Tech@work when disasters strike
[This article was published in the April 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
We are very vulnerable to nature
INDIAN-OCEAN
Cloud Computing for Government
[This article was published in the May 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
There is a lot of buzz in the media about
Sri Lankan e-Government goes Open Source
[This article was published in the April 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Managing the prisoner record and monitoring of prisoner / visitor was always difficult since most of the records were normally maintained manually, so the concerned authorities were required to go through all the registers to find out the details and status of the inmate as well as of the visitor.
e-Government Programme Implementation in Sri Lanka
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
For a successful e-Government implementation, any country should adopt its own implementation approach, which is moulded according to the unique characteristics of the country.
Open Architecture Network (OAN)
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Open architecture
An architecture whose specifications are public. This includes officially approved standards as well as privately designed architectures whose specifications are made public by the designers.
Tsunami early warning system launched in India
The Indian Ministry of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences has launched the National Tsunami Early Warning System that has been set up at the Indian National Centre for Ocean lnformation Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad (India).
ICT-related new satellite town in Myanmar
Myanmar is developing a new satellite town related to ICT in Pyin Oo Lwin, northern Mandalay division.
Disaster Recovery and ICT In Sri Lanka
[This article was published in the January 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
On 26 December 2004, the world
ICT’s Role in Disaster Relief and Warning
[This article was published in the January 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
This section brings about diverse, interesting stories where ICT tools like Internet, Ham radio, community radio, mobile phones have played some role in disaster warning, relief and reuniting
survivors. It also tells how ICT can become a major component in disaster management and a few lessons, which should guide us in future.
We might have missed some important ones. If you have any such story to share, we would like to hear from you.
