2007 Waseda University e-Government Ranking / Waseda University, 29 January 2007
PDF - http://www.obi.giti.waseda.ac.jp/e_gov/3nd_rankings_en.pdf
"The Waseda University Institute of e-Government has released the result of its recently concluded 2007 Waseda University e-Government Ranking. In order to distinguish from previous rankings, the keyword for this year is "New Role of CIO and Online Services Applications".
Director of the Institute, Professor Obi, noted that even though the digital divide of the world still remains, the gap between developed countries and some developing countries is getting close. More and more developing countries are able to apply ICT in terms of e-government initiatives based upon the best practice and lessons learned from developed countries.
A total of 32 countries were surveyed for this project. The top ten in the ranking are: (1) U.S.A., (2) Singapore, (3) Canada, (4) Japan and Korea, (6) Australia, (7) Finland, (8) Taiwan, (9) U.K., and (10) Sweden. Sectors taken in the e-government included network preparedness, required interface-functioning applications, management optimization, homepage situation, introduction of CIO, and the promotion of e-government."