UAE to boost e-Government plan
The UAE Government is planning to accelerate the implementation of the e-Government by making 50 percent of government services online by the end of the year 2008 and 90 percent by the year 2020.
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Brunei
Soon, every citizen in Brunei will be able to get e-Passport or biometric passport. The Department of National Registration and Immigration has officially launched e-Passport project in 2008.
Vietnam Government to get more
The Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam is planning to expand the use of information technology in 2008 with the building e-Government services.
PHD Chamber urges Punjab (India) to expand e-governance
The Government of Punjab is taking e-Governance initiative on a wider scale to reduce administrative cost and raise efficiency instead of streamlining the processes of recruitment, budgeting and planning.
Indian teledensity hits 23.9%
The teledensity of India has marked 272.88 million at the end of December. In December, 2007 India has added 8.17 million telecom subscribers according to the data released by telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Dublin Chamber wants to ‘kick-start’ city
The Dublin Chamber of Commerce is planning to introduce Wi-Fi service across the city for public transportation system.
Maharashtra (India) cyber cops ready to click
The Police Department of Maharashtra (India) is going to open a Cyber Crime Police Station to improve the detection of cyber crime. Maharashtra’s first, full-fledged, dedicated Cyber Crime Police Station will start functioning in Bandra-Kurla Complex Police Station in Bandra.
‘E-governor’ to janata’s rescue
The e-Governance Department of Bangalore (India) has developed a software to track of all petitions forwarded by the governor to the various departments of the state. This initiative would be the next step of Janata Darshan.
New Philippine VoIP draft laws unveiled
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) of Philippines has released its latest draft rules on Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, which also include details of charges local VoIP service providers must pay to continue offering their services.
EPF Online Project- Set to be Scraped
The Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) of India had started the project ‘reinventing EPF India’ seven years ago, that was to provide online access of Provident Fund accounts and services to about 4 crore citizens of the country. However after INR 2,500 million having been spent, the UPA government is all set to scrap the project and start all over again.
