This document discusses how GIS is enabling e-governance. It notes that GIS allows for spatially integrated thinking and shared geographic knowledge. It outlines how GIS is changing how people collaborate, organize information, communicate, and make decisions through visualization and analysis of geospatial data. It discusses how geospatial data and GIS services are growing and supporting many applications across various sectors like social security, agriculture, education and more. The document proposes that GIS will result in an integrated geospatial framework and shared services that can be leveraged across different levels of government and users to support access, collaboration and transparency.