A Swot Analysis of Readiness for E-Government: As a Case of Kurdistan Regional Government

The E-Government’s system in Kurdistan Region is not much developed to some extend compared to developed countries. However, there are certain E-Government systems existed and used by the government of Kurdistan Region as (National Card Project, DMS system, Biometric Payment Digital System, and Archive Systems). It is strategically planned by the Government, to adopt E-Government systems, but there were factors impeded the implementations of the plans in their early stages. The Methodology taken for this research is qualitative by conducting interview with key individuals related to this issue, and a SWOT analysis is undertaken to understand the readiness of Kurdistan Regional Government to fully adopt E-Government. A model of the SWOT analysis has been designed and discussed further in the findings