Business Strategy: Smart Government Maturity Model - Open Data and Collaboration in Canada

This IDC Government Insights report presents extensive research and analysis on open government initiatives and collaborative information sharing across government agencies to categorize and define the stages through which government organizations must move to optimize information and technology systems to yield maximum value. The result is a tool we call the Smart Government maturity model.

"Smart Government will be driven by collaborative strategic plans that drive cross-agency investments in technology solutions and drive cross-agency deployments. Prerequisites for moving into the Smart Government stage include the government entity's ability to embrace cultural change and embrace new application frameworks that make business processes transparent. Given increasing constituent demand and decreasing budgets, it is imperative for government organizations today to optimize resources to create maximum citizen services value. This study focuses on the use, management, and availability of information to provide greater visibility of government to all stakeholders, encourage public engagement to enhance government effectiveness and improve the quality of decision making, and collaborate across and among governments and with citizens to deliver optimal citizen service," says Adelaide O'Brien, research director, IDC Government Insights.