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E-Government

- It is the transformation of Government to provide efficient, convenient and transparent services to the Citizens and Business
using Information and Communication Technologies.
- Refers to the application of the internet and other information technology to provide government information and services
electronically.

EVOLUTION OF E-GOVERNMENT

YEAR CHARCTERISTICS TECHNOLOGIES

The only instruments for the Steam engine, telegraph, telephone,

communication both within and outside quill pen, typewriter
Traditional Model Period
government service

Twentieth Century Technology was now being viewed as a Photocopier, computer, software
key components in improving the way application, powerful hardware,
the public sector conducted the business electronic mail, Intranets and access to
and provided service to citizens. Internet
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3 STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ICT IN
GOVERNMENT

AUTOMATION
INFORMATION
To use machines to reduce the
costs of existing, mainly Emphasis on the information
paper-based work and with that can be liberated
information only as a by-
product
TRANSFORMATION
Liberating the power of new
Technology will drive down the
costs of Public services and at the
same time, help to rebuild
relationship bet. G2C
G2B Government and their citizens

Government to citizens
Government to business
 Allow citizens to be
 E-business in the sense more informed about
of electronic exchanges G2G government laws,
involving commercial regulations, policies,
and fee for service and services. For the
transactions. Government to government citizen.
 Government  Interactions between
Ex. Taxes, permits, government and
compliance, approvals, agencies
citizens to support
permissions, registrations, increasingly use
transaction such as tax
project profiles, electronic links payment, licenses
infrastructure, State support between each other passport, pensions,
in order to improve insurance, health care
service delivery and birth certificate
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Benefits to Government
1. Law and Policy Making
 E-Government can be catalyst for legal
reform
 Board and rapid dissemination of laws 1. The digital divide
 Rapid and better formulation of policies - Not all people have access or not
2. Greater Regulation connected to the Internet
 Transparency in terms of transportation and 2. Privacy and Security
police. - Internet or e-mail usage is recorded and
 Great revenues for taxation able to be traced far easier than ordinary
3. Efficient service to Citizens and Business mail or telephone calls.
 Control of corruption - Government files are able to be shared
 Targeting of benefits of people between agencies for efficiency reasons
that’s why also impose problems of
Benefits to Citizens privacy invasion/
 Cost and time saving 3. Implications of e-government for politics
- Politicians are already using emails and
 Ease of access of information telephone responses on some issues than
personal appearance.
 Assurance in getting service 4. Difficulties with implementation
 Better quality of life - Much money has been wasted because the
government information technology
 Convenience in multiple delivery channels expensive to buy but not efficient and
short lived technologies.
Benefits to Business
 Ease doing business with Government
 Transparency
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 Increased velocity of Business

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Government Budget- the Centre of activity for bureaucracy

Budget- is a blood life of the government

Budgeting- process of creating plan to spend money

Finance- is centerpiece of government

ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS OF THE

BUDGET

ALLOCATION DISTRIBUTION STABILIZATION

FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE

BUDGET

ACCOUNTABI
ACCOUNTING
-LITY
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STEPS IN BUDGETING

Drawn up the budget

FORMULATION
Approval of legislature
AUTHORIZATION

Appraisal EXECUTION

TRADITIONAL BUDGET OR
LINE-ITEM

Expenditure (salary for staffs, equipment, postage)

1. Money
Incidental items

2. EXPENDIT
INCOME
URE

Previous year
3. Incremental budgeting
Forthcoming year
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ADVANTAGE OF TRADITIONAL DISADVANTAGE OF

BUDGET TRADITIONAL BUDGET

1. To limit expenditure 1. Stresses inputs rather than

2. Provide certain degree of outputs
flexibility 2. One year duration or short
3. Makes budgeting easier and term plan for budget
manageable 3. Rigid
4. Adaptable to all economic 4. Only politicians have ability to
circumstances and conditions make major changes.

Managing External Constituencies

ALLISON’S MODEL EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN THE EXTERNAL RELATIONS AS A

FUNCTIONS OF MEC TRADITIONAL MODEL
MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS

1. Dealing with external units of the Coordination was handled Partisans for particular parts of the
same organization or the bureaucratically bureaucracy, or for particular policies,
coordination of parts of the compete with each other for resources
organization using standard political means, rather than
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2. Dealing with independent
organizations such as other parts of
government, business and interest
groups
3. Dealing with the press and public
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Owen E. Hughes (2003) Public Management and Administration An introduction third edition
Relationships with independent
organizations were also presumed to be
managed by political leadership
Dealing with the press and public both
there were regarded rather negatively by
the bureaucracy and were other parts of the vital parts of the management function
external constituency function left for
politicians to worry about.
a hierarchical process
Dealings with independent organizations
should also be characterized as being
fundamentally political, a political process
in which public servants are involved as
much as any politicians
Public manager have to deal personally
with the press and the public and it is a