An Integrated Model of Digital Open Government

ABSTRACT

The concept of open government is not historically linked to digitisation, but is increasingly used in this context. The ambiguity of the term thus represents a conceptual vagueness. The existing systematisation approaches of Digital Open Government mostly focus on specific partial aspects, such as Open Government Data, so that a uniform understanding has not been conceptually elaborated. This article derives an integrated framework based on the existing literature. It structures the concept of Digital Open Government comprehensively by linking six key levels: technological infrastructure, development, process, service and business model, governance and regulation.

KEYWORDS:

• Open data
• integrated framework
• systematization
• digital transformation
• e-government

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Funding

This research study as a part of the research project “Wissens- und Ideentransfer für Innovation in der Verwaltung” (WITI) was funded by the Research Initiative “Innovative Hochschule” of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant number 03IHS041A).