Japan ranked 1th in the World Electronics (* 11) Government Progress Ranking selected by 2 universities around the world under the umbrella of the International CIO (* 5) Society such as Waseda University. First place is Singapore and second place is the United States.It is analyzed that although the penetration rate and usage rate of e-government are increasing in Japan, the utilization of mobile devices such as smartphones is delayed.
According to Waseda University, the survey will be led by Waseda University's e-government and local government research institutes, and will collaborate with representatives from 11 universities around the world.Along with expert analysis, the progress of e-government was compared among 65 advanced ICT (information and communication technology) countries through discussions at international conferences, international organizations, and related governments.
その結果、ベストテンは1位シンガポール、2位米国、3位デンマーク、4位韓国、5位日本、6位エストニア、7位カナダ、8位オーストラリア、9位ニュージーランド、10位英国と台湾。
By index, Japan received high praise for items such as "network infrastructure enhancement," "optimization of administrative management," and "government CIO."However, it was judged that issues would remain in "advanced technology", "homepage portal", "citizen's administration / electronic participation", etc.The establishment of a mobile government is a global trend, but Waseda sees Japan's challenges as systematization using smartphones and sophistication of public personal authentication.
* 1 CIO Chief Information Officer, who promotes management reforms that overlook the entire corporate group across organizations and departments, in addition to optimizing information systems.
* 2 To bring online the work performed through documents, etc. between the e-government administration, the people, and businesses, and share it instantly through the information network.
