Telecentres for development: The next 20 years?
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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MKCL’s Online Certification Test for IT Literacy Trainers
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
HIPAA for Insurance Regulation
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The provisions of HIPAA have come to dominate nearly all aspects of health care data standards development process in the United States of America. HIPAA is forcing all of the standards developers and many industry sectors to rethink their plans, and, in many cases, to redefine their roles.
telecentre ethos 2.0
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
When you hear the term telecentre ethos 2.0, what comes to your
mind? In general, like in the version of software development as
a product, the term telecentre 2.0 refl ects a level of robustness
and maturity. It really is going beyond the IT infrastructure and
pilots to encompass access to knowledge, social transformation,
opportunities and partnership building for collaboration which
provides value plus to the communities as they prepare to become
part of the knowledge economy
Police Ride on Technology to Nab Criminals
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Finger-prints, the oldest biometric sign of identity, have been used for about 100 years. Scientific studies on finger-prints were initiated in the late sixteenth century, but the foundation of modern finger-print identification was established by the studies of Sir F. Galton and E. Henry at the end of nineteenth century.
Smart Card Applications in e-Governance
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Smart card technology has come of age. It provides real opportunities for improving the delivery of services and reducing the cost of administration. Smart cards are becoming an affordable solution to the requirements for a transportable, secure, reliable communication.
ICT for Implementation of Rural Employment Scheme
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
GRAMSAT VSAT network played a vital role in the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA). The availability of Internet connectivity at the block level through GRAMSAT provided the facility for online data entry and report generation. Today each job seeker is tracked on web and details of each project are verifiable by anyone.
‘Space’ For Telemedicine
Space Telemedicine Space Telemedicine Network specializes in the areas of client-server, component bases models, web enabled applications and object oriented […]
Policing in the Information Age
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Information Technology (IT) has created new opportunities to manage the police force better, and to investigate criminal cases more efficiently. At the same time,
it has given rise to increasing cyber-crimes. The police must gear up to face the increasing challenges on this front, and contribute to the healthy development of the IT sector in the country.
Policing the Cyberspace
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Governing cyberspace by just applying old solutions to new problems will not help us in providing the public goods required for sustaining elementary conditions of local good life. If local governance and policing are to remain meaningful activities, effectively pacifying local environments, new ventures in systems thinking are now required.
