  Despite the immeasurable investment in e-government initiatives throughout
the world, such initiatives have yet to succeed in fully meeting expectations
and desired outcomes. A key objective of this research article is to support
the government of the UAE in realizing its vision of e-government
transformation. It presents an innovative framework to support e-government
implementation, which was developed from a practitioner's perspective and based
on learnings from numerous e-government practices around the globe. The
framework presents an approach to guide governments worldwide, and UAE in
particular, to develop a top down strategy and leverage technology in order
realize its long term goal of e-government transformation. The study also
outlines the potential role of modern national identity schemes in enabling the
transformation of traditional identities into digital identities. The work
presented in this study is envisaged to help bridge the gap between policy
makers and implementers, by providing greater clarity and reducing misalignment
on key elements of e-government transformation. In the hands of leaders that
have a strong will to invest in e-government transformation, the work presented
in this study is envisaged to become a powerful tool to communicate and
coordinate initiatives, and provide a clear visualization of an integrated
approach to e-government transformation.
