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multiple organizational, institutional and contextual variables<br />
with the general score and each individual component of the<br />
ranking could be very useful. In depth case studies, using a<br />
qualitative approach could also help to understand some details<br />
in the countries that improved or obtained a lower score in 2012.<br />
E-government metrics and evaluation is an important field of<br />
research to understand the status and evolution of e-government<br />
around the world. It could also help countries to foster egovernment<br />
implementation with practical recommendations.<br />
There could be many evaluation models and we are not arguing<br />
that this is the best one. However, we think that evaluating<br />
government portals in Central America could be considered an<br />
important and necessary first step towards more sophisticated<br />
studies on e-government implementation in the region. This<br />
paper represents one of the first attempts to understand this<br />
phenomenon in Central America and hopefully will start a<br />
dialog about how information technologies could improve the<br />
information, communication and sevices between governments,<br />
citizens, businesses and other stakeholders.<br />
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />
This work is partially supported by “Diálogo Regional sobre la<br />
Sociedad de la Información (DIRSI)”, Lima, Perú.<br />
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