E- GOVERNANCE

E- GOVERNANCE

ABSTRACT

History and the timelines that mark its passage, stand witness to an oft-quoted adage – ‘Nothing is constant, except change’. In today’s world, the most significant catalyst, the Internet, with its humble beginnings over two decades ago, has inarguably changed some of the most fundamental constrictions that limited communication and global outreach. The concept and system of governance has been the slowest to absorb the benefits of information technology.
     If we are to ask why, its because of the way governments are organized and their basic structure and operation. Designed primary as a command and control structure, change and its implementation has traditionally been the prerogative of the government. These apparently concrete facts have today crumbled under the spontaneity and vast potential of the Internet. The obvious prospects for improvement by merging government procedures with today’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), leading to a enhanced governmental model, termed eGovernance, have been realized by more than a handful of nations, and the gains are clearly visible.