Challenges in e-governance implementation and Advantages and disadvantages of e-governance

The technology has become advanced day by day and now it is used in different fields of the world. Many fields of the world took advantage of this technology and start establishing new system based on this technology like the E-commerce, E-readiness, and E-government etc. Now days E-government has become a popular technological system all over the world. Government around different worlds have stated the use of technology and has implemented technology in their government systems to improve the services, save the time, to reduce extra cost and to increase the efficiency in the and effectiveness in the areas of the public sector because government has to maintain a communication with the public sector in order to keep them updated with the new changes and information. The combination of internet with the government has become a more effective technology for the public because now days the use of technology within the public has increased and they have use the technology in multiple ways, so this technology will keep them updated wherever they are. E-government has made a significant change in our World, in the structure of our societies, its values and the cultures and different ways to conduct a business in the society within the use of technology.

The main purpose of E-government is to convert the traditional information into an online technological structure so that it will make a stream for the easy transfer of data to the people of that society. Different government systems of different countries reshape the E-government system according to their needs. Different government sectors have different strategies to build the E-government system. Some systems want to develop a long-term plan on the E-government system, others sectors just want to use this system to cover the specific areas.

The basic definitions of E-government will be “To deliver the specific information about different government sectors through the use of information and technology to provide the services to the public sector”. There are several stages of implementing E-government in the government system. According to the UN Study, the following five stages of E-government sector is as follows:

Step one is the emerging E-government system. In this step only a basic and limited information is provided to the public, because this is an emerging stage and this system is established with the help of only few limited independent official sites.

Step two is the enhanced E-government system. In this system more updated and more dynamic information is updated to the system and is provided to different sectors. In this step, different government sites have increase their information because this is an enhanced system.

Step three is the interactive E-government system. In this system, the users or the people from the public sector can visits this E-government system and can use it to download to different forms and emails. The people can use the E-government system to interact with the government and make any requests and appointments.

Step four is the Transactional System. In this step the user can utilize the services and can pay for these services and they can also conduct the online financial transactions.

Step five is the Seamless E-government system. In this system, we can use the services from across the administrative boundaries, and from the administrative and departmental systems and boundaries.

Problem statement of Challenges in e-governance implementation and Advantages and disadvantages of e-governance

Many countries do not have proper resources and knowledge to implement the E-governance in their countries. Proper knowledge about the E-governance and its services should be provided to different countries so that they can introduce e-governance in their countries and due to the lack of knowledge about the E-governance there are hurdles in implementing E-governance in different countries, as E-governance should be used by different countries to improve the communication system between the government and the public and to provide information to the public online that is easily accessible to them anywhere.

Challenges in e-governance implementation and Advantages and disadvantages of e-governance

But there are some challenges that might occur during the implementation of E-government system in different countries. Number one is the operational challenges. It is one of the most important challenge because operating a new system is one of the biggest challenges, any technology related project cannot be successful until we spend long time on it for setting the business values that are the core values to operate a system. To develop a project, it is essential to include different aspects like the project management, maintenance, and training, help that can be available both online and offline. And the change, management system.

Another obstacle in the implementation of the E-government that might occur is the strategic challenge. If a proper strategy is not developed that how to implement the E-government system then the established system might have some flaws and cannot run properly. To run a proper E-government system, a proper plan should be executed by having a proper execution committee, make a list of the priority of the various demands from different departments, identification of the infrastructure and the arrangement is one of the basic things to develop a proper strategy if these things are not properly executed than there might be strategic challenges.

Next major hurdle in the E-governance implementation is the Environmental challenge, before developing a system it is important to identify the environmental challenges. The environmental challenges might include the infrastructural challenges, diversity of culture of the users in the environment, the social and economic conditions of the area of the society or community where the plan will be implemented. These things should be identified and a proper survey should be conducted before implementing any plan.

Technical challenge is another issue regarding the introduction of E-governance in the country and it is one of the most major challenge while developing a technological system. Some security issues, portability issues, scalability issues, interoperability issues might occur during the development of a system. A friendly software should be provide to the government to develop the systems.

Id capacity is another opposition in the implementation of E-governance. Capacity is one of the major problems of most of the government sectors, they are not capable enough to provide the relevant data in the system enough and data availability is one of the major factor of the system, if proper data is not available then will the system will be successful and run properly.

Another barrier against the E-governance implementation is the planning challenge, there should be a proper planning in order to develop a system and before implementing it. There should be the use of proper technology, selection of the proper vendor, time planning of the project and the execution planning of the project.

Some other problems might include the lack of skills, in most of the countries that are still developing if e-governance system is introduced, they will not be able to use the technology because of the lack of the skills and lack of knowledge.

Advantages and Disadvantages:

Ther are many advantages of the E-government system and the public will bet benefit from this system, the advantage is that it will enhance the public services and it is a more efficient system to provide the service with more efficiency to the public sector. It is also cost effective and time effective method, because it will reduce the cost as well as save the time to send information to the public.

This system has transparency and it allows the public to get updated with the latest information on which the government is working upon and as well as the newly introduced government policies are also available on the E-government system.

The main advantage of the E-government system is that it will reduce the paper cost and the use of the paper based system, this system will reduce the cost as well as time because paper based system takes more time and is also not cost effective. The introduction of their E-government system will also enhance and improve the communication system and interaction between the government and different business organizations as well as the local people because they can send their requests through this system to the government.

The interaction between different business organizations and business leads to stronger economy and this will benefit our market and economic conditions of the country.

The people ae using the internet and technology to keep them updated. So same is the case with the E-government people are utilizing it to get updated with the attest information, irrespective of the location, because it can provide information to the people and public sector anywhere at any time, this system is not restricted with any boundary nor with any time and location. These are the main benefits which we can get from the E-government system

Where there are benefits, there are disadvantages as well.

The major disadvantage is that there is lack of the equality in terms of the equal distribution of internet to all the public. If there is no equal distribution of internet and technology within the public then the E- government is not useful. Moreover the reliability of the information on the internet and the different hidden groups of government that influence the opinions of the public. Moreover the implementation of E-government in different areas of the world may have impact on the economic factors, the social factors and the political factors. This system will increase the vulnerability in terms of the cyber-attacks and the information can be hacked from the system.

Another disadvantage it has is that large amount of money is spend on this system and the development and the implementation of the Electron government. And if this system does not run successfully there will be a loss of money that was invested in this system.

The disadvantage that is the major disadvantage of the E-government system that it is inaccessible in the remote areas of the community where there is no internet technology or where the literacy rate is much lower than the other areas, or the community has poor economy and low incomes. These all things leads to the inaccessibility of the E-government system.

These are the major disadvantages that might occur during the system.

Recommendations of Challenges in e-governance implementation and Advantages and disadvantages of e-governance

Some recommendations that can be given to improve the system is that: First thing is to develop a proper strategy that how will the government implement this system by observing the environmental issues and economic issues as well as the technological issues. Before developing a system some strategies must be developed in order to implement a well-designed system that has no flaws and that can be accessible to everyone.

Find out the environmental issues, that if the people are skilled enough to use this technology, or is the technology and internet is accessible to all the areas and so that this system will not be failed. Moreover the government should identify the technical issues that the system has no privacy issues and it is a friendly software to use. By developing a proper strategy, then the government should implement this system more easily. The political factor is an important factor in the implementation of the e-government, the government should be stable in order to introduce e-government in the country. The government should give equal rights to the citizens and should provide technology to all the citizens so that they can utilize the technology and e-government can be implemented successfully in the country.

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