Stages | Background and Trend | Institution/Laws/Policies | Focus |
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Preparation Stage (1987-1995) |
- Pursuing small government and enhanced efficiency of public administration | - Building national basic information system (1st phase: 1987-1991; 2nd phase: 1992-1996) - Establishment of the Ministry of Information and Communication (1994) - Building the foundations for a superhigh-speed information communications architecture (1995-1998) |
Back office management – Building DB on National Core Information (1987-1991) (Public administration, finance, education and research, defense and security, welfare, postal service, weather , marine freight transportation and copyright) |
Diffusion Stage (1996-2002) |
– Responding to globalization and opening of the market – Pursuing transparency in public administration and prevention of corruption |
– Basic Plan for Promoting Informatization (1996) – 11 priority areas for E-government (2001) – Presidential Special Committee on E-government for effective implementation of projects in 11 priority areas (2001) – Electronic Government Act (2001) |
Front office management E-government Projects in the first phase (2001-2003) – Front office: G4C, national tax, E14 alignment of social insurances, procurement – Back office: national finance, HR, educational administration, provincial administration – Infrastructure: electronic distribution of documents, electronic signature, integrated pan- government information centre. |
Maturation Stage (2003-now) |
– Regarding e-government as an independent policy area – Pursuing smart and mobile government – Pursuing openness, sharing information, communication and collaboration |
– Road-map for e-government – 31 priority areas for e-government – Dissolution of the Ministry of Information and Communication; handing over its functions to the Ministry of Public Administration and Security - Merging related laws – Government 3.0 Initiative |
E-government projects in the second phase (2003-2007) – 9 front office projects – 13 back office projects – 9 infrastructure projects |
Sources: Song, Hui Jun(2008). Historical Review of Korea’s Informatization Policies and Future Tasks and MOSPA & NIA, 2014, Electronic Government White Paper: 2008-2012, National Informatization Society Agency, pp 13-14.