Baguio mountain resort city, Manila, is a potential hub for Information and Communications Technology, but it needs a group to lure local and foreign investors to invest in the industry, Baguio City officials said.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning for complete back office computerisation with e-Governance strategy. Citizens can look forward to sit in front of a computer terminal at home and get their work done.
Cuba’s Telecommunication Enterprise is present in 206 points with at least 12 ports devoted to Internet connection, part of the Cuban ‘informatisation’ project, bringing Internet to the Cuban public.
Delhi is all set to go for computerised system for the issuance of ration card. In the month of July, all the 70 circles of Delhi’s Civil Supplies Department would get centrally connected to the head office, making the sorting and verification process for ration cards much easier and time saving.
The Singapore Government has unveiled iGov2010 plan, a new $2 billion five-year masterplan for the next lap of its journey in e-Government.
In a bid to make e-Governance a reality, Bihar is all set to take a big leap towards e-Governance to adopt it as a state policy on the advice of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
At the inaugural session of the conference on ‘Effects of Corruption on Good Governance and Human Rights’, the President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam said that the Internet revolution has proved to be a powerful mechanism for good governance by providing adequate access to information for citizens.
The State House website of Zimbawe can be accessed online from www.statehouse.gov.zm
Swansea Council, UK, is moving ahead for the implementation of phase one of its e-Government programme. It will deliver efficiencies in the way the council manages its finance, HR, payroll and procurement services.
The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria, Professor Maurice Iwu, has emphasised on the adoption of the Electronic Voting System (EVS) in the 2007 general elections.
