France restructures eAdministration effort
The French government has carried out a major restructuring of its eGovernment programme. It has fused four government agencies into one to simplify and standardise the effort.
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Turkey’s Social Security Project most Successful
The e-report execution that allows bureaucratic processing related with the Social Security Organization (SSK) to be conducted via the internet has become the most successful e-government project in the world.
Government portal up for redesign
The Philipinnes Government portal, www.gov.ph, is up for a redesign and government is set to bid out this project to the private sector.
‘E-roll cleaning package’ to weed out duplicate voters
The Election Commission in India has deployed an ‘E-roll cleaning’ package to weed out duplicate voters from the electoral rolls in five states where Assembly elections are to be held shortly.
E-government experts to convene in Bahrain
More than 30 international and regional speakers will be addressing a wide array of e-government issues at the inaugural Government Technology Middle East Conference & Exhibition (GOVTEC), being held in Bahrain from 13-15 February.
ictQATAR launches e-project for eight schools
Qatar’s Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) has launched its first e-Education project in eight Independent Schools.
Awards for Indian e-Governance initiatives given away
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.
Kenya stops issuing of Identity Cards
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.
Wipro proposes e-Governance to Indian State
IT major Wipro Infotech has offered its services to the Madhya Pradesh Government to promote e-Governance in this Indian state.
Implementation of e-governance being hampered
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.
