Crimestoppers Most Wanted
Crimestoppers, an independent UK-wide charity working to stop crime and an integral part of the police force to fight against crime, selected Telstra Europe to provide
Indian capital city courts to go computerised
The Department of Justice of India has taken up a major decision to computerise 29 capital city courts in cooperation with the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
GrameenPhone launches CICs in Bangladesh
GrameenPhone (GP), Bangladesh, has launched a pilot project titled ‘Community Information Centre’ (CIC) through its nationwide EDGE (enhanced data rates for global evolution) connectivity to provide Internet access and other communications services to the rural people.
e-Government survey in Bahrain targets businessmen
Authorities are hoping to gauge the private sector’s expectations of the new e-Government initiative through a survey for businessmen available online.
Drive for e-Gov fuels strong growth in IT spend in APAC
According to IDC, the drive for e-Government, operational efficiency and the pressure to build an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) savvy nation is fuelling strong growth in IT spending for the public sector in the Asia Pacific region.
e-Admissions in London
In order to comply with the e-Government requirement for all local authorities to provide online school admissions facilities for the September admissions round, the 33 London boroughs have worked together to provide a system via a single portal.
SE Borders action plan adopts ICT infrastructure
An outline for action plan for Scottish Enterprise Borders (SE Borders) was made for the heading year.
Taiwan government favours open source
Taiwan has mandated that all PCs purchased for government use must now be compatible with the Linux operating system.
Belgium plans to switch to Open Document Format
The federal government of Belgium plans to switch to the Open Document Format (ODF) by September 2008.
