Baguio mountain resort city, Manila, is a potential hub for Information and Communications Technology, but it needs a group to lure local and foreign investors to invest in the industry, Baguio City officials said.
The Cabinet Office of UK has launched plans for a shared technology centre that could serve several government departments.
The clash of technology standards like that of GSM and CDMA in the telecom space may be replicated in India’s road sector for the electronic toll collection (ETC) operations.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning for complete back office computerisation with e-Governance strategy. Citizens can look forward to sit in front of a computer terminal at home and get their work done.
Delhi is all set to go for computerised system for the issuance of ration card. In the month of July, all the 70 circles of Delhi’s Civil Supplies Department would get centrally connected to the head office, making the sorting and verification process for ration cards much easier and time saving.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) launched a new web-based back wage employee locator to provide easy and secure access for employees to find and collect back wages due to them.
In Sweden, a number of municipalities, county councils and government authorities have introduced e-Procurement/e-Commerce.
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Begum Khaleda Zia inaugurated the long awaited fibre optic submarine cable system near the shore of the Bay of Bengal on 22 May 2006. It will have a far-reaching effect on the progress and prosperity of Bangladesh.
The Finance Minister of India, Mr P. Chidambaram, launched a website of the National Savings Institute (NSI) for dissemination of information and online redress of complaints related to various small savings schemes offered by the central government.
