Open source training for government employees
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippines, is now training key employees to become open source experts as part of a department-wide shift to using open source software.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippines, is now training key employees to become open source experts as part of a department-wide shift to using open source software.
The Civil Service Commission (CSC), Philippines, has directed the human resource (HR) sector in Region XII or Southwestern Mindanao to integrate various Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into their operations.
The cyber corridor from Baguio through Cebu to Davao runs along a digital backbone and carries Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services to every municipality.
The Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines, is providing free use of broadband Internet facilities for small and medium entrepreneurs in 10 SME Centres in the country, including the cities of Bacolod and Iloilo.
In a survey conducted by Department of Education (DepEd), Philippines, reveals that twenty-five thousand public elementary school students are sharing one computer while the ratio for high school is 111 students per computer.
Five state universities and colleges (SUC) in Philippines are set to receive 6.5 million pesos from the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture (OPAPA) to develop an e-Learning and distance education programme for the country
[This article was published in the September 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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This is a rare opportunity for Bangladesh to connect with the United States of America as seven leading Asean telecoms operators officially joined hands to deploy a transpacific undersea link to USA.
[This article was published in the June 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) organised a regional consultation meeting on ICT Policy in South Asia from the 19th till 21st April, 2006 at BRAC Centre Inn, Dhaka.
A programme named