@article{MAKHILLJEAS2019142118596,
    title = {An Assessment Framework for the Websites Effectiveness in Iraqi e-Government},
    journal = {Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences},
    volume = {14},
    number = {21},
    pages = {7980-7987},
    year = {2019},
    issn = {1816-949x},
    doi = {jeasci.2019.7980.7987},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1816-949x&doi=jeasci.2019.7980.7987},
    author = {Ahmed,Ahmed and},
    keywords = {e-Government,vulnerabilities,ICT,security of web,Usability,WACC},
    abstract = {The information technology, communications and internet websites have been become one of the
most important requirements of the modern countries that are still developing the infrastructure and providing
best performance locally and internationally. The Iraqi Government represented by both e-Gate and e-Citizen
portal (egov.gov.iq, ca.iq) emphasizes the optimal employing of information technology and internet services
by the ease of access and utilizing of e-Government websites. Also, diagnosing all things is a hindrance without
it. The main target of this research is to estimate both of the accessibility and also, security of e-Government
websites by utilizing many automated diagnostic tools like Pingdom and Google’s speed insight checker and
Aconites, this research evaluates usability, web accessibility and web vulnerabilities in nearly) 50 (websites
from selected government sites in Iraq. The findings reveal several issues related to access to and security of
Iraqi Government websites. The usability problems have been found with large numbers discovered 100% of
websites that have been cut off links and 35 out of 50 websites have loaded time of more than 5 sec for the main
interface. Access outcomes indicate that all 50 selected sites take access errors and violate the W3C Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines (WACC) 1.0. The results indicate that the internet security vulnerabilities
50.6% sites have one or more severe vulnerability (injection of SQL or cross-site scripting-XSS) while 57.4%
have one or more of the weaknesses the request for fraud through the site or denied service. Relied on the
findings there are several recommendations supplied for security and accessibility of Iraqi general
establishments.}
    }