INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY
Government of Orissa to set up 1,000 information kiosks
With a view to ensuring greater citizen-Government interface and facilitating public access to Government information and e-Services, the Government of one of the Indian states, Orissa is implementing a scheme that would entail the setting up of 1,000 information kiosks in urban and semi-urban locations spread across all the 30 districts of the State.
7-9 July 2004, Mauritius:ICT stakeholder forum
[This article was published in the July 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The First Global ICT Stakeholder Forum with a special focus on Least Developed Countries (LDC)
Kolkata Municipal Corporation on a computerisation drive
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), has turned to information technology (IT) to help minimise revenue losses, modernise payroll accounting, create a digitised map and improve operational efficiency in general.
Tanzania cabinet endorses e-government
A workshop was convened to establish Tanzania Parliamentary Network for ICT for Development (ParlNet ICT D Tanzania) simply dubbed BungeNet. The Cabinet has officially endorsed establishment of electronic-government (e-government), as part of the ambition to turn the country into a hub of information and communication technology in Africa. This initiative to be co-ordinated by the Public Service Department, would enable the government to collect and hold vast amounts of locally relevant information.
IBM India going for West Bengal e-Gov plans
The Indian arm of International Business Machines (IBM) is going for the West Bengal government
20,000 digital certificates issued by Indian Government
THE Government is fostering a PKI (public key infrastructure) regime and the four certifying authorities have already issued over 20,000 digital certificates, according to the Information Technology (IT) Secretary, Mr K.K. Jaswal.
Security and Standards
[This article was published in the January 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Through holistic approach to security at each tier of the network the organizations are able to reduce cost, improve manageability, enhance performance, tighten security and reduce risk exposure
