Government Cloud: Enhancing Efficiency of E-Government and Providing Better Public Services

Nowadays, E-government has witnessed widespread adoption in many countries, yet it is not powerful enough to meet requirements of public services and the government's own demands, considering impacts of data explosion, low efficiency and difficulties in collaboration. This problem could be solved by applying cloud computing model to the business process of E-government and building government cloud. This paper firstly points out deficiencies of current E-government, and explains definition, key benefits and architecture of government cloud. Based on these theories, this paper then puts forward deployment models, service models and selection strategies. In the last part, disputes on government cloud will be talked about to do good to governments' reference.