Does E‐Government Measure Up to E‐Business? Comparing End User Perceptions of U.S. Federal Government and E‐Business Web Sites
- 6 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Public Administration Review
- Vol. 69 (4), 740-752
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02021.x
Abstract
This paper examines the federal government's success in implementing and providing high-quality service through e-government, something that has received very little attention. We define quality from the perspective of the end users of federal agency Web sites, as measured through customer survey data. Using data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index, we compare the performance of federal agency Web sites across a range of relevant variables with a private sector equivalent, e-business Web sites. Our findings suggest that federal e-government Web sites are not yet, in the aggregate, providing the same level of quality as their e-business counterparts. We also find significant variability among federal agencies. We discuss the implications of these findings for e-government performance measurement, performance benchmarking, and the market-centered theories of administrative reform that are driving e-government and similar transformations of government practice.Keywords
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