Analysis of the Interoperability Frameworks in e-Government Initiatives

Interoperability has been identified as a major issue to be addressed by all e-government agencies. In the first stage of this awareness, interoperability deals with applications and semantics concepts, which will enable the seamless information flow between organizations. However, it will not be enough for enabling the sort of interoperability required for a true seamless service delivery to citizens and business, which is the vision of the e-government strategies. A second stage in interoperability shows up which deals with the building of an enterprise architecture. In the article the main initiatives in interoperability are presented and the degree of fulfillment of the above two-stage roadmap is evaluated.