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The importance of electronic government (e-Government) research increases altogether with the perception of e-Government as one of the most important means to accomplish the strategic goals of the state oriented towards better governance. The interdisciplinary nature of e-Government raises new requirements for the planning, carrying out and successful implementation of e-Government research and its results. The main objective of the paper is to survey some of the global tendencies in e-Government research and review its state-of-play in Lithuania. The policies of the European Union (EU) and the USA are described in the article as well as the most developed research themes and the existing gaps in the current e-Government research. In the second part of the paper the present situation of e-Government research in Lithuania along with some launched e-Government projects are analysed. Finally, the article summarizes the results of the future foresight projects in e-Government, co-funded by the EU, in some of which Mykolas Romeris University has participated, and provides recommendations for the future development of research into e-Government in Lithuania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]