Becoming an electronic Government (shortened as eGovernment) means to embrace the digital environment and to enable a comfortable, transparent and cheap interaction between a government and its citizens and businesses. The eGovernment process can be broken down in to four categories:

• Government-to-Consumer (G2C)
• Government-to-Business (G2B)
• Government-to-Government (G2G)
• Government-to-Employees (G2E)

These four seperate domains all play varying roles in terms of Government activity. Aspects such as public holidays, public hearing schedules, online polling, campaigning, lodging tax returns and applying for services and grants are just some of the many examples.

An eGovernment doesn't refer to just the internet platform; other technologies such as SMS Text Messaging, MMS, CCTV, biometric identification and identity cards are some of the other methods commonly used in various countries. In the case of the UK Government, these methods are already being implemented.

"The public services portal Directgov is the major single access point for eGovernment services to citizens. Beyond the actual services offered, the portal also contains comprehensive information on a broad spectrum of fields making thus navigation within further websites unnecessary."
Digital Britain Final Report (Published by the UK Government)

In my opinion, an eGovernment is something the general public must accept. Websites such as Directgov are useful for a wealth of information. However, continual web surveillance and CCTV coverage is becoming so excessive and vast that general privacy is starting to become impossible.