Appendix-3
e-Government Survey Questionnaires
I am Rajendra Thapa, an e-Government student in the Graduate School of Governance at SungKyunKwan University. I am working as an under-secretary for the Government of Nepal. Before coming Korea for the study I was working in the Ministry of Science and Technology as a legal officer. I also worked for Nepalese judiciary almost for 14 years and Parliament secretariat for 6 years. In the course of fulfilling my thesis requirement for the Masters Degree, I am conducting this survey for a research study.
The Title of the study is “Legal Challenges for e-Government Development in Developing Countries” and the study is going to be conducted as a requirement for Global MPA program in the SunKyunKwan University in Seoul, South Korea. The study is focused on the importance of legal environment as a factor for e-Government development in developing countries. Even though this study is a part of academic activity of the MPA program, this study will be useful for the successful implementation of e Government in any of the developing countries and it will be especially more beneficial to review the e government development programs in Nepal, because a case study will be conducted to assess the Nepalese e-Government law. Some recommendations will be shared with concerned authorities in order to make improvements in implementing e Government development programs.
I choose you as one of the respondent to fill the survey questionnaire, to share your experience. This questionnaire has been designed to collect information from senior government officials, IT experts and some service level employees working in government service in developing countries. Your assistance in this research study is vital even though your participation in this interview is completely voluntary.
Anything you fill in the survey questionnaire is confidential. Nothing you say will be personally attributed to you in any reports that result from this survey. All the reports will be written in a manner that no individual comment can be attributed to a particular person. The survey questionnaire will be used only for this study and will not be used for other purposes. I would like to request you to participate in the survey.
The purpose of this survey is to learn more about legal aspects of e-Government programs in developing countries. It will take almost 15 minutes to fill the questionnaire. I hope you will enjoy in filling this questionnaire and ready to response the questions.
For further information or clarification on any of the questions in the survey questionnaire or the whole research study please contact me at:
Part I A) e Government Development
1. Some public believe that progress on e Government has been good while others believe it has not particularly in comparison with e-Commerce. At each of the following levels do you think that e government ………..
Poor Fair Good Excellen
t
Don’t Know a) Progress in global level has been
b )
Progress in your country has been c) Progress in your Ministry/ Department
has been d
)
Progress in your Municipality/ City / Local Government has been
2. Does your country have a national strategy (including an Implementation plan) relating to e Government issues?
a) Yes b) No
3. Does your country have a national legal and regulatory frame work to e-Government?
a) Yes b) No
Part II Challenges to e Government: A) Financial and Economic Challenges:
Not a Challen ge A Minor Challen ge An Important Challenge A Very Important Challenge Don’t Know 1. Cost of developing e-Government
Services
2. Cost for providing e-Government Services
3. Cost for governments of meeting laws and regulations relating to e-Government
4. .
Difficulty in demonstrating the long term cost-benefits of e-Government initiatives 5. Creating special Fund for
B) Access, Skill and Usage Challenge: Not a Challen ge A Minor Challen ge An Important Challenge A Very Important Challenge Don’t Know 6. Low level of internet use among
citizen groups (eg: relating to age, income, literacy , education, etc 7. ICT skills among Citizens 8. ICT Skills among Government
Officials
9. Public perception of risks to privacy and civil liberties
10. Public concerns over potential for online theft and fraud
11. Citizens lack strong motivations to use e-Government services
C) Technical and Design Challenge:
Not a Challen ge A Minor Challen ge An Important Challenge A Very Important Challenge Don’t Know 12. Varity of languages used in your
country
13. Making e-Government services easily accessible to the visually impaired & other disabilities 14. Difficulty in using E government
applications
15. Lack of secure electronic
Authentication and Identification 16. Lack of Standard for electronic
Identification in your country 17 Lack of Interoperability between
IT Systems D) Regulatory Challenges: Not a Challen ge A Minor Challen ge An Important Challenge A Very Important Challenge Don’t Know 18. Effective application of Authentication/ Identification Laws and Regulations
19. Inadequate policies on freedom of Information
20. Legal Concerns with Public Private Partnership for Infrastructure
21. Employment law that constrain e-Enabled structuring of jobs 22. Absent of collection, sharing, use
and control of personal data and data protection Law
23 Lack of general rights for citizens to communicate electronically with public authorities
24 Copyright/ IPR Protection 25 Heightened risks of liability 26 Enacting and implementing cyber
crime related laws
E) Organizational and Administrative Challenge: Not a Challen ge A Minor Challen ge An Important Challenge A Very Important Challenge Don’t Know 27. Resistance to change by government officials
28. Coordination across central, regional and Local Government 29. Coordination Between Public
Administration, Citizen and other Actors
30. Lack of policy support for e Government
31. Avoid to changing services that manually working well in e Services
Part III e Government legal challenges
Please mark below the appropriate number where the numbers indicates: 1= Strongly Disagree 2= Disagree 3= Neither Disagree nor agree
4= Agree 5= Strongly Agree
A. Regulatory Laws: 1 2 3 4 5
1 There are laws to authenticate the e Government activities in my country.
2 I am satisfied with the implementation of e government authentication rules in my country.
3 Validity of reliable identification systems of an individual is the major legal challenges in implementing e government. 4 My country has the effective authorization system for
regulating the electronic/ digital signature.
5 Electronic/ Digital signature are essentials for e-Government Implementation in my country.
6 Cyber crimes laws have positive impact on e government implementation.
7 My country has a national law to regulate cyber crimes and IT related irregularities.
8 The provisions of the law are sufficient to control the cyber crimes in my country.
9 Cyber laws are effectively implemented to control the cyber crimes and IT related irregularities in my country.
10. Which of these Identification systems are validated by law in your country? (Chek all that apply): Biometric Smart Card Token Profiling Single Sign-on Digital Signature Blind signature
B. Complementary Laws 1 2 3 4 5 11 Protection of IT related Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) is
important for the implementation of e government in my country.
12 There are sufficient laws for the protection of IT related Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in my country.
13 Proper balance between privacy of personal information and shared use of personal information is a challenge for e government implementation.
14 Privacy and Security of personal Information is ensured by law in my country.
15 The privacy and security of personal information issues should be initiated from the very beginning of e government initiative.
16 There are laws for management (collection, sharing, use and control) of personal information/ data in my country.
17 The legal provisions related to the management of personal data are adequate/ sufficient in my country.
18 I observed or experience some legal problems during procurement for e government infrastructures.
19 Direct Funding/Investment by creating Special Fund is necessary for e Government infrastructure development. 20 Strong Legal Mechanism is necessary for the transparent use
of the above fund by maintaining accountability and control. 21 An expert institution with sufficient authority and duties is
necessary for implementing e government initiatives.
22 My country has such institution to implement and coordinate e-Government projects.
C. Coordinating/ Collaborating Laws: 1 2 3 4 5
2
3 Balance for equity of access and users fees is also a legal challengefor e government implementation. 2
4
The right to information of all citizens is practically secured by e government initiatives in my country.
2 5
E government is providing the right to access on government services for people with disability in my country.
2 6
The positive discrimination laws are sufficient to ensure the access of all the peoples in e government services in my country.
2
7 Government to Government coordination is effective for providing egovernment services in my country. 2
8 PPP has important role in management of IT investment foraffordability and sustainability of e-government in a country. 2
9
Laws and Regulations are adequate and sufficient to enhance private investment in IT infrastructures through PPP in my country.
3 0
Promotion and regulation of telecommunication services and ISPs is important for e government implementation.
3 1
Public-Private Collaboration (Contracting/ Outsourcing and PPP) contributes for e government services in my country.
3 2
The role of Public- Non-profit Collaboration in e government is defined by law in my country.
3 3
Liability for damages caused by the use of cyberspace is clearly defined by law in my country.
3
4 There is effective dispute settlement mechanism for civil liabilitiesof damages by using cyberspace in my country.
e-Government Development in your country 1 2 3 4 5
35 e-Government online services are effective in providing the Government information to the people
36 People also can communicate with e-government service provider online to receive the desired information
37 Internet Services is easily available in every part of the country. 38 The speed of Internet and quality of service is good enough to
access the e-Government services
39 Most of the people have access on the Internet and Computers 40 There are no shortage of ICT Human Resource to implement
e-Government Your Background:
1. Please indicate what kind of experience built your views on e-Government (Check all that apply):
Experience at global level
Experience at regional government level Experience at local government level Working in the public sector
Designing or implementing e-Government
As a private sector supplier to e-Government services Using e-Government as a business user
Using e-Government as a citizen
Through research and study on e-Government Through consulting on e-Government
2. In your country, what are the primary sources of e-Government initiatives (Check all that apply):
Central national government Ministries
Central government department or agencies Regional government level
Local government level E-Government champions NGOs or special interest groups Private sector partners or contractors
External events ( Terrorist attack, natural disaster etc.) Technological innovations
Pressure/Demand from citizens 3. Your country of Residence, Please? 4. Information about your present Job: Office:
Designation:
5. How would you rate your experience with ICTs like the Internet? Poor
Fair Good Excellent
6. In what year were you born? Indicate year of birth in A.D
