County Councils joined to share new services in UK
Northamptonshire and Cambridge-shire County Councils, UK, are planning to work together on a shared services project, including finance, HR and procurement.
E governance
Rel Comm bags e-Governance project from WB, India govt.
Reliance Communications (Rel Comm) and Srei Infrastructure have bagged an e-Governance project from the government of West Bengal (WB), India.. Rcomm has signed an agreement with the state government for the project.
3i, FINO deal for e-Gov projects in India
3i Infotech, the software services firm has partnered with Financial Information Network & Operations (FINO) to provide financial services through low-cost technology enabled delivery channel using common service centres (CSCs) in India.
Indian Govt. plans to introduce Biometric Passports in India
The Ministry of External Affairs of India has decided to introduce e-Passport, also known as biometric passports in India.
South Africans check their govt. services via SMS
Home Affairs Ministry of South Africa is using short message service (SMS) to check identity documents and passport applications.
Malta holds 24 in E-Readiness Worldwide rankings
The European Commission and the World Economic Forum, the world-renowned Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has ranked Malta among top 25 nations in the world in e-Readiness.
NeGSt commences to roll e-Product in Nigeria
The National eGovernment Strategies Limited (NeGSt) is fully commenced to roll out eProduct and marketing stage of the programme in Nigeria.
Multi-purpose ID Cards for Indians
The Indian Government has proposed to issue multi-purpose Identity Cards to citizens of the country.
Handheld GPS computers for Indian Army
The Indian Army is planning to provide handheld multi-role computers to soldiers to enable them to pinpoint their field locations in difficult-terrain tactical warfare and for counter-insurgency operations.
Chandigarh, India village receives e-Governance facilitation centre
Khuda Jassu village of Chandigarh, India has received its first rural e-Governance facilitation centre. The centre named e-Gram Sampark provides all facilities to villagers from depositing bills to collecting pensions.
