The Government of Ontario is proactively moving towards becoming an e-Government, a government that will be able to meet the challenges of the 21st century. In the e-Government Strategy, we recognize the considerable complexity of transforming the way government operates. The current focus of attention for e-Government in Ontario, as in many other jurisdictions, is what we call electronic service delivery, or ESD. ESD enables us to provide government information and services to citizens and to businesses through electronic channels.
Ontario’s e-Government Strategy is only part of our overall participation in the global digital economy. The government is interested in implementing both the e-Government Strategy and its e-Business Strategy, which is focused on removing barriers to Ontario’s businesses participating in the increasingly global marketplace.
To make e-Government happen requires a complete re-design of the internal operations of the government and the operating systems of the broader public sector. Our I&IT Strategy guides these efforts. However, much of this re-design work is, and will remain, invisible to the general public. More visible will be another area of e-Government: citizen engagement.
The Office of the Corporate Chief Information Officer (OCCIO) at Management Board Secretariat is responsible for supporting the implementation of the e-Government Strategy and the Ontario Strategy for the Digital Economy. The e-Government Branch has the mandate to encourage and enable the movement of the Ontario Public Service (OPS ) to e-Government.
We value dialogue with our partners and stakeholders as well as an exchange of ideas with the citizens of Ontario. And we look forward to using this site as the means to encourage discussion. Let us know what you think and what you'd like to know about e-Government.
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