What’s On
[This article was published in the August 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
BJP has laid out a grand vision for transforming India and empowering Bharat using the power of information technology (IT)
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e-Passport coming soon
Heightened global security concerns led the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to set a deadline of 2015 for governments to equip passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. In 2003, ICAO adopted a global plan for the implementation of not just machine-readable passports but also for the use of biometric identifiers in all of its 188 member countries.
Open Source Software
[This article was published in the June 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In most developing countries, the adoption of a national programme can prevent technological lock-in through selective, judicious and
cost-effective use of open source software.
