Gauteng Shared Services Centre (South Africa) to Host e-Government Conference

The Gauteng Shared Services Centre (GSSC) in the Gauteng province of South Africa is to host an e-Government conference from 7 to 8 April 2008 at Johannesburg.

CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards

[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The CSI-Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2006-07 were announced during the 2nd CSI Annual Convention at Grand Ashok, Bangalore, India on December 1st 2007.

Dubai eGovernment gears up to showcase its array of e-Services at Cairo ICT 2008

Dubai eGovernment highlighted its electronic government services at the Cairo ICT 2008 forum on 24-27 February 2008. Dubai eGovernment will primarily highlight its eServices such as Ask Dubai, mDubai, ePay and eLearn in the forum.

New Zealand ahead of Australia in e-Government Responsiveness

Central and local government agencies in New Zealand have fared better than their Australian counterparts in a New Zealand based University of Otago study on e-Government responsiveness.

Russia to create e-Government system

The Government of Russia is planning to create a system of electronic government in next two years.

UN eGovernment Report: UAE ranks 5th in transactional services

The 2008 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) UN eGovernment survey has ranked the UAE in 5th position in terms of transactional services. The survey has also ranked UAE 32th among 192 UN members states in the 2008 eGovernment Readiness Index.

Government departments in Himachal Pradesh (India) get networked

Himanchal Pradesh (India) has entered into new era of e-Governance with the launch of the Himanchal Pradesh Statewide Area Network (HIMSWAN). HIMSWAN is the second largest state-wide network in the country, which will link all government departments up to the panchayat level.

A Leap Forward to e-Readiness – e-Governance Scenario in Haryana : V S Kundu,, Managing Director, Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd.

“To facilitate the users/citizens in the rural areas, steps are being taken to immediately start escorting services through CSCs for delivery of various services being given by district administration or line departments from the district headquarters, so that the villagers could avoid the harassment of traveling to district headquarters several times for services like getting an income certificate, caste certificate, domicile certificate and so forth”, informs V S Kundu, Managing Director, Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd., and Special Secretary, IT, Government of Haryana, to egov magazine.

Ushering IT Revolution in Haryana : Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon

“To promote e-Governance and improve delivery of citizen services using ICT state government has taken several initiatives, such as setting up of the State Wide Area Network and establishing Citizen Service Centers in more than 1100 villages. Besides this, government has directed all departments to prepare their IT plans with particular emphasis on automation of citizen services”, says Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Hon

Citizen Centric Service Delivery

[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Governments are evolving to become more customer-oriented in the delivery of their services.