(This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). by Thomas Parks. The Asia Foundation, August 17, 2005. "Over the past few years, the positive benefits of eGovernment have become widely recognized among government leaders in Asia, and efforts to implement IT-driven government reforms are quickly becoming prevalent in government across the region. But in most cases, the transition from general acceptance of eGovernment to successful implementation has been plagued by a variety of obstacles, and commonly held misconceptions..."

(This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Public Sector Technology and Management, v.3.2, March/April 2006. Contents Include:

• Driving government integration with web services - p 8
• Rugged, reliable and cost effective satellite communications for remote or harsh geographies - p 16
• Work culture and IT systems at Alexandra Hospital (Singapore) - p.20
• Scalable governance in a fast-growing environment - p24
• Optical document security and certificate or origin - p26
• Consideration for successful public sector e-procurement implementations - p30
• Taking the pain out of online participation: e-government usability and accessibility- p34
• Citizen participating driven by web access in Dubai - p.37
• E-government in Australia: it works - p.38
• Under construction: Government websites in the Philippines - p.40
• Critical e-Government success factors for developing countries - p42
• Migrating government services to the mobile channel - p46
• Progress of e-government and administrative reform in Iran - p48
• Innovation and knowledge management in Finland - p56