Bihar to emulate e-Seva, adopt e-Governance soon : Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Science & Technology, Government of Bihar, India, India

Clearly, the State of Bihar is in the throes of adopting e-Governance soon. With the new Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the State has again become hopeful to see things moving at a fast pace. Currently, there is not much to showcase but Bihar would certainly like to emulate the most popular project e-Seva, which is easy to replicate, says Sanjeev Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Science & Technology, Government of Bihar, to Anuradha Dhar from egov.

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e-Government a success in English Councils

By the 31 December deadline, councils in England had achieved 97% e-enablement, with legal or operational barriers accounting for the outstanding 3%, the ODPM said.

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Net Portal Plan lashed in Hong Kong

Information technology industry experts in Hong Kong have criticized government plans to set up a new HK$560 million electronic government Internet portal to replace the current system run by a unit of Hutchison Whampoa.

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e-Governance in Indian state draws accolades

The department of treasuries in the Indian state Karnataka, which ushered in an accountable system of financial transactions by starting an online project in November 2002, added another feather to its cap recently. Three years ago it took 45 to 60 days for the government to complete compilation of accounts. But today it takes not more than three days with this e-Governance initiative ‘Khajane’.

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Goa to formulate plan for e-Governance

The government in the Indian state Goa would formulate a plan for e-Governance in the state through public-private-partnership.

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Draft Bill in Kenya legalises e-Documents

For the first time, electronic signatures and documents will be legally binding in Kenya according to proposals contained in the draft Information and Communication Bill 2006.

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Nigeria: e-Ambassadors

In preparation for the final take off of the Nigerian e-government project, prominent governors, ministers and heads of parastatals have been appointed project champions for their various establishments.

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Project to diffuse e-government in local bodies

To shorten times and costs of the projects to boost the diffusion of the e-government in local bodies, was the goal of the announcement promoted by CNIPA, the national centre for informatics in the civil service, on behalf of the innovation and technology ministry, French Government.

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e-Governance Conference in India calls for PPP

The three-day ninth National e-Governance Conference last week recommended higher adoption of public private partnerships (PPP) and amendment to the sections on e-Governance in the Information Technology Act. The conference, attended by heads of State IT departments and representatives from IT majors, also wanted legislative changes to boost the PPPs, besides urging the Government to evolve a policy on user charges.

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Turkey’s Social Security Project most Successful

The e-report execution that allows bureaucratic processing related with the Social Security Organization (SSK) to be conducted via the internet has become the most successful e-government project in the world.

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