This paper presents a review of e-government initiatives in the Arabian Gulf, where extensive efforts are being made to capitalize on the cyber technologies in order to enhance the government to citizen service. The described cases are from Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman,. While the efforts vary in size and intensity, what appears to be common is the top level support the e-government initiatives are receiving, which offers them visibility and hopefully warrants their eventual success. The collective message delivered by the examined cases is that egovernment is becoming an integral part of the respective countries life with a byproduct being an increase in society’s cyber-literacy.

This paper presents a review of e-government initiatives in the Arabian Gulf, where extensive efforts are being made to capitalize on the cyber technologies in order to enhance the government to citizen service. The described cases are from Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab E...