  It is a general opinion that applicative cooperation represents a useful
vehicle for the development of e-government. At the architectural level,
solutions for applicative cooperation are quite stable, but organizational and
methodological problems prevent the expected and needed development of
cooperation among different administrations. Moreover, the introduction of the
digital government requires a considerable involvement of resources that can be
unsustainable for small public administrations. This work shows how the above
mentioned problems can be (partially) solved with the introduction of a Shared
Services Center (SSC).
