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E-government Strategy

E-government Strategy Updates

The E-government Strategy is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect the progress made by both agencies and the State Services Commission, and the need to learn continually about e-government and the opportunities it presents.

November 2006

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The Minister for State Services formally launched Enabling Transformation: A Strategy for E-government 2006 in November 2006. This version reflects changes in the Information and Communication Technologies environment, and the impact of the growing digital generation - people who have grown up in an online world. These New Zealanders have very different expectations of the way that they interact with government, and the Strategy acknowledges the change in thinking that is required to address these expectations.

This version of the E-government Strategy:

clarifies what the goal of transformation by 2010 means for service delivery and collaboration;
matches the measurement of success in achieving this goal to the indicators for the Development Goals for the State Services;
confirms the key role of collaboration, standards and interoperability, and an enterprise architecture for government in achieving the Strategy's goals;
provides an updated and high-level outline of the work being undertaken across government to achieve the goals;
establishes a new goal for 2020 for how government uses technology to engage with people.

June 2003

The 2003 version of the E-government Strategy:

sets out what lies ahead for the e-government programme until 2010;
introduces a common framework for service delivery in the e-government environment;
discusses a component approach to developing e-government;
discusses some of the challenges ahead; and
sets out the all-of-government work programme for 2003/4.

Cabinet Paper and Minute endorsing the strategy

Agencies should also refer to the requirements and expectations for e-government - 2003.

December 2001

This version of strategy was the first such update released by the Minister of State Services.

There were four main additions in this version of the strategy:

a long-range view of the process of change that e-government will bring about in the public sector (up to, and beyond, 2004);
a first look at how e-government will operate by 2004;
a discussion of the key challenges ahead; and
more detail about the major projects in the e-government programme and a clear picture of the steps agencies need to be taking to 2004.

Strategy Update - December 2001

Executive summary

April 2001

The Government launched the E-government Strategy on 26 April 2001. The Government's aim, under this strategy, is to create a public sector that is structured, resourced and managed to perform in a manner that meets the needs of New Zealanders in the information age and which increasingly delivers information and services using online capabilities. The mission supports this:

By 2004 the Internet will be the dominant means of enabling ready access to government information, services and processes.

This version of the strategy also describes the core characteristics of e-government and some of the milestones towards delivering the Government's objectives.