E governance
Government websites ‘too complex’ : NAO Report
According to the report of the UN-based National Audit Office (NAO), many government websites are still too complicated and difficult to use. While services like online road tax renewal are very popular, other sites such as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), are too complex.
Dubai Govt. promotes Dubai eGovernment portal
The Dubai Government has launched an advertising campaign to promote Dubai eGovernment’s portal www.dubai.ae, which the public can access for all online services.
UN summit aims to harness technology for Africa
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have strongly endorsed a summit to be held in 2007, which aims to boost information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in Africa to advance development on the continent. The Connect Africa Summit, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, from 29 to 30 October, will bring together the private sector, governments and international organizations so as to seek ways to address the
Governance matters from 1996 to 2006: World Bank Report
The report, Governance Matters, 2007: Worldwide Governance Indicators 1996-2006 (of the World Bank) recently launched, shows that a number of countries-including in Africa-are making progress in improving governance and fighting corruption.
IT Leads eye on e-Gov projects
IT leaders TCS, HP-Bharti combine, UTL, HCL, Mumbai-based GTL and other leading players like BHEL all are running for e-Governance projects in India.
Cisco, Microsoft, EMC form alliance for protecting government information
Cisco Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., and EMC Corp. have formed an alliance to develop technology for protecting and sharing sensitive government information.
CESO initiates e-Gov project in Philippines
The Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) has initiated the project, “E-Governance for Municipal Development,” in partnership with the League of Municipalities in the Philippines (LMP) and its research arm the Mayor
Cyber criminals rely on mind games to loot people
McAfee has recently announced the results of a groundbreaking study that details the psychological games and other tactics, which cyber-criminals use in social engineering scams propagated through junk e-mails.
EuroPriSe to improve data privacy with Privacy Seal
A consortium of eight European organisations and enterprises, led by the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein (ICPP/ULD), has combined forces to produce a European Privacy Seal.
