E-Governance Projects Assessment - Using Analytical Hierarchical Process Methodology

National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) was approved by GoI on 18 May 2006 with the intent to promote e-governance within the country. The Plan envisages creation enabling infrastructure, legal and institutional framework for implementation of G2G, G2B, G2E and G2C services. During last couple of years, implementation of e-government projects by various central/state government entities and PSUs has gained momentum. In a similar vein, a number of awards have been instituted by various organizations/institutions for recognizing the efforts of various government entities who have taken initiative to leverage technology for achieving transparency and efficiency. The objective of this paper is to spell out the methodology followed for evaluation of e-government projects for CSI-Nihilent e-governance awards 2010. The paper sets out with background of the awards and various award categories. It then delves into evaluation framework which consists of Result Indicators & Enabler Indicators and their attributes. Finally, it elaborates the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) followed for evaluation and comparison of the received nominations in various categories. It concludes by bringing out the reasons for preferring AHP over other similar decision matrices