New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has unveiled its grand vision for electronic service delivery and IT streamlining, saying it will carve $565 million over four years from the state’s $1 billion annual IT and communications budget – including $20 million saved through the loss of around 200 jobs.
The growing concern about the use of technology to provide health care services to residents leads to the launch of the Task Force on Health Care Technology for Cities and Counties by the Public Technology Institute (PTI).
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, India, is preparing a mission mode project for e-Governance at the Gram Panchayat level under the National e-Governance Plan.
The State Government of Haryana, India, is planning to deploy a statewide area network entitled ADHAAR that will connect the state headquarter office at Chandigarh to all the district head quarters at the Block/ Sub-Division/ Tehsil/ Sub- Tehsil levels to support all its e-Governance initiatives.
A ten year nation-wide project called the Picture Archiving & Communications System (PACS) has been undertaken by the NHS to streamline diagnostic services.
An increased concentration in the market for application software over the last year among the local authorities has been reported by the Society of IT Management (Socitm).
The Survey of India, Tamil Nadu branch, is introducing digital guide maps of City map of Chennai (India) in the form of CDs.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in the Philippines is now aiming to reverse its state of services by providing up to date delivery for stakeholders with the Asycuda World Project.
A public consultation wing has been sorted out by the European Commission on the potential risks for children using mobile phones.
Vietnam’s Science and Technology Ministry will urge the government to set up a multi-million dollar fund to stimulate research and development in the high-tech sector.
