Centralized e-Government needs devolution similar to traditional devolutions in political, administrative and fiscal systems. Devolution in e-Governance leads towards a transformational government that provides opportunity for local governments to participate, take ownership and localize the e-services. In this paper, we present a reference model for devolution in e-Governance based on the Reference Model - Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP). We propose a reference model for devolution in e-Government based on devolution of its major elements - enterprise, information, computational, engineering and technology viewpoints. IT and governance experts may use the proposed approach for effective achieving devolution in e-governance programs.
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Reference model for devolution in e governance
1. Reference Model for
Devolution in e-
Governance
M Kashif Farooq
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS),
Pakistan
Presented at
ICEGOV2008
2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance
Cairo, Egypt, 1 - 4 December 2008.
2. Objective
This paper presents
a reference model of devolution
for a e-Government
By using RM-ODP
4. Centralized Initiatives
Typical characteristics
all IT functions centralized in one organizational
unit
generally limited IT costs but less effective
impacts IT governance by providing a generally
tight governance model that is easy to enforce.
5. Decentralized Initiatives
Typical characteristics
policy is required for
decision making, project management, portals,
services, funding, revenue collection and
operations
distributes IT functions between the various divisions
or organizations
generally has a high coordination cost
IT governance is focused on the coordination effort
between central and local activities
6. eGov Power Devolution
Devolved Powers
P1, P2, P3…….. Service Delivery Channel for local
Centralized government 1
Portal
developed and
managed by Devolved Powers
centralized P1, P2, P3…….. Service Delivery Channel for local
Powers government 2
Devolved Powers
P1, P2, P3…….. Service Delivery Channel for local
government n
7. RM-ODP
RM-ODP: Reference Model of Open Distributed
Processing
Information
Viewpoint
Enterprise Computational Engineering
Viewpoint Viewpoint Viewpoint
Local
Government
Local
Local
Government
Government Technology
Local Viewpoint
Government Federal Government
Local
Government Local
Government
9. Proposed Framework: (2)
Scale of devolution depends upon
the size of the Enterprise,
its resource base,
human capacity, and
governance style.
There are two types of devolution
Enterprise devolution
among multilevel governance structure
Portal devolution
among different agencies or departments
10. Proposed Framework (3)
Enterprise Viewpoint
Roles, rights and functions of Federal or central agency
Roles, rights and functions of each partner local government
and related agency
Business Model for Devolution in e-Governance
Business Processes
Define the e-Governance Devolution Powers: Operations,
Capacity Building, Bridging the Digital Divide and Revenue
Sharing etc.
11. Proposed Framework (4)
Information Devolution
Federal Powers Vs Local Powers
Data Ownership
Data Sharing
Data Integration
Data Usage
Data Verification
Federal Powers Local Powers
12. Proposed Framework (5)
Computational Devolution
Federal Powers Vs Local Powers
Integration with local objects and
applications
Application Service Providing
Language Interfaces
Federal Powers Local Powers
13. Proposed Framework (6)
Engineering Devolution
Federal Powers Vs Local Powers
Local ICT Infrastructure
Development and usage
Efforts for Value-Added Services
Federal Powers Local Powers
14. Proposed Framework (7)
Technology Devolution
Federal Powers Vs Local Powers
Integration of heterogeneous local
technologies
Adoption of technologies for
different local socio-economic,
geographic, culture and literacy
barriers
Federal Powers Local Powers
15. Proposed Framework (8)
Relationships among Devolution Powers
Dependencies
Many devolved powers are dependent on
other devolved powers of the same
viewpoint or the other viewpoint
Constraints
Many devolved powers are associated with
some limitations
Prerequisites
Many devolved powers may be conditional
with some other requirements
16. Conclusion
Proposed Reference Model facilitate and
classified all devolution power in five
groups.
We can identify
Dependencies,
Constraints and
Pre-requisites