Govt committee report on Net neutrality on May 9
The six-member committee comprising Telecom Ministry officials to examine various aspects of Net neutrality will submit its report by the […]
Cyber Investigation Lab in Assam
Set up as part of the police modernisation scheme, this lab will probe crimes involving computers, mobile and Internet
Decentralisation Must For Successful e-Governance
[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Governance projects always throws up some crucial challenges in the form of rising cost due to usage of proprietary softwares and technology, mere digitisation rather than Business Process Re-engineering, frequent transfer of IT secretaries, and lack of awareness among officials about the larger impact of e-Governance projects.
BJP Plans Tech-Savvy Lok Sabha Elections in 2009
In the upcoming Lok Sabha next year, Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to use technologies such as free and open-source software, which will bring video conferencing, Internet telephony and unified communication to approximately four million party workers by the year 2011.
Government of India saves $9m with G2006
Government agencies, India, have achieved an estimated $9 million saving over the next three years with the signing of a new triennial licensing agreement with Microsoft, known as G2006.
Digital signature for Nepal in transactional stage
The government of Nepal will soon enact the Electronic Transaction Ordinance (ETO), extending legal recognition to electronic records and digital signatures.
Bombay plans cyber cafe controls
There are seven million PCs in a country of one billion Internet cafe owners in India’s commercial and entertainment capital, Bombay, are angry at plans to regulate the city’s cyber centres. They object to plans which would force them to keep records of people using their internet facilities.
