India Telecommunications Summit 2007
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Computer Literacy Excellence Awards for Schools-2005
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Computer Literacy Excellence Awards Scheme for schools is an attempt to bring India
e-governance in TN (India) panchayats soon
The Tamil Nadu (TN) Government has added nineteen more major panchayats in its ‘e-Panchayat’ program, an initiative as part of […]
States urged to adopt e-governance
Wajahat Habibullah, Chief Information Commissioner of Chennai (India) urged all state governments to implement e-Governance initiatives to reap the benefits of the Right to Information Act.
Spain
The Government of Spain has distributed more than 1.2 million chip-based national ID cards across the country. It is expected that the government will issue more than 800,000 ID cards by the end of the year.
PMC scouts for IT experts from pvt sector
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to take help of the IT experts from the private sector to improve the use of IT in civic functioning.
World Bank to spend more on agricultural sector in poor countries
The World Bank has announced an ambitious plan to expand lending and investment in the agricultural sectors of developing countries.
Karnataka Government to implement e-Procurement system
The Karnataka Government is planning to implement a common e-procurement system to ensure procurement transparency in the department.
ITU and Microsoft signs MoU in Connect Africa Summit to track ICT development
ITU Global View, a virtual earth-based online platform to track and help accelerate the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) goals in Africa was launched on 29 October, 2007 on the opening day of the Connect Africa Summit. Governments, along with industry, development banks and international organizations are gathered in Kigali (Rwanda) to mobilize the human, financial and technical resources required to expand the development of ICT infrastructure and ensure it is used effectively in pursuit of the WSIS development goals for Africa.
Proposal to encourage Wi-Fi development in China
The Chinese Government will work with ICT companies to formulate a proposal encouraging the development of Wi-Fi applications for leveraging on the Government’s free Wi-Fi services.
