Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) play an important role in the daily routine of people. IT is not only revolutionizing their communication, work and leisure but has also influenced the working of the governments. In this background, mechanism called as E-Government was formalized that enabled the governments and the citizens to interact. It improved the process of managing and delivery of goods and services. It redefined the traditional system of democracy. The book describes the role ICT plays in effectively managing government transactions and presents the opportunities and challenges in adopting such mechanisms.

One of the main challenges faced by the nations all over the world is to prepare themselves for the globalization and information and communication revolution. Today, societies and governments need to address the growing challenges of Information Technology (IT) and prepare themselves for the competition as a result of the emerging information economy. With the help of IT, they can leap forward their policies, principles, development strategies and programs. Policy makers, planners, researchers and public were in a position to take the advantages of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Such need resulted in the emergence of e-government or online government.

E-Government is the process in which the government uses IT to deliver appropriate services to its citizens, thereby providing free movement of information and at the same time eliminating the traditional paper work systems. In most popular sense, it is the process of computerization of the systems and procedures for allowing the citizens to communicate with the government. E-Government aims to enhance integrity and transparency in its working and benefits citizens with effective governance. The long-term goal of e-government is to develop long-term collaboration that efficiently and swiftly delivers goods and services to citizens, businesses and agencies. It can be used to maintain effective relationship with the citizens, businesses and other government agencies. There are four main relationships in e-government — Government-to-Citizen (G2C), Government-to-Business (G2B), Government-to-Employee (G2E), and Government-to-Government (G2G).

E-Government is often confused with e-governance and it is synonymously used for online government or Internet-based government. Online or Internet-based government uses World Wide Web (WWW), Internet and mobile technologies to interact with citizens. The book focuses on the concept and provides a comprehensive outlook on e-government. It offers insights on the concept, strategies, implications, implementation and practical examples about e-government. The articles in the book are divided into three sections, namely, introduction, implementation and future vision. Each of these sections describe the importance of e-government.

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