Contents Introduction 2 SWOT analysis of e-government strategy of South Korea (Critical writing) 3 Strengths of the portal are described 4 Korea’s e-government 6 Services from the portal 6 Future of e-government Korea 11
Introduction
Rep. of Korea is one of those best e-government services providing countries in the world with the vision of “The world’s best digital government for the people”. Korea ranked first among all UN member countries in 2010 and 2012 in the "e-Government Development Index" and "e-Government Participation Index" of the United Nations e-Government assessment. And by 2006, Rep. of Korea established 100% of government services online.
Figure1: E-government status comparison of Rep. of Korea with other countries
SWOT analysis of e-government strategy of South Korea (Critical writing)
Strengths | Weaknesses | Prepared human resources(The best strength is Korean people successfully using e-government strategies established) | Some services are not supported for the mobile devices. | Relevant good IT infrastructure and e-readiness | Data security is not certified at anywhere in the information. (e.g. even in bidding platform) | E-Government leaders (Korea is in its top ratings in e-government strategies with many awards.) | Unavailability of efficient emergency alert service (such as missing children, crimes and disasters by using ICT) | Developed legislation and strategic Framework (1st legislation was passed by 2001) | The national identity and culture that has enabled Korea to effect national change may be a weakness as the e-program moves into the more advanced and diverse transformation stage. | Already developed and successfully using core e-government portal and sub portals for local governments. | | Sufficient use of social media to support e-government strategies (In the