Since mid-1990's, Korean government began to arrange the systems for a strategic promotion of the national informatization. While the hither-to systems had been fragmental and temporary to respond to sporadic needs for informatization and its environm...
Since mid-1990's, Korean government began to arrange the systems for a strategic promotion of the national informatization. While the hither-to systems had been fragmental and temporary to respond to sporadic needs for informatization and its environment, the Civilian Government was mobilizing legal systems and organizations systematically for national informatization by promulgating "Act on Informatization Promotion", launching Ministry of Information and Communication and establishing Informatization Promotion Committee."
However, as informatization became intensive in every sector of nation and society, its systems were more pluralized and decentralized. As a result, some conflicts among relevant systems for the e-government(Electronic Government) have been experienced together with the problem of inefficiency. In such a circumstance, this study aimed to review major advanced nations' cases about the e-government and thereupon, examine the conditions of our e-government system in terms of law and systems, organization and structure, and system and finance, and thereby, explore the ways to address the problems involving the systems for the e-government and suggest their solutions.
Through the case studies about the systems for the e-government, it was confirmed that such major advanced nations as the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and Singapore had been pushing ahead with their e-government systems under the strong supports from their chief executives and through the professional organizations in close association with nation's informatization policies and budget system.
As a result of analyzing the conditions of the e-government system in Korea, it was found that while the concept of e-government was expanding, "Act on Informatization Promotion" was overlaid with "e-Government Act" in terms of scope of application, and that the conflicts among relevant authorities were amplified due to the move for draft "Act for Informatization Regions."
In terms of organization and structure, the Participatory Government once reorganized the systems by changing the responsible authority (from Ministry of Information and Communication to Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs) and other systems, but due to vague division of functions and lack of coordinative power, the conflicts between system for national informatization and that for e-government system are worsening.
Moreover, as the scope of the e-government system expands in terms of systems and finance, it is overlapped with the existing informatization systems, while the linkage is weak among informatization society system, e-government system and budget system.
In order to realize an efficient and successful e-government, the following reform measures should be taken. First, laws and regulations related to informatization society should be integrated and abolished or interlinked with each other. Second, it is necessary to streamline the systems for national informatization and e-government systems and reinforce the status of their organizations for arrangement of a pan-governmental budget. Third, it is desirable to connect the e-government system with the budget system.