EU negotiates with US for airlines passenger data
The negotiations on a PNR agreement between the EU and the US has been concluded on 1st October 2006.
GOI steps back to amend RTI Act in current session
Government of India (GOI) has dropped the move to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the current session of Parliament to keep out of public purview file noting in some areas.
New e-Return forms by Central Board of Direct Taxes in India
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in India has notified new set of tax return forms which are electronic-friendly and annexure less.
MPs call for security measures for e-Commerce to curb cyber theft
The Members of Parliament in Kualalampur, debating the Electronic Commerce Bill, asked for the proposed legislation to provide better protection to people transacting business through e-Commerce.
African Parliaments to discuss on benefits ICT in parliamentary democracy
African Parliamentary officials from eleven countries, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum and the Pan African Parliament will discuss at a United Nations workshop the benefits of applying Information and Communications Technologies to their work in order to promote parliamentary democracy.
PPP model to synergise e-Governance in India
With the realisation of e-Governance projects in India, the time has come to review the role of the public sector as well as private sector to speed up the process of implementation of different projects related to e-Governance.
GOI plans to hire professionals for e-Gov project
The Government of India is planning for a capacity building programme that seeks to draw upon outside expertise about 500 professionals on a contract basis with project management and process re-engineering skills to assist various agencies in implementing e-Governance projects.
EU plans biometric visas to ensure security of travelling
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a regulation introducing biometric identifiers in the Visa Information System (VIS).
Seminar on promoting e-Governance through National Portals in Africa
Accra, Ghana (Africa) organised a two-day seminar on e-Governance on 4-5 May 2006. The seminar urged the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to develop their own websites so that they could disseminate information online to the public to save time and cost.
Hindrances to e-Voting
The controversy on e-Voting is still going on in the House of Representatives on the suitability or otherwise of the use of e-Voting in the 2007 general elections of Nigeria.
