The paper tries to present a framework to increase our comprehension of electronic government. According the literature of management information system (MIS), the most import success factor of MIS is 'management', not technology. As a extension of public MIS applications, how 'management' factors impact the implementation and effectiveness of electronic government is the main concern of this paper. After review some pioneer studies, this paper introduces the concept of 'state of computing management' for the management framework of electronic government. And end this paper with some comments.