E-government (Electronic government) is one of the hottest topics in the Information Technology revaluation. The huge
benefits that can be gained were the reason to implement e-government in most countries. However, achieving e-government is not easy
Many stages should be implemented to have E-government fully functional . The controversy continues when mentioning previous
experiences in the application of e-government, stressing that E-government success or failed is one of the complex issues that are needed
to be fully understood about concept of e-government and the benefits of its application. In this paper the maturation of E-government
discusses to find out the reasons and solutions to overcome failure . Yemen e-government is struggling to be fully functional. Aims of this
paper to investigate the reality of Yemen e-government situation and determines its maturity stage based on maturity models .Furthermore,
the paper defines the stage that must be applied to move e-government in Yemen straightforward to be more active and functional .
Evaluating e-government is a very important subject, The
intention of this paper proposes method for the
developing countries to evaluate their e-governments ,
paper applies this model on Yemen e-government to
determine its maturity . As a result, Yemen E government
still in the stage one (catalogue ) , Thus, e-government in
Yemen needs to move to the next stage which is
transaction .Yemen needs hard and fruitful work to reach a
fruitful success that all its citizens can be touched.
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