Qualification Requirements in e-Government: The Need for Information Systems in Public Administration Education

In the wake of e-government new qualification requirements arise for users, managers, decision makers in public administration. The need is met through seminars, e-learning and training on the job. But observing an increasing dependency of public administrations on external consultancy and analyzing the tasks in e-government one gets the impression that there are qualification requirements for which educational programmes are more appropriate, especially coping with the complex issues of an integrated organization and technology design.