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Bandar Seri
Begawan – WHEN Tokyo's Waseda
University Institute of e-Government announced the results of its 2006
World e-Government Ranking, four Asian countries featured in the top 10.
Now in its second year, the survey examines the development
and progress of e-Government in 32 countries worldwide.
The Waseda e-Government Ranking used comprehensive
indicators and parameters for measuring the latest developments in 32
countries' e-Governments. These are different from existing rankings, which
mainly focused on websites and systems such as Customer Relation
Management.
The survey
findings may be summarised as below:
1. Asian countries
such as Singapore (3rd), Japan (4th), Korea (5th), and Taiwan (7th) are among
the top 10 e-government achievers.
2. Areas surveyed
in the e-Government of each country include network preparedness, required
interface functioning applications, management optimisation
and the introduction of chief information officers.
3. This year,
efforts to promote e-Government by each country were also analysed.
4. The survey also
examined the co-relationship between national e-Governments and the
economic and social activities in the countries involved.
While most e-Government
rankings in US and Europe are conducted by universities or private
companies, the Waseda e-Government ranking is the
first effort from Asia, and the only one available from this region.
Members came from 14 different countries.
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