100 Countries Adopt e-Government Programs
National and municipal authorities of more than 100 countries are introducing e-Government programs to modernize and reform public services.
E governance
Madurai (India) police to be brought under CIPA
Madurai police (India) will be brought under the Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA), a national level e-governance project for the police personnel to improve their functioning in the next six months.
Russian Govt. approves e-Governance project
The Russian Government has approved the project to form e-government by 2010. e-Government is a new form of the government bodies operations, which makes easy and more efficient for the RF citizens to receive services and information about the government bodies activities through wider implementation of information and communication technologies.
AP Govt sets target to provide Smart cards by Aug. 2008
The Andhra Pradesh Government (India) has set a target to provide smart cards to 10.8 million white ration card holders supported by handheld biometric machines in each of the 25,000 gram panchayats in the state by the end of August, 2008.
Smart cards for pensioners of AP, India
The Rural Development Minister of India G Chinna Reddy announced that soon smart cards would be issued for pensioners of the Andhra Pradesh (India) .
Indian Govt. approves 28 e-Governance projects
The Government of India has approved 28 projects for the development of the core e-Governance under the
Pakistan Govt. allocates Rs. 5.64 billion for 15 IT projects
Pakistan Government has allocated Rs. 5.64 billion for IT related 115 development projects for the current fiscal year 2007-08. The funds for the IT projects would be allocated among different ministries and departments of government.
First e-Tender product launched in Sri-Lanka
The first electronic tender portal launched in Sri-Lanka, which will provide to access government and online tenders online. The tender portal is constructed under a joint venture between E-Procurement Technologies Pvt. Ltd and Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL).
Canadian organization improves local governance
The National Computer Centre and two other local organizations have signed an agreement with the Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) to implement the
GCC study: Gulf countries good in providing e-Governance services
The Centre for Public Policy at Brown University in the US has stated in its report that Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are capable of developing websites to offer best possible electronic services.
