The e-Government of Korea is cited as a major success case in numerous international economic indexes, and has served as one of the most successful Best Practice models in the global community. Korea’s IT development status, which lay somewhere between 1/5 ~ 1/8 the level of such advanced nations as the USA and the UK in 1987, has achieved accelerated growth to such an extent that, since 2007, Korea has been recognized as the world’s leading IT nation. Such an achievement over the past twenty or so years is believed to be the result of appropriate interactions involving the environment, the implementation of various government policies (political leadership as well as establishing visions, strategies, and project priorities), transformations (implementing organizations, financial and technical resources), and the reflection of feedback and learning experiences.
The e-Government of Korea, which evolved in three stages, was successfully achieved through the consistent leadership of successive presidents. In addition, the necessary visions and objectives, established with consideration of efficiency and effectiveness, were appropriately applied and progressed in sync with the development of back-office, front-office, and e-Government infrastructure in the ever-changing environment of supply and demand throughout the IT development process. The expansion of mass public services and transparency in the administrative process as well as the election of the democratic government also contributed to the advancement of Korea’s e-Government. Such rapid progress was achieved through the formation of the appropriate implementation organizations, flexible distribution of financial resources of the Informatization Promotion Fund, and the provision of a technical support network by the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) and the National Information Society Agency (NIA).
Irrespective of these notable achievements, the e-Government of Korea is now confronted with new challenges that require consideration of changes in demand, an architectural model for the integration of multi-departmental governmental organizations, policies aimed at inter-agency process innovation and the fostering of the IT industry, the restructuring of implementation organizations, and the distribution of financial resources.

Keywords: Success (impact) factors, National Basic Information System Project, High-Speed Broadband Network Project, Framework Act on Informatization Promotion, Informatization Promotion Fund (Information & Communication Promotion Fund)

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Professor of Administration, Ewha Womans University (hjsong@ewha.ac.kr)