Towards a Conceptual Model for an e-Government Interoperability Framework for South Africa

Paula Kotzé, Ronell Alberts

2017

Abstract

In September 2016, the South African Government published a White Paper on the National Integrated ICT Policy highlighting some principles for e-Government and the development of a detailed integrated national e-Government strategy and roadmap. This paper focuses on one of the elements of such a strategy, namely the delivery infrastructure principles identified, and addresses the identified need for centralised coordination to ensure interoperability. The paper proposes a baseline conceptual model for an e-Government interoperability framework (e-GIF) for South Africa. The development of the model considered best practices and lessons learnt from previous national and international attempts to design and develop national and regional e-GIFs, with cognisance of the South African legislation and technical, social and political environments. The conceptual model is an enterprise model on an abstraction level suitable for strategic planning.

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Kotzé P. and Alberts R. (2017). Towards a Conceptual Model for an e-Government Interoperability Framework for South Africa . In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: AEM, ISBN 978-989-758-249-3, pages 493-506. DOI: 10.5220/0006384304930506


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@conference{aem17,
author={Paula Kotzé and Ronell Alberts},
title={Towards a Conceptual Model for an e-Government Interoperability Framework for South Africa},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: AEM,},
year={2017},
pages={493-506},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006384304930506},
isbn={978-989-758-249-3},
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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: AEM,
TI - Towards a Conceptual Model for an e-Government Interoperability Framework for South Africa
SN - 978-989-758-249-3
AU - Kotzé P.
AU - Alberts R.
PY - 2017
SP - 493
EP - 506
DO - 10.5220/0006384304930506