National Informatics Centre, Government of India, which is the nodal agency for providing backbone support for all e-Governance initiative in the country, is said to come up with two Data Centres of tier 2 and 3 claas standards in two Indian cities – Pune and Hyderabad.
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
A detailed analysis of the present status of e-government in Korea and the history of e-governance in Korea is put forward on this article.
The World Bank has given a green signal to the Project Preparation Facility Advance for the e-Bharat Project of the Government of India under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). World Bank is willing to consider a loan of US$ 300 million under the first phase of funding for e-Bharat project.
As part of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), the Chief Minister of the east Indian state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar inaugurated a Common Service Center (CSC) locally known as Vasudha e-Seva centre in Panapur, a small village near Danapur, in the state. The innauguration was conducted through video-conferencing, thus living up to a complete e-Governance model.
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), India, is introducing e-Procurement system, with effect from 1st September2008 and would start inviting tender through e-Procurement portal. The system would make it convenient to participate in the bid and the tendering process will be more efficenient, faster and transparent.
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The long term success of IT projects, particularly electronic government, is determined by far more factors than those which are often assumed.
The Government of Austria launched a three-year e-Government reference towns project in order to boost the usage of electronic administration amongst various sections of the population.
225 Common Services Centres would be set up in the North-Eastern state of Meghalaya in a move for better e-Governance in the rural areas.
The Ministry of Information and Communication of Vietnam is finalising a draft on the application of IT in state agencies in 2009-2010 as well as on the vision for Vietnam
