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ABSTRAct Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can improve the speed of information delivery, efficiency, global reach and transparency. One of the efforts to realize good corporate governance (GCG) governance in the era of regional autonomy is to use information and communication technology or popularly called e-Government. The implementation of e-Government the need for master plan information technology as a guide in the integration of information technology in Local Government, e-Government implementation is expected to help improve interaction between government, community and business, so as to encourage political and economic development. In this paper presents the determination of e-Government policy strategy using SWOT analysis method which is considered capable to analyze the relationship or interaction between internal elements, namely strengths and weaknesses, as well as against the external elements of opportunities and threats. Keywords: ICT, SWOT, e-Government.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Making of Militants -- 1. Women, Citizenship, and US Nationalism -- 2. Mimesis and Political Ritual: The National Woman Suffrage Parade -- 3. Mimesis and Third-Party Politics: The Woman's Party -- 4. Mimesis and the Rhetorical Presidency: The Silent Sentinels -- 5. Mimesis and US Internationalism: Statue Protests and the "Watch Fires of Freedom" -- Afterword: "Suffrage Leaders" -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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