E-Governance

 By completion of this course, the student should have an understanding of: The difference between e-governance and e-government; E-governance strategy and Public Policy issues for e- governance implementation; Infrastructure and applications required for e-governance.                                                                                                                                                                                              Indicative Content: The course will cover: the definitions of e-governance and e-government; e- governance (Strategy and Implementation);Public Policy for e-governance ( legal, ethical and other public issues, privacy, Intellectual property rights, Free speech, Consumer and seller protection);Infrastructure for e-governance (intranet, extranet, IP, web-based-client server, Internet security) and e-governance applications (online citizen access to governmental databases, e-procurement, e-licensing & e-democracy).