[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Police Telecommunication Network or POLNET (http://www.dcpw.nic.in/contents/Polnet.htm ) is a satellite based integrated network for the modernisation of police communication implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
The Singapore Government will invest US$2 million to encourage the development of ICT applications to improve the cost-efficiency and quality of healthcare services in the island-state.
The Indian Government is planning to spend more than INR 7000 crore every year to purchase computers and IT enabled services. The Government is planning to make it mandatory for all departments to allocate 2-3% of their total planned expenditure on IT and IT-related services.
The Centre for Public Policy at Brown University in the US has stated in its report that Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are capable of developing websites to offer best possible electronic services.
[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
For the developing countries what matters most in implementing e-Government is low cost, high speed and efficient access network infrastructure.
Pakistan is moving forward to bridge the digital divide in the country by improving the access to ICT for low income groups. The government is targeting to provide 1.6 million broadband connections in next three years.
The Principal Secretary to the Chief Adviser (CA), Bangladesh, Ali Imam Majumder said that e-Governance is not confined to technology, but is to be regarded as a service, which can be provided to the citizens.
Indian retailers are teaching farmers about how to plant crops and fight pests. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ACCII) claims that customers in small town and villages across the country will increase up to 60 percent to $18.1 billion by 2012.
[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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The Norwegian Government has gone live with a major new information management solution to empower its national website, www.government.no. The new system allows staff from 17 Ministries to access all information and documents.
