Awards for exemplary initiatives in e-Governance in India were given away at the national e-Governance conference in Kochi. Kerala Public Works Minister M.K.Muneer distributed the awards in various categories. There were Golden, Silver and Bronze icons in each category.
Millions of Kenyans have been unable to get national identity cards in the past five months because paper that these cards are printed on have run out.
IT major Wipro Infotech has offered its services to the Madhya Pradesh Government to promote e-Governance in this Indian state.
Director of the Institute for African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon said the implementation of e-governance was being hampered by problems mainly in the government-to-citizen and government-to-government sectors.
Although the computerisation is aimed at making the system work at a faster pace, the very process is a slow process in the state of Orissa, India.
The Centre is to shortly introduce mandatory bench marks for the performance of government departments to make them more accountable and transparent, the 9th National e-Governance Conference was told.
European Commission (EC) Vice-President Siim Kallas is currently taking a three-day visit to Portugal to address the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in achieving the goals of the Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs in Europe.
The Central Government in India, is actively considering a Rs 6000 crore scheme to set up Information Technology-driven ‘rural service delivery centres’ in 100,000 villages, a senior official of the Union Information Technology department said today.
The drive towards e-Governance for Kenya and other African countries has received a major boost from the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) and EzGov Europe.
In his sixth State of the Union address, President Bush said health IT advancements will help the country reduce healthcare costs and improve patient care.
