Why Digital Government Not e-Government?: The Paradigm Shift of D.gov in Korea

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to develop a new model beyond e-Government in Korea where has been accomplish rank number one in the UN e-Government Survey three times consecutively. Even though there are astonishing achievements of Korean government in e-Government initiatives, the next or the future competency of Korean Government seems not to be unpredictable due to rapid shifts in technologies, economies, societies as well as environmental settings. Therefore, the D.gov Korea research group which is a think-tank for advancing the future e-Government has been established under the leadership of e-Government Planning Team in Department of e-Government at National Information Society Agency (NIA). This study shows the outcomes of D.gov Korea research group in order to ignite discussion and discourses of the future model of e-Government so called 'Digital Government' as a new prototype to go beyond old one. New vision, strategies and future challenge will be discussed.