Digital government governance frameworks in selected OECD countries and Uruguay

Based on the OECD Recommendation of the Council on Digital Government Strategies, this chapter assesses the governance framework and institutional arrangements of digital government across ten governments considered to be advanced in the implementation of digital government. The assessment delves into issues such as the role of the digital government strategy, the institutional arrangements, the policy levers, the co-ordination mechanisms and the legal framework for digital services, strategies for public sector data and ICT procurement. Likewise, the chapter explores how these ten countries articulate and exploit synergies with other cross-cutting public sector agendas, such as open government, public sector innovation and administrative simplification. Furthermore, it describes how digital government units are financed and discusses existing funding mechanisms for strategic digital government projects and how they can serve as drivers of change. Finally, the chapter briefly covers mechanisms and tools for monitoring and assessing the impact of digital government activities.