An Empirical Study of the Intention To Use Electronic Government in Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Prai, Penang

Electronic government is leading to changes in the way of life of community. for example, it results in improvements in the delivery of government services. electronic government is designed to facilitate community interaction with government (g2c), which is what literatures perceive to be the primary goal of e-government.this paper reports the results of a survey on the intention of the go vernment to use community web site s with technology acceptance model (tam), administered by questionnaires to 137 respondents among internet users at majli s perbandaran seberang prai (mpsp), penang. the result s shows that 4.5% (r square = 0.045) of the variances in intention to use g2c websites index can be explained by perceived usefulness (pu) and perceived ease of use (peu) 15.9% (r square = 0.159) of the variances in pu of g2c websites can be explained by peu. theoretically, this study has extended the usage of tam toward s e-governrnent wings, in helping to understand and explain the intention to use in g2c websites ' implementation in the malaysian context.