In 2012, President Barack Obama implemented a Digital Government
Strategy. The federal government has
been taking steps to bring services into the 21st century by way of
the use of information technology and data, modernizing the IT infrastructure and
closing the gap between the public and private sectors. However, two years later 94% of government
and industry decision makers who were surveyed agree that creating a digital
government is beneficial, but 75% say they lack the proper resources to enable
a successful strategy.
So what are the obstacles to a Digital Government? Number 1 obstacle is funding followed by
training and then communication. IT
budgets are not comparable to organization’s digital strategy. Add in the aspect of the government strategy
not being well defined and not communicated in ways employees can easily adopt and
you have just added more to the obstacle listing.
The best method to achieve the digital objectives of a digital
government is through collaboration between public and private companies. Methods already deployed in document management,
customer servicing, transaction processing and data analytics solutions can be
shared and improved upon through collaboration.
We can get there….to a digital government…it is going to
take money, time and the right people.
More information regarding the above can be found in: “DoesDigital Government Make Sense? Sure, but Funding, Security are in the Way,Workers Say”
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