The Ministry of Information Technology plans to set up an agency to fast-track the implemention of National e-Governance plan, or NeGP, by coordinating efforts, providing resources and building a specialised team that would help the states execute their part in the plan.
[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Out and away, mobiles have been revolutionising the ways of community living.
Now, customers of Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (DESA) can avail of the ‘CitiConnect’ online services of Citibank in collecting and paying their bills. Citibank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for online payment of electricity bills.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Indira Gandhi National Open University in its 22 years of existence has emerged as the single largest University in the democratic world.
A new website has been launched in France to give information to facilitate online tax declaration.
Civic Body, Bombay Municipality Corporation (BMC), India partnered with Sify to allow citizens of Mumbai to easy access to range of services, like payment of water and property tax, renewal of licences.
MY EG Services Berhad, the leading E-Government services concessionaire in Malaysia has launched online road tax renewal services in Malaysia.
The Abu Dhabi Systems & Information Committee (ADSIC) released its resultant report of the The Annual Abu Dhabi e-Maturity Assessment, which comprises a variety of correlated topics ranging from ICT utilization in business, health and education to e-Government infrastructure and services readiness.
“We see India as a key developing area for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP). There is a lot of scope for leadership. Some of the work that is done in India is very encouraging from the development perspective”, says Jerry Cochran, Senior Security Strategist, Microsoft Corporation
“Governments tend to leave the security decisions to their integrators, our recommendation is that it is a mistake, as governments need direct access to security, even if the security comes through integrators”, says Chris Fedde, President and COO, Safenet Inc.
