Former Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State, Nigeria stated his administration saved about N7billion through the establishment of Due Process and e-Governance Bureau. The state is now growing culture of transparency and accountability following the inauguration of the Bayelsa State Expenditure and Income Transparency Initiative (BEITI).
Now, customers of Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (DESA) can avail of the ‘CitiConnect’ online services of Citibank in collecting and paying their bills. Citibank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for online payment of electricity bills.
Bahrain has added many of ICT tools in becoming an infotech hub in the region. The country is ranked 45th on the global Information and Communications Technology readiness index.
Slovakian Parliament takes the electronic route through Electronic Parliament to massively reduce the amount of paper that is used. The brainchild of Pavol Paska, Chairaman of the Slovak National Council, these electronic procedures will be in place by the September 2008 session of the National Council.
Gujarat will be the first state in India to provide high-speed connectivity through satellite-based data connections to all its 13,693 gram panchayats by July this year, enabling video, voice and data offerings in the areas of e-Governance, distance education, telemedicine, agriculture and interactive advisory and counselling services.
Ctrl S Data Centers Ltd., the Pioneers in Tier IV data centre In India, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IBM
In order to improve its e-Governance, the Government of Tamil Nadu has a launched a website for online processing of land documents. The website was launched at a regional review conference organised jointly by the Land Resources department and Union Ministry of Rural Development.
Romanian Government has floated plans to expand its e-Gov portal e-Guvernare, to serve citizens in other European Union countries and help them to access Romanian Government services remotely.
Soon residents of Kolkata will receive birth and death certificates from their respective borough offices.
e-Passports that have been made available in France since April 2006 will be gradually replaced by Biometric passports containing a digital photo and the fingerprints of their holders.
