Cross Border eID to be checked: European Commission

In order to check national Electronic Identity (eID), the European Commission launched a pilot project

Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brings Communication Under Single IP

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has chosen Verizon Business for consolidating global communications over a single Internet Protocol (IP) network which would enable a secured and centralized communications infrastructure for its employees around the world and thus help reduce costs and administrative hassles. The ministry is going hi-tech with video conferencing which would help their employees to collaborate from wherever they are based.

Massachusetts’s Vital Records Going the Digital Way

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), Registry of Vital Records and Statistics (RVRS), has decided to convert approximately 10 million vital records into digital images. This will enable three important things such as identity verification for Medicaid (MassHealth), an efficient way to store and retrieve the documents, and establishment of an electronic disaster recovery program.

Plans to have A New Agency to Help Achieve National e-Governance Plan in India

The Ministry of Information Technology plans to set up an agency to fast-track the implemention of National e-Governance plan, or NeGP, by coordinating efforts, providing resources and building a specialised team that would help the states execute their part in the plan.

E-ID Cards To Be Distributed For Free In Maldives

In what can be termed as a gift for people of Maldives, the national registration of Maldives has announced that all new ID cards to be issued from now would be made available to citizens for free.

News Bytes

[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Gujarat to Connect All Villages via Satellite

Teacher, ICT, and Insights

[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The revolution triggered by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in all walks of life, has also touched the education sector.

Need to get a head start into the future of healthcare?

[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Editorial

Riding the mobile bandwagon

[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Out and away, mobiles have been revolutionising the ways of community living.

D.Net, Bangladesh

[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Info Lady delivers livelihood information door-to-door in a cheaper and effective way through advanced ICT tools in Bangladesh