E-GOVERNMENT POLICY AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: SELECTED SHORTCOMINGS.

The paper summarizes the specifics and challenges of e-government policy, and then discusses the apparent shortcomings of policy implementation and challenges for further development in the Czech Republic. It draws attention to problems in national e-government policy and in practical policy implementation (instability of governance, low quality of evaluation, low involvement of stakeholders in project design, and public procurement issues). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]