電子政府法의 基本構造와 課題

In March 2001, Korea witnessed the legislation of the Electronic Government Act, formally called the "Act Q)ncerning the Promotion of the Electronic Administrative Services for the Realization of the Electronic Government. Based on this, the regulatory ordinances were enacted in June 2001. There still remain, however, several other things that call for perusal. First of all, it is necessary to examine whether there occurs any conflict berween these newly legislated act and ordinances on the one hand, and currently existing acts on public administration or information and communication on the other. The latter are assumed to be concerned with paper documents only, so if they turn out to include some clauses that pose obstacles to electronic administration, necessary measures must be taken. Secondly, further elaboration is called for concerning the following with respect to the content of the Electronic Government ACt: the time of sending and/or arrival of the electronic documents, verification of the arrival and/or receipt, signing, sharing information among administrative institutions, public access to electronic information, electronic administrative procedures such as reporting, fIling and notifying by electronic means, ete. The E-Government means more than the introduction of the information technology in the government operation. It demands a government reform and a fundamental change in the relations between the administration and citizens. Hence the administration law needs to be adapted to the electronic government. A electronic administration law will take shape in such a manner.