eGovernment

See also: e-government

English

Alternative forms

• e-government, e-Government

Etymology

From e- +‎ Government.

Noun

eGovernment (uncountable)

1. The use of information technologies in order to enhance the access to and the delivery of government information and services to the public and to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and/or the quality of government operations.
   • 2008 January 18, “EU tries to get its members together online”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     A decade after some of the first government Web sites went live, the quality of eGoverment^[sic] in Europe varies greatly, experts say, with some countries, like Sweden and Denmark, already providing many services to citizens and businesses online, while others, especially in southeastern Europe, are still creating Internet portals.

Translations

use of information technologies in government

• Catalan: govern electrònic m
• Dutch: e-government (nl) n, e-overheid f
• Estonian: e-riik
• Finnish: e-hallinto
• French: administration électronique f
• German: E-Government n
• Italian: amministrazione digitale f, governo elettronico m
• Portuguese: governo eletrônico m
• Spanish: gobierno electrónico m, e-gobierno m

See also

• e-governance

Further reading

• e-government on Wikipedia.Wikipedia