The objective of this research was to analyze the application of electronic government in public institutions of the Department of La Guajira -Colombia.It was typified as a descriptive field investigation with a population of seventy-five users assigned to the public institutions of the department of Guajira Colombia.The results show, among other aspects, that a large percentage of people do not use ICT, are apathetic or do not have access to communication through the use of electronic means.This and other results allow us to conclude that there is a medium compliance for the electronic Government variable, for which it is necessary to reinforce the perception of the same in public institutions.