Can He Change the Game?
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Nandan Nilekani has been given the charge of the one of most important eGovernance projects -UID.
CONGRESS
GAO on YouTube, Twitter to reach out to public
The US Government Accountability Office has begun uploading its videos on YouTube and has established feeds on the Twitter service to announce release of new documents and reports to reach out to more people.
Budget allocates INR 39,000 crore for NREGS
The Central government has hiked the allocation for its flagship rural job scheme by 144% to INR 39,000 crore.
Mobiles on New Turf
[This article was published in the April 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Mobile phones which in itself is a revolution is joining yet another – the
Google to Digitize Newspaper Archives
In another initiative in making information reach the masses, Google has plans for digitising the newspaper archives of the major newspapers worldwide.
UPA Chief Sonia Gandhi Recommends Replication of Bihar RTI Call Centre Model
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chief Sonia Gandhi called upon Congress Chief Ministers to adopt the model of an Right To Information (RTI) call centre run by the NDA government in Bihar. This would enable accessibility of information to the poor and illiterate. However, the UPA government is weighing the system before replicating it at the Centre.
Events Diary
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Events Diary
Leading the Success From Farrukhabad to Houston : Dr. Renu Khator, President- University of Houston, India
In an interview with Digital Learning, Dr Renu Khator talks about her first 100 days on the academic post as the President of the University of Houston and Chancellor of the UH system
DoJ, Philippines creates task force to deal with cybersecurity, cybercrime
The Department of Justice (DoJ) of Philippines has created a task force to deal with cybersecurity issues in legislation and […]
