[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Inspired by the memory of the late philanthropist Byrraju Satyanarayana Raju, founder of Satyam group of companies,
[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
A conference focusing on RFID imple-mentation- standards, best practices and future context was organised recently at Mumbai, India.
The Government of Ghana has accessed a World Bank loan to enable it to implement the e-Governance programme.
It is high time for the nation to introduce a local training and certification programme to produce skilful human resources in ICT and to harness the latest technologies so as to deliver competent evaluation and skills training services based on scientific testing and training methodologies through a quality-driven approach.
The Minnesota state legislature’s website has received the online democracy award for outstanding achievement in using design, content and technology to bring democracy closer to the citizens of Minnesota.
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved US$10 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to the Government of Rwanda to install modern systems. The bank said that the assistance was aimed at improving the country’s operations and service delivery systems especially in rural areas, with a particular focus on the use of technology for growth and development.
The Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) has launched a new interactive Electronic Map of Dubai on its hugely-popular website.
The Department of Information Technology (IT), Goa, is in the process of drawing up a proposal to launch a single web portal for government departments so that e-Governance becomes a reality.
