The focus of two major e-Government rankings in countries across the world is increasingly on public service delivery and regulatory reforms. Earlier United Nations Global E-Govcrnment Surveys, issued by the Public Administration Network (PAN) placed considerable emphasis on infrastructure as a necessary prerequisite for introducing ICT empowered public services. Although "network preparedness" remains a sig-nilicant indicator of e-Government achievement in the Waseda University 2010 World e-Government Rankings, it is but one of several indicators used to determine national e-Government readiness. These criteria are evident in the results of the 2010 rankings by both UN-PAN and Waseda.
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