eINDIA 2009 nominations: civil society

[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Award for Civil Society/Development Agency Initiative of the Year aims to honour civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations, bi-lateral, multi-lateral developmental organisations from throughout the world that demonstrate extraordinary effort, innovation, leadership, and excellence in providing ICT services for Governance. The Award is an attempt to recognize the civil societies and development organizations whose exemplary service and success towards spreading the word of ICTs for governance, may have gone unnoticed and unappreciated on the international stage.

eINDIA 2009 nominations: telecentre

[This article was published in the September 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Award for the Innovative Grassroots Telecentre of the Year aims to recognize those telecentres that have done exemplary work in the use of digital technologies to support community, economic, educational, and social development.

e-Government Forum to be Held in Rwanda

Preparations for the third annual African e-government Forum to be held in Rwanda in March have begun. The three-day event will give an opportunity to Information and communication technologies to voice their views, insights, knowledge and share experiences at the forum.

Call Center for Right to Information (RTI)

Minister of State, Prithiraj Chauhan in his remarks said that RTI is an enabling tool for citizens. To make information under RTI available on phone, a pilot project on call center for RTI on phone has been approved…

Playing seriously

[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The first computer and video games were invented in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively, and their growing prevalence, first in arcades and then in homes throughout the industrialised world, began in the late 1970s.

Malta Govt. launches e-Gov portal

The Malta Government has launched the myGov.mt portal to include better accessibility of e-Government services.

WSIS Prepcom 3, 19-30 September 2005, Geneva

[This article was published in the October 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The third preparatory committee meeting for the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) took place from 19 to 30 September 2005 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Behind the Mask

[This article was published in the July 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]