Gujarat (India) Celebrated with e-Connectivity Initiative

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.

Online Auction for Disposable LGUs Assets Proposed in Philippines

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.

India Moves Towards m-Governance

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.

Rural India to Go Mobile

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.

China Mounts Cyber Attacks on Indian Sites

India is silently suffering from cyber warfare. China has mounted daily attacks on Indian computer networks both government and private. These attacks are not like hacking or phishing; they are more sophisticated and there is a complete method behind cyber war fare.

APEC Signs

Representatives from 21 countries of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have signed a new agreement on several issues including cyber security and universal access. Dubbed as the ‘Bangkok Declaration’, signed at the APEC Ministerial Meeting on Telecommunications and Information Industry (or TELMIN) in Thailand.

Philippines: Naga City leads way in e-Governance

Naga City of Philippines is leading in e-Governance services with the use of Internet and mobile phone technology. After the launch of website in 1997, the Naga has been improved in delivering e-Governance services to Naga constituents.

e-Zwich is on in Ghana

In Ghana, the National Switch and Smartcard Payment System, which link the payment system for licensed banks and non-bank financial institutions in the country launched in the country. e-Zwich operates under the new Universal Electronic Payments (UEPS) technology.

Cyberoam:Building Robust Security

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

Cyberoam UTM Provides Comprehensive Network Security

Technology to Help Public Services Perform Better in Ireland

A number of projects in Ireland were either never started or were abandoned according to report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG). The report reveals that 143 projects were planned for the e-Government initiative, out of which 24 projects never started.