Issues of Integration in E-government Applications

(Gist of paper submitted by me on National Conference on E-Governance and its Applications, Bangalore, 2008)

A number of issues, some old and some new, have arisen in e-governance Application, for example,
(i) Lack of standardization ( For example, similar projects are carried out by different states using incompatible database and different application standards. Most of application software are built on proprietary Software’s.
(ii) Reverse compatibility of application with legacy systems are missing.
(iii) The Physical (IT) Infrastructures are procured before building the application or digitizing the data.
(iv) Physical security is emphasized, whereas the Logical and application security is left to vendors.
(v) Shortage of Skilled Manpower.
(vi) Lack of understanding among the implementing agencies of components of e-governance application that can be outsourced or can be carried out in-house.
(vii) IT implementation in government is mostly vendor driven.

Egovernance Issues and Challenges

E-governance has been the buzz word in the government for last 10 years, Many successful Mission Mode Projects (MMP) reflect strong sentiments for ICT adpotion. But then there are several issues and challenges for the organization which needs to be immediately addressed. These are:
a) Vendor driven adoption of technology in the government departments.
b) Lack of standardization in softwares and hardware.
c) Infrastructural bottleneck.
d) Training and implementation.
e) Corruption and Misuse of resources.
The above mentioned issues and challenges were discussed in length by officers incharge of e-governance cell in their departments at the recently held workshop on the above subject.