An Exploratory Framework for Future E-Government Research Investments

After more than a decade of e-government research, little work has been done to envision the longer term future of government and society and the unanswered questions associated with such a vision. This paper reports the results of a survey of thirteen futureoriented research themes generated by an international research partnership. The survey generated responses from 383 experts in 54 countries. It revealed strong consensus on the overall importance of future e-government research, as well as a small number of differences among regions and stakeholder groups regarding the relative importance of individual themes. The study also produced a fourfactor framework for organizing and classifying egovernment research that comprises relevance, confidence, interoperability, and innovation as interacting elements of any future vision of egovernment.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: HICSS
• Authors: Sharon S. Dawes
• Keywords: Biometrics, E-government Research, Future E-government Research, HICSS 2008, Longer Term Future, System Sciences