E-Governance – BSc CSIT Syllabus

Course Description:

This course familiarizes students with different concepts of E-Government and E-Governance, different E-Governance models and infrastructure development, E-government security, and data warehousing and data mining for e-governance.

Course Objectives:

The main objective of this course is to develop knowledge of e-governance and e-government, know different e-governance models and infrastructure development, and implement security and use data warehousing and mining in e-governance.

Course Contents:

Unit 1: Introduction to E-Government and E-Governance (5 Hrs.)

Difference between E-Government and E-Governance; E-Government as Information System; Benefits of E-Government; E-Government Life Cycle; Online Service Delivery and Electronic Service Delivery; Evolution, Scope and Content of E-Governance; Present Global Trends of Growth in E-Governance

Unit 2: Models of E-Governance (10 Hrs.)

Introduction; Model of Digital Governance: Broadcasting / Wider Dissemination Model, Critical Flow Model, Comparative Analysis Model, Mobilization and Lobbying Model, Interactive – Service Model / Government-to-Citizen-to-Government Model (G2C2G); Evolution in E-Governance and Maturity Models: Five Maturity Levels; Characteristics of Maturity Levels; Towards Good Governance through E-Governance Models

Unit 3: E-Government Infrastructure Development (10 Hrs.)

Network Infrastructure; Computing Infrastructure; Data centers; E-Government Architecture; Interoperability Framework; Cloud Governance; E-readiness; Data System Infrastructure; Legal Infrastructural Preparedness; Institutional Infrastructural Preparedness; Human Infrastructural Preparedness; Technological Infrastructural Preparedness

Unit 4: Security for e-Government (5 Hrs.)

Challenges and Approach of E-government Security; Security Management Model; E-Government Security Architecture; Security Standards

Unit 5: Applications of Data Warehousing and Data Mining in Government (5 Hrs.)

Introduction; National Data Warehouses: Census Data, Prices of Essential Commodities; Other Areas for Data Warehousing and Data Mining: Agriculture, Rural Development, Health, Planning, Education, Commerce and Trade, Other Sectors

Unit 6: Case Studies (10 Hrs.)

E-Government Initiatives in Nepal, Cyber Laws, Implementation in the Land Reform, Human Resource Management Software, NICNET, Collectorate, Computer-aided Administration of Registration Department (CARD), Smart Nagarpalika, National Reservoir Level and Capacity Monitoring System, Computerization in Andra Pradesh, Ekal Seva Kendra, Sachivalaya Vahini, Bhoomi, IT in Judiciary, E-Khazana, DGFT, PRAJA, E-Seva, EPanchyat, General Information Services of National Informatics, Centre E-Governance initiative in USA, E-Governance in China, E-Governance in Brazil and Sri Lanka

Laboratory Works:

The laboratory work includes implementing e-governance models and systems using suitable platform.

Text Books:

1. Richard Heeks, Implementing and managing e-Government
2. C.S. R Prabhu, e-Governance: Concepts and Case studies, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd.

Reference Books:

1. J. Satyanarayana, e-Government, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd
2. Backus, Michiel, e-Governance in Developing Countries, IICD Research Brief, No. 1, March 2001