E-Commerce World

E-Government is the use of IT and e-commerce to provide access to government information, services and interacts with people in order to increase efficiency, convenience and accessibility of public sector services to individuals, business partners and its internal operation.

Malaysia’s electronic government (e-government) initiative began in 1997 with the launch of the Multimedia Super Corridor’s (MSC) E-Government Flagship Application. This implementation has improved the convenience, accessibility and quality of policy development in Malaysia. Besides, it also provides effectively and efficiently delivering services and responsive that requirement to citizen in Malaysia.

The Electronic Government Flagship Application is divided into 7 pilot Flagship Applications which include:

1. Electronic Procurement (eP)

An system enable suppliers to supply goods and services to the government efficiency through the ICT system including the goods advertising and deliveries.

2. Electronic services (E-Services)

E-services can conduct the transactions with Government agencies, such as the Road Transport Department (RTD) and private utility companies such as Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) through various convenient channels such as the internet. This system can help in solving the traffic jams and queuing problems.

3. Project Monitoring System (PMS)

This system is used to monitor the implementation of government’s development projects from the high-level management down to activity levels. This enables government agencies to have a better management and access information.

4. Electronic Labour Exchange (ELX)
This project provides a one-stop job search and job advertisement platform for Malaysian jobseekers and employers.

5. E-Syariah
This is a management system that integrates the process which related to the syariah courts. They able to improve the quality of services, productivity and efficiency of the Syariah court through country. It consists of Syariah Court Management System, Office Automation System, E-Syariah Portal, Syarie Lawyers Registration System and Library Management System.

6. Generic Office Environment (GOE)
The purpose is to introduce a fully integrated, distributed and scalable office environment that leverages use of Multimedia information technology. This will allow efficient communication, allowing collaboration across all workers, and ensuring right information reaching the right people in a timely manner.

7. Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS)

This project provides a single interface for government employees to perform human resource functions effectively and efficiency. It also helps to standardize all human resource processes for federal state, statutory body, and local authority services.

Citizen's Adoption Strategies

Generally, E– Services has emerged and become gaining attention and importance for the citizen. Moreover, governments all over the world are developing information systems and electronic services that have the capacity to meet the citizen’s needs and demands. Thus, government should encourage citizen to use their services through internet. Government should guide and control the transformation of government into e-government rather than just focusing on introduction of ICTs. Meanwhile, the use of ICT to strengthen the involvement of citizens and businesses in public decision must be progress at the same time. Beside that, the successful of implement the E-Government in Malaysia is a way to determine Malaysia’s progress towards the vision 2020. The strategies of e-government in Malaysia can help to improve the legislation on personal data protection, privacy, and security that can protect citizen’s private information.