Course Description:
This course familiarizes students with different concepts of E-Government and E-Governance, different E-Governance models and infrastructure development, E-government security, and data warehousing and data mining for e-governance.
Course Objectives:
- To develop knowledge of e-governance and e-government
- To know different e-governance models and infrastructure development
- To implement security and use data warehousing and mining in e-governance
Course Contents:
Unit 1: Introduction to E-Government and E-Governance (5 Hrs.)
Difference between E-Government and E-Governance; E-Government as Information System; Benefits of E-Government; E-Government Life Cycle; Online Service Delivery and Electronic Service Delivery; Evolution, Scope and Content of E-Governance; Present Global Trends of Growth in E-Governance
Unit 2: Models of E-Governance (10 Hrs.)
Introduction; Model of Digital Governance: Broadcasting / Wider Dissemination Model, Critical Flow Model, Comparative Analysis Model, Mobilization and Lobbying Model, Interactive – Service Model / Government-to-Citizen-to-Government Model (G2C2G); Evolution in E-Governance and Maturity Models: Five Maturity Levels; Characteristics of Maturity Levels; Towards Good Governance through E-Governance Models
Unit 3: E-Government Infrastructure Development (10 Hrs.)
Network Infrastructure; Computing Infrastructure; Data centers; E-Government Architecture; Interoperability Framework; Cloud Governance; E-readiness; Data System Infrastructure; Legal Infrastructural Preparedness; Institutional Infrastructural Preparedness; Human Infrastructural Preparedness; Technological Infrastructural Preparedness
Unit 4: Security for e-Government (5 Hrs.)
Challenges and Approach of E-government Security; Security Management Model; E- Government Security Architecture; Security Standards
Unit 5: Applications of Data Warehousing and Data Mining in Government (5 Hrs.)
Introduction; National Data Warehouses: Census Data, Prices of Essential Commodities; Other Areas for Data Warehousing and Data Mining: Agriculture, Rural Development, Health, Planning, Education, Commerce and Trade, Other Sectors
Unit 6: Case Studies (10 Hrs.)
E-Government Initiatives in Nepal, Cyber Laws, Implementation in the Land Reform, Human Resource Management Software, NICNET, Collectorate , Computer-aided Administration of Registration Department (CARD), Smart Nagarpalika, National Reservoir Level and Capacity Monitoring System, Computerization in Andra Pradesh, Ekal Seva Kendra, Sachivalaya Vahini, Bhoomi, IT in Judiciary, E-Khazana , DGFT, PRAJA, E-Seva, E- Panchyat, General Information Services of National Informatics, Centre E-Governance initiative in USA, E-Governance in China, E-Governance in Brazil and Sri Lanka
Laboratory Work:
The laboratory work includes implementing e-governance models and systems using suitable platform.
Text / Reference Books:
- Richard Heeks, Implementing and managing e-Government
- C.S. R Prabhu, e-Governance: Concepts and Case studies, prentice hall of India Pvt. Ltd.
- J. Satyanarayana, e-Government, , prentice hall of India Pvt. Ltd
- Backus, Michiel, e-Governance in Developing Countries, IICD Research Brief, No. 1, March 2001