South Korea takes top rank in global E-Government Survey

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September 4, 2006 The findings of Brown University's sixth annual survey of on-line government have been released and South Korea has leapt to the top of 198 country table, displacing traditional frontrunners Taiwan, Singapore and the United States with a significantly better score. Australia, Hong Kong and China all dropped out of the top ten, with Korea, Japan and Spain the biggest climbers. The researchers evaluated government websites based on two dozen criteria, including disability access, the existence of publications and databases, the presence of privacy policies, security policies, contact information, and the number of online services.

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