[LINK] sustainable eGovernment or pay us to build the new toll roads

[Nicholas English]

First view is this might be the summary that was being remarketed(?) into
the Gulf
http://www.booz.com/media/file/BoozCo_The-Digital-Government.pdf as those
others were quite old :)

Nicholas English
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Obscure quotes quoth the obscure

On 1 July 2013 18:09, Nicholas English <nik.english at gmail.com> wrote:

> A bit press today about some statements from Booz & Co about ways to make
> eGovt. "sustainable".
>
> first things that come to mind include:
> - nature of cost sharing and questions of efficiency
> - need for more than a regulatory framework given the record of large
> scale govt IT investment/PM successes (or is this where you summon your
> handy consultant?) particularly in a region where there is a dearth of
> indigenous technical and program skills
> - all the classic data security/integrity/stability concerns
>
> The press statements contained some nice spin about ...
> "Booz & Co suggests four ways in which e-government programs can become
> self-sustaining.
>
> Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), where governments partner with a
> private vendor that deploys its capabilities and funds to design, build,
> maintain, enhance, and market e-government services, can raise revenue by
> charging fees for services.
> ...
> Open data platforms, where government data is made available to businesses
> so that they can create their own services...
> ...
> Advertising on government channels is an obvious source of revenue...
> ....
> [ couldn't find the fourth reason so I'm guessing it must be the 'grail'
> of efficiency dividends]"
> Still looking for any substance beyond the PR so far only spotted
> http://www.booz.com/media/file/e-government.pdf &
> http://www.booz.com/media/file/Customer-Centric_E-Government.pdf
>
> The spin content got some coverage via
> http://www.itp.net/593919-egovernment-services-need-to-be-self-funding-says-booz-co &
> recycled in a few other local news aggregators.
>
> Just in case Linkers were unable to tear their eyes away from Circus
> Canberrus the background is that this region (GCC) is aggressively pushing
> its services onto such platforms. Places such as UAE have done so
> reasonably successfully with most portals accessible in Arabic & English
> (no mean feat) though sadly often locked into  pre-IE9 browser (ASP/.Net/
> etc). Recently the Ruler of Dubai set his government a 2 year deadline to
> get their service mobile accessible. (
> http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Mohammed_bin_Rashid_launches_Mobile_Government,_ICT_Fund_offers_Dh_200m_in_support_of_the_initiative/55256.htm
> )
>
> PS my tone may be just slightly blasé but that is just the expression of
> cynical optimist ;)
>
> Nicholas English
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> obscure quotes quoth the obscure
>