Gedaref Digital City, Sudan
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Gedaref Digital City Organisation
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Gedaref Digital City Organisation
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
INTRODUCTION
In the nineties, with the advent of the World Wide Web, globally there emerged a trend of increased deployment of IT by governments.
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Four districts in Tamil Nadu and three districts in Bihar in India have been chosen for a pilot project by the Information Technology ministry to introduce e-Governance at the district level administration.
Microsoft has launched the Smart Women programme in Malta, which will provide free training in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at different levels, as well as childcare facilities, also free of charge.
The Government of Bangladesh will adopt an e-Governance strategy by June 2008 to change the work practice of of bureaucrats and enable them to serve citizens in a more effective way.
International Domain Names (IDN) have become the subject of discussion at a recent press conference organised by Afilias to spread the word on the inclusion of domain names in various other languages, other than English. Imagine writing an email in urdu, using urdu script, an urdu email id within an urdu domain and receiving a reply in hindi, with a hindi e-mail id, hindi domain, etc!
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu have successfully implemented State-Wide Area Network (SWAN), the backbone infrastructure for rolling out the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). All the three states have opted for the private-public partnership (PPP) mode for the project.
CrimsonLogic has been awarded a major project to develop and operate a revolutionary e-Justice programme for the Ministry of Justice of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This major project entails developing an ambitious e-Justice programme in the UAE.
Burdwan of West Bengal has become the first district in India where all the panchayats have been offered a broadband connectivity for communicating with its district and state headquarters.