In this report, Center for Public Policy Brown University presents the sixth annual update on global e-government. Using an analysis of 1,782 government websites in 198 different nations undertaken during Summer, 2006, Center for Public Policy investigates electronic government. Among the significant findings of the research are:
- 29 percent of government websites offer services that are fully executable online, up from 19 percent last year.
- 94 percent of websites this year provide access to publications and 72 percent have links to databases.
- 26 percent (up from 18 percent in 2005) show privacy policies, while 14 percent have security policies (up from 10 percent in 2005).
- 23 percent of government websites have some form of disability access, meaning access for persons with disabilities, up from 19 percent in 2005.
- Countries vary enormously in their overall e-government performance based on our analysis. The most highly ranked nations include South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, the United States, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Germany, Japan, and Spain.
