Taiwan, which was recently singled out as being the world's best e-government, has linked progress with e-government to wider objectives concerning the territory's IT development. According to Premier Yu Shyi-kun, the inauguration of the e-government service platform, initiated by the Cabinet-level Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (RDEC), marks the first step in building a digital Taiwan.
Yu explained that the platform would enable 'one-stop-government', increasing access to public services and freeing up public sector resources for other tasks.
Greater 'informatisation' would also lead to greater internal efficiency within and between government departments, Yu said before pointing to the ultimate objective of service-oriented government. This process would take time, but held out the prospect of profound change to the nature of government, as well as to how government was structured, Yu concluded.
Quelle: Public Sector Technology & Management, 27.09.2004
