Cloud computing based e-government in Iraq using partial least square algorithm

Abstract

<p>The electronic government (e-government) worldwide is slowly progressing. The e-government progress in developing countries, such as Iraq, is slower compared with those of regional countries. Prior research suggested deploying cloud based E-government (CBEG). However, most studies are either review or conceptual. This study aims to examine the CBEG in Iraq and identify the criteria that are required for utilizing this technology. A total of 279 academic staff working in the IT department in Iraqi universities have participated in this study. The findings using matrix and the algorithm of partial least square presented ten criteria. After using the average variance extracted technique, the criteria reduced to seven. Further analysis using smart partial least square was conducted, and this resulted in five important criteria namely, reliability of the service followed by availability, security, trust, and technological competence. Decision makers have to increase the competence of the staff and enhance the CBEG services.</p>

Cloud-Based E-Government (CBEG): A Systematic Literature Review

“…CBEG enables the sharing among partner organizations in terms of the ICT facilities, systems, and business processes of services, and this ultimately reduces the operational cost of an organization. The CBEG system had tremendously improved resource utilization [19], [22]. On the other side, the adoption of CBEG carries many issues that might become obstacles to its implementation.…”

“…CC has received much attention from researchers and practitioners since it first started in 2007. Recently, CC, or more specifically, its services and applications, have been extensively used by many governments to improve their implementation, integration, and service delivery for citizens [7], [22]. CC is widely defined by researchers based on the definition given by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which is "a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction" [17], [35]- [38].…”