersen and Henriksen, the UN, Alhomod, Hiller and Belanger, Gartner, Moon, Shahkooh,
Siau and Long, Chandler and Emanuel, Kim and Grant and Windley.
• “Transaction”: This means that the citizen can make complete transactions over the web. This
includes Almazan and Gil-Garcia, UK, and Netchaeva.
• “Personalization”: This means that the e-portal can be personalized according to the citizens’
needs. This includes West, and Deloitte and Touche.
The fifth stage of all the maturity models is mainly concerned with e-participation and making the
e-portal integrated. We have grouped such information into two categories as the following:
• “E-participation”: including political participation, this means that the citizens can participate in
forums, online votes and surveys. This includes, Hiller and Belanger, Moon, Shahkooh, Siau and
Long, Wescott, Kim and Grant and Netchaeva.
• “Integration”: This means that systems and e-portals are interoperable and work in harmony.
This includes, Almazan and Gil-Garcia, Deloitte and Touche and UK.
The sixth stage of all the maturity models is mainly concerned with political participation and
making the e-portal integrated. We have grouped such information into two categories as the
following:
• “Political participation”: This means that the citizens can vote and participate in opinion surveys.
This includes the Almazan and Gil-Garcia model.
• “Integration”: This means that systems and e-portals are interoperable and work in harmony.
This includes Deloitte and Touche and Wescott.
To summarize, we can see from Table 3 that almost all the maturity models focus on presence in the
first stage. Furthermore, interaction is present at stage 2 and 3. Besides that, transaction is present at
stage 2, 3 and 4. Moreover, integration and advanced features such as: transformation, e-
participation and political participation are all present in the final stages 3, 4, 5 and 6. What can be
concluded is that the most important stages of maturity can summarized into the following:
presence, interaction, transaction and integration.
3.4 Maturity models’ stage features
Regarding the maturity models’ stage features, most of the e-government maturity models have
been built without any input from the others, with the exception of Almazan and Gil-Garcia,
Shahkooh et al., Siau and Long, and Kim and Grant maturity models. In such situation, different
terms have been used to express the same features, or similar feature has been expressed in different
terms. Therefore, bringing a convergence and consensus on maturity models features would
facilitate both the built and the use of the maturity model. Therefore, among the important features
proposed in the 25 maturity models presented in section 2, we have chosen a set of important
features and compared them with the 25 maturity models in terms of coverage per each model.
Those features are defined as the following:
• “One stop shops”: This means that the e-portal is a single point of entry for all e-government
services.
• “Customer centricity”: This means that the services or the e-portal are designed from a citizen
perspective and not an organizational one.
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• “Interoperability”: This means joining up governments to work together and exchange
information.
• “Personalization”: This means offering the possibility to the citizen to personalize and customize
the e-portal’s functionalities according to his/her needs.
• “Payment”: This means offering the ability for citizens to pay in the e-portal via credit/debit
cards or electronic banking.
• “E-participation”: This means the involvement of the citizens in the e-government process using
various tools such as comment forms, surveys, e-voting, and e-petitioning.
Table 4 shows a comparison between the coverage of those features in each maturity stage of the 25
maturity models.
As we can notice from Table 4 regarding the set of 6 important features that an e-government
maturity model should have, we can see that out of the 25 compared maturity models:
• “One stop shop” feature is covered by 11 maturity models. This includes: Layne and Lee, Hiller
and Belanger, Almazan and Garcia, West, Deloitte and Touche, Shahkooh, Siau and Long,
Wescott, Reddick, UK and Netchaeva maturity models.
• “Customer centricity” feature is covered by 6 maturity models. This includes: Andersen and
Henriksen, United Nations, Almazan and Garcia, Deloitte and Touche, Windley and Accenture
maturity models.
• “Interoperability” feature is covered by 20 maturity models. This includes: Layne and Lee,
Andersen and Henriksen, United Nations, Alhomod, Hiller and Belanger, Almazan and Garcia,
Cisco, Gartner, Moon, Deloitte and Touche, Shahkooh, Lee and Kwak, Siau and Long, Wescott,
Chandler and Emanuel, Kim and Grant, Chen, Windley, Accenture and UK maturity models.
• “Personalization” feature is covered by 8 maturity models. This includes: Andersen and
Henriksen, Almazan and Garcia, Cisco, Gartner, West, Deloitte and Touche, Siau and Long and
UK maturity models.
• “Payment” feature is covered by 17 maturity models. This includes: United Nations, Alhomod,
Hiller and Belanger, Almazan and Garcia, Cisco, Gartner, Moon, Deloitte and Touche, Howard,
Shahkooh, Siau and Long, Wescott, Kim and Grant, Windley, Reddick, UK and Netchaeva
maturity models.
• “E-participation” feature is covered by 17 maturity models. This includes: Layne and Lee,
United Nations, Hiller and Belanger, Almazan and Garcia, Cisco, West, Moon, World Bank,
Howard, Shahkooh, Lee and Kwak, Siau and Long, Wescott, Kim and Grant, Windley,
Accenture and Netchaeva maturity models.
Moreover, while some features are included in most of the maturity models such as interoperability
(20 maturity models), payment and e-participation (17 maturity models), there are other features
that are covered by few maturity models such as customer centricity (6 maturity models) and
personalization (8 maturity models).
It is clear that the focus of the studied models differs from a maturity model to another. While, some
maturity models are covering some features and introducing new ones, it seems that others are just
ignoring them. Besides that, there are some new features such as measuring performance and
analytics for decision making introduced by the Lee and Kwak model and not raised by the other
maturity models.
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Table 4: Features coverage per each maturity model
Stages
Features
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 and above
One stop shop
West MM, Deloitte &
Touche MM
(Layne & Lee, 2001),
(Hiller & Belanger, 2001),
(Shahkooh et al., 2008),
(Siau & Long, 2005)
(Almazan & Gil-
Garcia, 2008),
(Wescott, 2001),
(N.A.O., 2002),
(Netchaeva, 2002)
Customer
Centricity
Deloitte & Touche
MM, Accenture MM
(Andersen & Henriksen,
2006),
(United-Nations, 2012),
(Almazan & Gil-Garcia,
2008),
(Windley, 2002)
(Rohleder & Jupp,
2003)
Interoperability
Andersen &
Henriksen
MM
(Layne & Lee, 2001),
(Cisco IBSG, 2007),
(Chen et al., 2011),
(Rohleder & Jupp,
2003)
(United-Nations, 2012),
(Alhomod et al., 2012),
(Hiller & Belanger, 2001),
(Baum & Di Maio, 2000),
(Moon, 2002),
(Shahkooh et al., 2008),
(Lee & Kwak, 2012),
(Siau & Long, 2005),
(Chandler & Emanuels,
2002),
(Kim & Grant, 2010),
(Windley, 2002),
(Layne & Lee, 2001)
(Almazan & Gil-
Garcia, 2008),
(Deloitte Consulting &
Deloitte & Touche,
2000), (Lee & Kwak,
2012),
(Wescott, 2001),
(N.A.O., 2002)
Personalization Cisco MM
Andersen &
Henriksen MM
(Andersen & Henriksen,
2006), (Almazan & Gil-
Garcia, 2008), (Cisco
IBSG, 2007),
(Siau & Long, 2005),
(N.A.O., 2002)
(Almazan & Gil-Garcia,
2008), (Baum & Di Maio,
2000), (West, 2004),
(Deloitte Consulting &
Deloitte & Touche, 2000),
(N.A.O., 2002)
(Deloitte Consulting &
Deloitte & Touche,
2000)
Payments
Cisco MM,
Deloitte & Touche
MM, Windley
MM, Reddick MM
(United-Nations, 2012),
(Alhomod et al., 2012),
(Hiller & Belanger,
2001), (Baum & Di
Maio, 2000), (Moon,
2002),
(Howard, 2001),
(Shahkooh et al., 2008),
(Siau & Long, 2005),
(Deloitte Consulting &
Deloitte & Touche,
2000), (Kim & Grant,
2010)
(Almazan & Gil-Garcia,
2008), (Wescott, 2001),
(Windley, 2002),
(N.A.O., 2002), (Netchaeva,
2002)
(Wescott, 2001)
E-participation
Layne & Lee MM,
Hiller & Belanger
MM, Moon MM,
World Bank MM,
Howard MM, Lee
& Kwak MM,
Windley MM
(United-Nations, 2012),
(Almazan & Gil-Garcia,
2008),
(Cisco IBSG, 2007),
(Lee & Kwak, 2012),
(Wescott, 2001),
(Netchaeva, 2002)
(United-Nations, 2012),
(West, 2004),
(Lee & Kwak, 2012),
(Rohleder & Jupp, 2003)
(Hiller & Belanger,
2001),
(Almazan & Gil-
Garcia, 2008), (Moon,
2002), (Shahkooh et al.,
2008),
(Siau & Long, 2005),
(Lee & Kwak, 2012),
(Wescott, 2001),
(Kim & Grant, 2010),
(Netchaeva, 2002)
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To conclude, since most of the maturity models have been built without any input from the existing
maturity models, this can explain why they are not covering all the existing features available in the
literature.
4. CONCLUSION
In this paper we have presented and compared e-government maturity models available in the
literature. The comparison conducted includes 25 e-government maturity models and the discussion
is conducted according to 4 issues:
• The 1st issue includes maturity models’ stage names. In this part, we can see that although the
maturity models’ stage names are different from one maturity model to another; their content
may have some similarities and differences.
• The 2nd issue is about maturity model’s stage numbers, years and country. In this part, we have
noticed that the maturity models’ stage numbers varies from 2 to 6 stages, while, the maturity
models’ year range between 2000 and 2012. In addition, the country that occupies the first
position where the maturity models were developed and/or used is the US.
• The 3rd issue is the maturity models’ stage focus. In this part we can see that the most important
stages of maturity can summarized into four distinct stages as the following: presence,
interaction, transaction and integration.
• The 4th issue is the maturity models’ stage features. In this part we concluded that some
maturity models are ignoring some important e-government features. This could be justified by
the fact that many maturity models have been built without any input from the existing models.
To sum up, it is clear from the above that there is a need for a maturity model that includes all the
best practices of the compared maturity models in the literature. The maturity model may include
other e-government portals best practices which are not included in those maturity models. In this
way, the model would be holistic and cover all the aspects of e-government e-portals.
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Authors
Abdoullah Fath-Allah
He holds a bachelor degree in computer science (2005) and a master degree in computer
networks with a minor in software engineering (2007) from Alakhawayn University in
Ifrane, Morocco (AUI). Abdoullah has almost an 8 years’ experience in industry, and he is
an e-HR portals’ consultant. He is currently a PhD student at ENSIAS (Morocco).
Laila Cheikhi
She is a Professor at Computer Science and Systems Analysis School (ENSIAS, Rabat,
Morocco). She received a M.Sc. (2004) from University of Montréal and Ph.D. (2008) from ETS, University
of Quebec at Montreal, and Both in software engineering. She has over eight years of experience in computer
engineering at the Ministry of Finance of Morocco. Her research interests include software quality models,
software metrics, software engineering ISO standards, software product and process quality, software
engineering principles and data analysis.
Rafa E. Al-Qutaish
He is an Associate Professor at École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), University of Québec, Canada. He
received B.Sc. in Computer Science and M.Sc. in Software Engineering degrees in 1993
and 1998, respectively. Also, he received the Ph.D. degree in Software Engineering from
the School of Higher Technology (ÉTS), University of Québec, Canada in 2007. His
research interests are in Software Measurement, Software Product Quality, Software
Engineering Standardization, Reverse Engineering, Software Comprehension and
Maintenance, and Compiler Construction. Dr. Al-Qutaish is a senior member of the IEEE
& IEEE-CS, and also a senior member of the IACSIT. http://www.rafa-elayyan.ca
Ali Idri
He is a Professor at Computer Science and Systems Analysis School (ENSIAS, Rabat,
Morocco). He received DEA (Master) (1994) and Doctorate of 3rd Cycle (1997) degrees in
Computer Science, both from the University Mohamed V of Rabat. He has received his
Ph.D. (2003) in Cognitive Computer Sciences from ETS, University of Quebec at
Montreal. His research interests include software cost estimation, software metrics, fuzzy
logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms and information sciences.