Pakistan blocks 13000 websites in name of obscenity
Authorities in Pakistan have blocked 13,000 websites for purported obscene content. According to some top officials steps are being taken […]
News: June 2009
[This article was published in the June 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
New e-Govt Project gets Singapore Firm
France enacts Internet piracy law
Taking stringent action against the online copyright infringement, France parliament has passed Internet anti-piracy bill, providing relief to global music industry. The bill was passed in the lower house (National Assembly) by a vote of 296 to 233 on Tuesday and by 189 votes to 14 in the upper house (the Senate) a day later.
Kenya Government launches website for Parliament
Kenya Government has launched the Parliament website to make the House paperless.
Zambia rolls out computerised voter registration system
Zambia rolls out a computerised voter registration system and assesses its compliance with regional electoral principles and guidelines.
Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN)
[This article was published in the June 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In 2002, as the WSIS process began and spread its message of an all inclusive Information Society to the ends of the earth, the need for embedding ICTs in local language and content arose.
