According to the study conducted by World Economic Forum and INSEAD, one of the world’s leading business schools, Bahrain ranked 45th on the global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) readiness index.
System of e-Payments for the City Council of Bucharest’s Sector 6 to facilitate payment of local administrative charges and taxes has been initiated by the Government of Romania.
Journalists have been issued new electronic press accreditation cards by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of India. These new tamper proof electronic cards have security features like electronic signature of PIB and Home Ministry officials and are valid for two years.
After successfully launching e-Stamping in several parts of the country Stock Holding Corporation of India (SHCIL) is all set to launch e-Stamping in Mahrashtra.
Indian army has decided to boost the cyber security of its information networks down to division levels. Other than creating cyber security organsations to guard against cyber warfare and data thefts, army top brass has also underlined the urgent need for periodic cyber security audits by the Army Cyber Security Establishment (ACSE).
The Dubai Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities (DICD) has become the 16th Government department to join the AskDubai service, an initiative that facilitates interaction between the government and its public through a single point of contact.
The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi announced e-Connectivity to all 590 village councils in Amreli district of Saurashtra region while celebrating Gujarat’s 49th foundation day.
A group of local government is working on an online service that would auction the unused and disposable assets of local government units (LGUs) in Philippines. e-Dispose is a web based service through which local government units can enroll for a fee.
After moving towards e-Governance, now India is expanding m-Governance across the country. Around 54 gram panchayats in five remote blocks of the state will soon have SMS alerts on disasters, funds inflow and outflow, information about health camps and pulse polio campaigns will be sent to and from between the state departments, district offices and gram panchayats, block development offices.
Times when farmers would carry mobiles and get informations about the prices of their produce on mobiles is not far off. A pilot project is on towards realising this dream since 2007 end and the response has been impressive.
