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e-Government Strategy for the Western Australian Public Sector
Effecting Change: The Key Enablers of e-Government
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6. Policy and Legislative Framework
The goals of e-government cannot be achieved without laying firm
foundations for e-government development. e-Government initiatives
need to be supported by sound legislative frameworks, standards-based
policies and guidelines to assist in the practical implementation of
this change.
Figure 5. Foundations of e-Government illustrates the supporting role that
this policy and legislative framework will have in underpinning all aspects
of e-government development.
Figure 6. Building the Foundations of e-Government Over Time illustrates
how these foundations of e-government will be built progressively. As the
public sector moves through each stage of e-government transformation,
the policies, applications and legislation needed to support the sorts of
projects and initiatives that agencies will be engaging in will become
more complex.
For example, many of the policies needed to support the web presence
phase, such as the Guidelines for State Government Websites and the
Guidelines for Management of Web Information, have already been
developed. As the public sector moves through the interaction and
transaction stages, governance and interoperability frameworks will
become critical, as will a whole-of-government security policy
infrastructure.
The Role of OeG
OeG will work with agencies to develop a sound policy and legislative
framework that meets the management changes of e-government for
the future.
The Role of Agencies
Agencies will need to adopt the standards, approaches and principles
defined in the e-government policy and legislative framework and
integrate them into their core business planning and service delivery.
Agencies will also need to play an important role in identifying challenges
to their progression of e-government initiatives and in advising OeG as to
the policies and guidelines needed to overcome these hurdles.
Vision 2010
• A sound and robust policy and legislative foundation on which
e-government initiatives are developed.