569 Determinants of E-government Readiness: An Application of Canonical Correlation and SEM Analysis Techniques Manal M. Yunis myunis@broncs.utpa.edu Jun Sun jsun@utpa.edu Department of Computer Information Systems College of Business Administration University of Texas – Pan American Abstract E-government represents more than a diffusion of some technology in the public sector. Rather, e-government, along with the set of its accompanying operations, can promote important changes resulting in more streamlined operations and better citizen-oriented services. Previous research was mainly concerned with providing conceptual models of e- government measures, with relatively few studies empirically investigating e-government initiatives using cross-country analysis. Based on secondary data derived from UNPAN and the World Bank, a socio-technical perspective will be applied in this paper in order to present a more comprehensive model and empirically investigate the role that social, technological, and economic factors play in the enhancement of countries‟ e-government readiness. To this end, structured equation modeling is applied. The results show that infrastructure, human capital, and the level of online presence and interactive services initiated by the government are significant determinants of e-government readiness. Contrary to expectations, no significant relationship was found between e-participation and e-government readiness. The paper has important implications for government decision makers, e-government systems designers, security specialists, and e-government scholars and researchers Key words : E-government, e-government readiness, e-participation, Technology readiness, Human Capital, Structured Equation Modeling (SEM) 1. Introduction E-government has emerged as a discipline concerned with the online provision of public services to citizens and as an interesting area to be studied and researched. This has come out not only as a digitization of public administration processes, but more as a transformative force, affecting all operations and functions in government. The purpose here is to ensure that the public services are being performed and delivered to the concerned stakeholders in an efficient and effective manner.