Overview of the E-government Programme
What is E-government?
E-government will enable people to use digital technology to find and use New Zealand government information and services. Take a look at the Frequently Asked Questions to find out what e-government means for you.
The Government has developed a vision statement defining its intentions, directions and estimated timeframes.
The E-government Strategy sets out the approach being taken across government until 2010 to achieve this vision. The strategy was updated in November 2006 and will continue to be reviewed regularly.
About the e-government programme
The e-government programme and the E-government Unit were formally established 1 July 2000.
The two main reasons for the establishment of the programme were to:
- ensure that the public sector was able to make best use of information and technology to improve its service delivery, internal performance and overall capability; and
- facilitate the necessary organisation changes, development of networks and relationships for the above to occur.
In June 2005, the E-government Unit was integrated into the State Services Commission.
Role of the State Services Commission
The State Services Commission was given the following role in the e-government programme:
Strategy
Develop and manage the delivery of an overarching e-government strategy, as well as supporting policies, standards and guidelines;
Leadership
Facilitate uptake by government agencies of the e-government vision;
Coordination/collaboration
Identify opportunities for collaboration across government agencies; leverage existing information management and technology investment, and provide coordination for multi-agency e-government projects;
Policy
Provide e-government policy advice to the Minister of State Services; and
Monitoring
Monitor progress toward achieving the e-government vision.
The State Services Commission (SSC) has a central role in defining and achieving the Government's objectives for e-government. The delivery of e-government, in which people can meet the majority of their information and services needs from government online, is the responsibility of all government agencies in partnership with the SSC.
