Dedication
Foreword
Acknowledgement
Executive Summary
Introduction to Web Promotion: Overcoming the “Needle in the Haystack” Syndrome

Section I — IT as an Enabling Technology
1. Governments of the Future
2. IT in Government
3. Filling the Digital Divide

Section II — Tackling Issues Across the Sectors
4. Employment
5. Revenue
6. Postal
7. Education
8. Justice and Social Awareness
9. Democracy
10. Trade
11. Health and Insurance
12. Public Grievances
13. Human Rights

Section III — E-Applications & Digital Security
14. Public Key Infrastructure and Cyber Security
15. e-Procurement
16. e-Auctions
17. The Future of Governance

Section IV — The Future
18. Telemedicine
19. Online Shopping and Payment Gateways
20. Biometric Authentication
21. Data Centres
22. Privacy Preserving Analytics over Big Data: Fact or Fiction?
23. Cloud Computing
24. Future Direction of eCommerce and eGovernance Tools

Section V — The Recommendation
25. Recommendations
26. References

Pre-9/11, the discussion of security was very narrow and was focused on smart cards, passwords, PIN codes, firewalls, Public Key Infrastructure Initiatives (PK) and Symmetric Key Infrastructure (SKI). Post-9/11, the focus has shifted on to executing e-Governance with greater stress on authentication and verification.

This book covers a wide spectrum of topics that are of immense value to students, business and institutional managers, information owners, service providers, system and applications designers, project executors, professionals, bureaucrats, administrators, and all the other players involved in implementation of e-Governance. The book triggers useful ideas to the project teams implementing e-Governance, and acts as a valuable guide for designing unexplored systems of e-Auctions and e-Procurement.