# A Framework for Cloud Based E-Government from the Perspective of Developing Countries
## 3 Cloud Based E-Government Framework
### Cloud Based G2G E-Government Framework Stages and Assimilation Process
The term user is used for both government and its stakeholders. The government might have different requirements in relation to the implementation of the framework i.e., cost, expertise, risk involved, cost-benefit etc. Meanwhile, the stakeholders might have requirements in relation to the effectiveness of the services, accessibility of the services through different channels, reliability and authenticity of the online service and privacy and security assurance. Interview and government report should be used to extract government requirements. These requirements should be than categorized and explained to identify which of these are to be addressed by the proposed framework. **Stage 2: Assess:** This is the second stage of the cloud based G2G e-government framework. Assessment involves complex activities as it deals with both technical and non-technical aspects of the process. The objective of the activities performed under this stage is to assess e-government readiness of a particular government to find whether it has sufficient resources to implement e-government project. The following activities are performed under this stage. Activity 1: Perform cloud feasibility study  
A feasibility study is required to assess the technical and organizational readiness of the government in order to adopt the cloud based e-government. After the feasibility study a report will be produced that would show the strength and weakness of the government. The feasibility study will be conducted under three dimensions; technical, financial and organizational. **Technical feasibility:** Technical feasibility supports the government to identify the technological strength and weakness of the government for adopting cloud based e-government. **Financial feasibility:** Financial feasibility supports to make decision, whether the proposed system, is financially feasible for adoption or not. Cost benefit analysis is performed under this activity. Cost benefits analyses compares and weigh the benefits and cost of the framework in order to determine its feasibility, usability and adoptability of the framework as shown in Figure 3. The activity decides whether the framework is performing well in the different dimension and meeting the government expectation. Cost benefit analysis determines whether employing cloud based G2G framework is justified in terms of the financial benefit or savings. It compares the information communication technology infrastructure establishment cost with the cost involved using cloud platform for deploying electronic government projects. Having said that, cost benefit analysis is not always discussed in the context of monetary value gain. Therefore, the cloud based framework evaluates the benefits of the cloud based G2G e-government framework against its cost. **Organizational feasibility:** organizational feasibility supports the government to decide whether the organizational structure is ready to accept the new change. It would further support the government to make an appropriate strategy to manage the change in the organization. Figure 3: Cost benefit analysis. strategies to adopt cloud services and deployment mode. Since the government uses their own customized applications and those applications run on the particular environment, infrastructure as a service model is required. Some of the government application, i.e., email, or some collaborative application software i.e., word processing could be taken as software as a service. The deployment model depends on the availability of the budget and time. If the government have enough budget and time, then they should go for a secure private cloud, however this may not be feasible for developing countries. This activity aims to identify the potential risks that could obstruct the government vision to achieve for e-government project so that suitable control can implemented from the early stage. It consists of two steps, risk identification, analysis and control.