Subject(s): Public administration in Data processing. -- Electronic government information. -- Online information services. -- What is e-governance : Benefits to government, citizens, business, ICT industry, online services, states of development of E-governance, e-governance -- E-government vision, strategy and architecture in USA, Performance measure reference model (PRM), business reference model (BRM), service component reference model (SRM), data reference model (DRM), technical reference model (TRM),PSi in Singapore, e-Government architecture in UK, National e-Governance plan (NEGP) in India, other e-government models -- PPT: System centric view, citizen centric view, procurement of e-government, CIO, change management, PPT technology -- Public-private partnerships for e-government : G2C project, G2B projects, JV model, BOO model- build own operate model, BOOT(build own operate and transfer) model, ASP model, cooperative development environment -CDE -- e-Government Readings : policy, ICT infrastructure, resources, usage -- Technology and standards : Database system, advanced topics in data architecture, application architecture, support systems, state data center, e -government gateway, open source software and free software, OSS/FS -- Security for e-government : Challenges of e-government security, approach to security for e-government, model of security management, e-government security architecture, information security management system (ISMS) -- Digital dividends divide, digital divide, ICT for development, model of digital dividends, experiments in bridging the digital divide, SARI project, social benefit management system (SBMS), APNET, shared access - making ICT affordable, eSeva- making ICT s serve the common man, RSDPs- taking e-government to rural areas, SACs -- E- government and cyber laws : Information technology act 2000- India, Electronic transaction act 1998 (Singapore), legal requirements of a jointed up government -- Managing e-government : Apex policy making level - NeC, Apex strategy formulating level - CEG, agency level e-government organization - ISO, project management for e-government -- Case studies in e-government : FirstGov.gov, UKonline, eCitizen, CARD- digital registration of deeds, eSeva- redefining citizen services, Bhoomi-digital land records, e-Procurement- transparency in procurement, tradenet of Singapore, SmartGov- towards a paperless office -- Rebooting the government in e-mode