"Australia is highly commended in the report, in particular our advanced integration of information and services," Abetz said.
Minister Abetz said the report provided an extremely useful international reference point for the governments involved -- the United States, Germany, Japan, France, UK, Italy and Canada, Sweden and Australia.
The report highlights Australia's achievement in areas including health, education, payment of benefits, corporate services and public protection. The report also recognizes a number of 'shared challenges that all countries hold in common, such as managing the impact on human resources, managing ICT investment, information sharing between government agencies, fostering public confidence in e-government, and delivering savings to government while effectively measuring the outcomes of investing in e-government, said Abetz.
"The Australian Government has been working for many years to address the particularly complex challenges that all countries face in implementing e-government.
"As a result, today we can safely say that Australia is one of the world's leading nations in e-government, a position that will be strengthened by the release of a new e-government strategy in the coming months."
The report was launched in England, at the Transforming Public Services: Ministerial E-Government Conference 2005. The conference was co-hosted by the UK government and the European Commission's Information Society and Media Directorate-General.
"As minister for e-government, I am extremely proud to see Australia's achievements highlighted on the world stage and I commend those agencies noted for their innovative outcomes in this area," Abetz said.
Quelle: Government Technology, 30.11.2005
