  The informatization practice of countries all over the world has shown that
the level of a government's informatization is one main factor that can affect
its international competitive power. At present, e-government construction is
regarded as one of the most important tasks for the national economy and
society upliftment and informatization in Saudi Arabia. Unlike the traditional
governments, an e-government takes on a new look with its framework and
operation mode more suitable for the contemporary era. In fact, it is a basic
national strategy to promote Saudi Arabia's informatization by means of
e-government construction. This talk firstly introduces the basic concepts and
relevant viewpoints of egovernment, then reviews the development process of
e-government in Saudi Arabia, and describes the current states, development
strategies of e-government in Saudi Arabia. And also review e-government
maturity models and synthesize them e-government maturity models are
investigated, in which the authors have proposed the Delloite's six-stage
model, Layne and Lee four-stage model and Accenture five-stage model. So, the
main e-government maturity stages are: online presence, interaction,
transaction, transformation and digital democracy. After that, according to
many references, the main technologies which are used in each stage are
summarized.
