OECD Peer Review of E-Government in Denmark - ePractice.eu
OECD Peer Review of E-Government in Denmark - ePractice.eu
OECD Peer Review of E-Government in Denmark - ePractice.eu
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Abstract<br />
The Danish vision for e-government is clearly user-focused. It is <strong>in</strong>formed by, and consistent<br />
with, the broader set <strong>of</strong> user-oriented goals articulated under the Citizens at the Wheel (2002) public<br />
sector modernisation programme. Interviews conducted for this review revealed that both on- and<br />
<strong>of</strong>fl<strong>in</strong>e service delivery at all levels <strong>of</strong> the Danish public sector is <strong>in</strong>formed by <strong>in</strong>herently user-focused<br />
attitudes. Danes’ high level <strong>of</strong> overall satisfaction with government services <strong>in</strong>dicates that these<br />
attitudes do translate <strong>in</strong>to user-focused services.<br />
Officials believe e-government can enable organisations to move even further <strong>in</strong> this direction.<br />
Most are conscious <strong>of</strong> Danes’ relatively high levels <strong>of</strong> satisfaction with government services, and<br />
regard the question <strong>of</strong> how to develop more user-focus through e-government as be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> less concern<br />
than other challenges, such as how to deliver more effective and efficient cross-organisation services.<br />
However, exam<strong>in</strong>ation <strong>of</strong> the ways that government organisations are attempt<strong>in</strong>g to assess and<br />
meet users’ needs for better services through e-government shows that this is an area where there are<br />
opportunities for significant improvement.<br />
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