FUTURE OF E-GOVERNMENT:LEARNING FROM THE PAST” SOCRATES SPECIAL ISSUE ON E-GOVERNMENT

FUTURE OF E-GOVERNMENT : LEARNING FROM THE PAST
socratesjournal.com /e-Government/
LAST DATE FOR FULL PAPER SUBMISSION (EXTENDED) : JUNE 30, 2016
“FUTURE OF E-GOVERNMENT:LEARNING FROM THE PAST”
SOCRATES SPECIAL ISSUE ON E-GOVERNMENT
WWW.SOCRATESJOURNAL.COM/E-GOVERNMENT
SOCRATES is pleased to announce its call for paper to invite researchers around the globe to submit their paper for
review and consideration of publication in its special issue focused on E-Government.
The special issue of SOCRATES JOURNAL “FUTURE OF E-GOVERNMENT:LEARNING FROM THE PAST” will
provide online/open access (E-journal ISSN 2347-6869) and Offline (Print Journal ISSN 2347-2146) platform to the
researchers and practitioners around the globe to present and discuss their work on E-government. Selected
researchers may be invited to present their paper in an International conference. This issue and global event will
provide an important channel for exchange of information between scholars and researchers.
The special issue would be published under the editorship of: Prof. Manoj Dixit Professor and Head Department of
Public Administration, Lucknow University, Lucknow India Director, Institute of Tourism Studies, University of
Lucknow, Lucknow, India General Secretary, Alumnae Society of University of Lucknow, India E-Mail:
manojdixit23@gmail.com, profmanojdixit@socratesjournal.com Phone Number: +91- 9415220919
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Prof. Manoj Dixit is a renowned Global scholar and expert in Governance. An institution in himself, Prof Manoj Dixit
is the Head of Department, Department of Public Administration at the University of Lucknow and holds the charge of
the Director at the University’s Institute of Tourism Studies. Prof. Dixit is the President (North Zone), Indian Tourism
Congress. He has supervised over two dozen Ph.D.s and is a widely traveled person. His other involvements in the
past have been with in the Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) and Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
(India) besides the University of Lucknow in a career spanning over two decades. He has also been nominated on
the Board of Studies of the Kumaon University (Nainital) and the University of Mumbai.
As an academic administrator, Prof. Manoj Dixit has several ‘firsts’ to his credit – he started the first Bachelor’s
Degree Programme in Tourism Administration in 1997 in India, at the University of Lucknow. He launched the first
ever Master’s Degree in Public Health in India at the University of Lucknow in the year 2009 and now in 2010 the
first ever Master’s Degree in Event Management in an Indian public university with the support of the Ministry of
Tourism (Government of India). Under his headship, Institute of Tourism Studies (University of Lucknow) became the
first Indian University to have successfully trained over 850 tourist guides in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2010. Prof.
Dixit has eight books ; besides over 30 articles to his credit.
ZERO FEE
The Journal will not charge any fee from the authors for submission, review and publication of their research papers
and articles for this special issue.
PAPER SUBMISSION
LAST DATE FOR FULL PAPER SUBMISSION (EXTENDED) : JUNE 30, 2016
INDEXING
Issues of SOCRATES published in year 2016 are under evaluation for Indexing in Science Citation Index (SCI), ISI
1/2

Web of Knowledge and Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), and SCOPUS.
LINK WITH US
Please share this information within your network, colleagues, and friends, and share our informative poster on your
departmental websites/notice boards (Click here to download).
2/2

THEME FOR DISCUSSION
socratesjournal.com /e-Government/theme-for-discussion/
Since the emergence of Public choice theory, New Public Management and Re-inventing government in 1990s,
governments around the world are attempting to improve the system of public service delivery. The Information age
and its rapid stride in the 2000s facilitated the re-invention of governments and prepare them to serve the needs of
a diverse society. The information age has redefined the fundamentals and transformed the institutions and
mechanisms of service delivery forever. The vision is the articulation of a desire to transform the way government
function and it relates to its constituents. This concern gave rise to the concept of E-Government. It was being
felt that E-government can be more productive version of government in general, if it is well implemented and
managed.
E-Government has been witnessed as application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to the
process of government functionalities for Good Governance. It is an initiative to achieve better government through
electronised and sophisticated transformation of the traditional government operations and functions to an efficient,
effective, transparent and accountable government. It is also an initiative to positively alter the relationship of the
government with the public through public participation and engagement and better information and service
delivery.E-government consists of the digital interactions between a citizen and their government (C2G), between
governments and government agencies (G2G), between government and citizens (G2C), between government and
employees (G2E), and between government and businesses/commerce (G2B). This digital interaction consists of e-
citizen at all levels of government (city, state/province, national, and international), governance, information and
communication technology (ICT), and business process re-engineering (BPR). (Jeong (2007) Fundamental of
Development Administration. Selangor: Scholar Press. ISBN 978-967-5-04508-0).
The ICT revolution on the global level affected the second world and third world countries as well, and it was being
felt that they cannot isolate themselves from the IT revolution and its effect on administrative systems and the
process of delivery of Information and, services. Therefore a large number of initiatives were undertaken by various
countries to usher in an era of e- Government. Sustained efforts have been made in these countries at multiple
levels to improve the delivery of public services and simplify the process of accessing them. The significance of E-
government has being widely recognized as technological advancements facilitate the administrative systems by
enabling Administrative Development and Effective service delivery.
As the traditional form of Government, around the world, is rapidly transforming into modern E-Governments it
becomes essential to discuss this entire process of transformation, the phases of re-engineering, projects and
experiments and initiatives taken by various governments in this direction. There is also a need to find out the key
issues and emerging challenges, their measures for the effective implementation of ICT in Government Business
(Delivery of Information and services).
In this new era of Digital Government “Future of E-Government : Learning from the past” (Socrates special issue on
E-Government) wishes to act as a global platform and important channel of exchange for the researchers and
practitioners to present and discuss their research work and, to share their experiences on this global contemporary
issue.
Based on the above following is the key theme for discussion:
1. The basic concepts of ICT development and e-government.
2. The evolution of ITC, its content and its applications, with particular reference to e-government. This area of
e-government includes: reconstruction of government structure, re-engineering of business processes,
computerization of various executive and operational activities, and the provision of better services to its
1/3

clients, so as to establish a government of the information age.
Sub-themes:
• Rapid Development of Information Technology
• Government Informatization
• Government Online and E-Government Modeling of Government Business
• E-Government Readiness Assessment
• Metadata
• E-Government Security Risk Management
• Business Continuity Planning
3. Infrastructure for E-Government Development: Discussion on the fundamental infrastructures that is required
for the success of e-government development. Different information-related infrastructures that are
fundamental to the implementation of e-government, such as e-record, portals, and e-payment. These infostructures
are important to enable interoperability among government programmes, both for information
sharing and for business transactions. The wide range of management issues, such as content management,
knowledge management, storage management, and metadata.
Sub themes:
• Info-Structure: e-Record
• Info-Structure: Authentication and Digital Signature
• Info-Structure: e-Payment
• Info-Structure: Portal
• Change Management
• Content Management
• Storage Management
• Knowledge Management
• Information Management
4. Strategies and Methodologies for E-Government: Discussion on high-level concerns on e-government
sustainable development. Various policies, laws and regulations that help to facilitate e-government
development, so that a government can achieve e-government milestones in a relatively short period of time.
It should also addresses the critical success factors for e-government sustainable development, which is
essential information for government leaders, including leadership and commitment of top management and
continuous funding for e-government projects.
Sub-themes:
• Transformation of Government
• e-Government Strategies
• e-Government Policies Related Laws and Regulations
• e-Government Related Standards
• Methodologies of e-Government Systems Development
• Critical Success Factors of e-Government
• Funding of e-Government
5. E-Government Interoperability : Discussion on the value of e-government interoperability and the steps
required to achieve effective interoperability. Fundamental questions, such as ‘who should be involved in e-
Government Interoperability projects’; ‘why a Government Interoperability Framework (GIF) should be
developed’; ‘how GIFs are produced and revised’; and ‘what the key factors are for the successful
development and operationalization of a GIF’.
Sub-themes:
• Standards and Architecture in Interoperability
• Government Interoperability Framework (GIF)
• GIF Development
• Architecture
2/3

6. E-Government: Key issues and emerging challenges, Measures to solve these key issues and emerging
challenges.
7. E-Governance: Key issues and emerging challenges, Measures to solve these key issues and emerging
challenges.
8. The Current e-government uptake situation: Measures taken by the government to identify the Current
Situation, Policy strategies and actions taken by the Government to increase e-government uptake, E-
Government uptake: evaluation and monitoring system, Measures to increase e-Government uptake.
Etc.
Paper submission:
Authors and contributors can send their paper via e-mail to any of these e-mail addresses: editor@socratesjournal.com, manojdixit23@gmail.com, profma
Full Papers can be submitted through the online paper submission mechanism available on:
http://socratesjournal.com/e-Government/paper-submission/
3/3

FUTURE OF E-GOVERNMENT : LEARNING FROM THE PAST
socratesjournal.com /e-Government/paper-submission/
ONLINE PAPER SUBMISSION
Author Guidelines:
Authors please ensure:
1. Paper is in .DOC format
2. Paper is in APA Format
3. Paper must contain Abstract and Keywords.
4. Author should ensure that the Research Paper/Article sent for publication is not published/presented
anywhere else. If it happens so, the author will be entirely responsible for any legal action. There would be no
responsibility of the journal, editor and referees.
5. For this special issue submitted papers/articles would be refereed/reviewed.
6. The articles submitted for publication should be exclusive for this special issue and must not be submitted
elsewhere during their consideration by the journal. These must not carry any material already published in
the same or different forms.
7. The article should present a complete picture of the investigation made and should not be split into parts. In
the articles, proper continuity should be maintained in presentation of information.
8. Each article should be written correctly, clearly, objectively and concisely. All the statements made in the
manuscript should be clear, unambiguous, and to the point.
9. There is no prescribed limit regarding the number of pages in case of full-length article. However, the length of
article should not be less than 2 full printed pages of the journal.
10. Articles should be suitably divided into two sections: Abstract and Full Text Full Text should contain
References.
11. Title of article should be informative. It should indicate the content of the article essential for keyword &
indexing.
Paper submission:
Authors and contributors can send their paper via e-mail to any of these e-mail addresses: editor@socratesjournal.com, manojdixit23@gmail.com, profma
Full
Full
Papers
Papers
can be
can
submitted
be submitted
through the
through
online paper
the
submission
online paper
mechanism
submission
available on
mechanism
our website:
available below:
http://socratesjournal.com/e-Government/paper-submission/
1/1