Abstract
The first enactment of a single national e-government act took place in Korea in 2001. Subsequently, the United States enacted its electronic government act in November 2002. Unified e-government acts in Korea and the United States have since been established and enforced for nearly two decades, and provide interesting case studies for examining the long-term influences of the e-government act on national e-government and digital government policies. The e-government act of the United States is much more comprehensive than the e-government act of Korea. The US e-government act focuses on strengthening the federal government’s ability to regulate the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)’s role in e-government implementation. The OMB has overall jurisdiction over the e-government promotion process and will continue to consult with ministries on appropriate budget support for each project. In contrast, the e-government law in Korea is based on electronic document processing as the basic viewpoint and has been downgraded to a level that supports document reduction and electronic processing of documents, rather than a comprehensive law that can support e-government projects. The comparative case study of e-government acts in Korea and the United States revealed that, from the standpoint of digital government transformation using information technology, it is most important to promote digital government policy directly from the ministry that manages the budget, or to establish a dedicated organization under the ministry to secure strong coordination while linking it with the budget.
Highlights
Today, Korea is recognized as a leading country in the field of digital government
Unified e-government acts in Korea and the United States have been established and enforced for nearly two decades, and provide interesting case studies for examining the long-term influences of the e-government act on national e-government and digital government policies
We examined and compared how administrations in Korea and the United States have promoted their digital government policies since the establishment of the e-government acts in these countries
Summary
Korea is recognized as a leading country in the field of digital government. It is well known that Korea ranked first in the United Nations (UN) electronic government (e-government) evaluation three consecutive times in 2010, 2012, and 2014 [1,2,3]. Unified e-government acts in Korea and the United States have been established and enforced for nearly two decades, and provide interesting case studies for examining the long-term influences of the e-government act on national e-government and digital government policies. We examined and compared how administrations in Korea and the United States have promoted their digital government policies since the establishment of the e-government acts in these countries. While the Korean E-Government Act was mainly motivated by a need to reduce documents and has led to the absence of a strong dedicated organization with budget authority for digital government implementation, the E-Government Act in the United States is comprehensive and has provided legal basis for a strong dedicated organization under the OMB that has resulted in consistent digital government promotion strategies across administrations. We conclude with a discussion on the lessons learned and the policy implications for implementing a strong governance structure
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