E-Government in Finland: An Assessment

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Helsinki, 28 January, 2004 — E-Government in Finland: An Assessment

Since the 1990s, Finland has been a leader in exploiting information and communication technology (ICT) to renew its economy and to reform its public administration. Finland's reputation for successfully providing proactive electronic government services and information has brought officials from around the world to learn from gained experience.

Since the 1990s, Finland has been a leader in exploiting information and communication technology (ICT) to renew its economy and to reform its public administration. Finland's reputation for successfully providing proactive electronic government services and information has brought officials from around the world to learn from gained experience.

While Finland is an e-government pioneer, it continues to face a number of crucial e-government and broader governance challenges such as communicating a clear e-government vision and increasing inter-agency collaboration. Other challenges also include strengthening internal governance structures and ensuring ownership of e-government initiatives.

This Policy Brief presents an assessment of e-government policies, implementation and impact in central government in Finland as part of a first comprehensive analysis of e-government implementation within the Finnish central administration. It summarises the main findings of the OECD Report E-Government in Finland, a study of e-government in the Finnish central administration carried out by the OECD E-Government Task Force with backing from Finland's Ministry of Finance. This study takes an in-depth look at e-government structures and processes and examines their strengths and weaknesses.

The entire study is available in pdf-form.

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http://www.oecd.org/PolicyBrief.pdf

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