Abstract The current society seeks in technology the solution to reduce the time and effort required to carry out any transaction with another person or organization, more and more platforms and resources that allow the capture, transmission, storage and processing of information generated by the systems. The electronic government is responsible for regulating the management of communications, data and services that must be offered to citizens by public entities, with the aim of maintaining an agile and online interaction. This research makes a review of the literature on how the definition, use, and objectives of electronic government have been approached, focusing on the relationships that constitutes it and establishing an evolution of the concept in the last six years. Among the results it is necessary to build a consensus in its definition, additionally, the remains that are available for its implementation, the way of structuring, managing and evaluating it are mentioned.