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Different Levels of Maturity in e-Governance Applications Now in the era of Digital India, every department has adopted e-governance as mandated by Government. Depending on the driving forces applications have designed and developed. Heads of the department are driving forces for such initiatives. If HOD is tech-savvy, he adds a lot of value addition to the application. If HOD is not tech-savvy, he purely depends on consultants or at the mercy of an application development agency. As the posting of the HOD keeps changing, so the application. Over a while, the different applications will be in different maturity levels.   A typical e-Governance life cycle is as follows  In each of the tasks, there are sub-task as below  e-Governance Strategy Development Needs Assessment Define clear vision & objectives Prioritization of services and projects Incorporate domestic and global learnings Identify institutional structures ...

  IT Procurement   Everyone in the field undoubtedly agrees that this is the most painful area. Unlike other procurement, IT procurement is so tricky, a lapse may lead to a head roll and will have a serious impact on project implementation.     Every Government servant must follow certain principles, which are termed as the canons of financial propriety. While spending, Exercise the same vigilance as a person of ordinary prudence would exercise in respect of the expenditure of his own money.  No one should spend to his advantage,  Expenditure should not be for a person or a community unless a court order or a policy on it.    It is also clearly mentioned that the duty of every Government servant shall not merely to observe complete integrity in financial matters, but also to be constantly watchful to see, that the best possible value is obtained for all public funds spent by him or under his control and to guard scrupulously against every k...