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Title:
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ABSTRACTION OF EGOVERNMENT |
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Author(s):
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Abdelbaset Rabaiah , Eddy Vandijck , Farouk Musa |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-23-2 |
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Editors:
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Sandeep Krishnamurthy and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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eGovernment; Model; Abstraction; Government Entity |
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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27 |
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Last Page:
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34 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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The researcher has spotted numerous research efforts concentrating on the idea of technology platform integration and standardization (e.g. Tambouris (2001), Scholl 2005, Marinos Themistocleous and Zahir Irani 2005, Anthopoulos & Tsoukalas, Klischewski & Jeenicke 2004, Punia & Saxena 2004, Klischewski 2004, and Janssen & Cresswell 2005). In the researchers view this is most rewarding for governments that do not yet have an IT infrastructure and plan to establish one. Most governments, however, have already disparate systems in place. Each of these systems is usually built to serve a particular department that has predefined requirement. In most cases, there is a lack of vision of integration as decisions upon technologies are taken by the Local GovernmentsLGs. In firms, though, the decision is mostly central and any new system or platform with typical size is normally planned to be interoperable. In democracies, LGs have autonomous status. Resistance to change can be more evident than in businesses. There is also a tendency to keep information private. This hinders much of the integration efforts. Also the cost for integration and rebuilding the IT infrastructure with the new standards can be awfully far above the ground. That said; it could be better and cheaper to adopt a different approach. Encapsulation of eGovernment can face far less resistance and demand much fewer costs. This idea has a lot in common with Object-Oriented methodologies that are already applied in some businesses. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a model that materializes this idea of encapsulation. It would only touch on the technical aspects of the model, but at large the model will be conceptual. |
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