A workshop on e-Filing held at Coimbatore, India
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India organised a workshop on MCA-21 e-Filing in Coimbatore.
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ETS conducted ICT literacy assessment
ETS (Educational Testing Service), Princeton, NJ announced that 7,000 students at more than 38 four-year institutions are taking the new core version of its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy assessment.
e-Governance project by CSC, Philippines, to reduce political favouritism
The Civil Service Commission (CSC), Philippines, received a 500,000 US dollar grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for an e-Governance project aimed at improving the selection process for civil servants but is more inclined at reducing political favouritism.
Judicial networking in Karnataka, India
As of now, judicial communication is through telephone, fax, letters and, in some cases, personal interaction. All these have their own weaknesses.
e-Procurement, a catalyst to improve public sector services in Welsh
Electronic procurement is gaining its momentum in the public service sector and the achieved results are visible clearly. Sue Essex, Welsh Assembly Government Finance and Public Services Minister said that the smarter procurement is essential to improve front line public services.
Rwanda to invest a hefty amount to set up telecentres
The Government of Rwanda announced a lucrative multi-million dollar Community Information Centres’ (CIC) project, to set up hundreds of telecenters all over the country in three years.
Tripartite agreement on e-Governance initiation in Jharkhand, India
The Government of Jharkhand, India has made a tripartite agreement between the department of registration, department of information and technology and CMC Limited to computerise all the 29 registration offices in the state.
DepEd, Philippines launched five-year plan to produce ICT literate
To produce quality-educated Information Communication Technology (ICT) literates, the Department of Education (DepEd) Region 8, Philipines, launched its five-year strategic plan for Information and Communication Technology for the period 2006-2010 at the DepEd Regional Teachers Training Center in Candahug, Palo, Leyte.
ICT to increase social capital
ICT can help communities to generate higher social capital and thus better quality of life while suggesting some policy priorities to address the social capital gap in society.
