[This article was published in the February 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The proposed right to services legislation in some states of the country will make government officers pay for delay in service delivery. Will it really work?
MN Vidyashankar is an Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1982 batch and has served in different departments in the State Government of Karnataka
[This article was published in the November 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Issues around security, standardisation and availability for public cloud exist, but private clouds can be a safe bet for govt
[This article was published in the September 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
A few rollouts exemplify that adoption of e-procurement systems can bring in unprecedented efficiencies in governments
[This article was published in the June 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
ICT is revolutionising the way local governments or the Panchayats work by bridging the gap between the government as a service provider and citizen at the bottom of the pyramid.
[This article was published in the March 2010 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
On a bright, sunny day in Jaipur, the 13th National Convention on e-Governance was inaugurated by the state Governor Ms Prabha Rau, flogged by the state Chief Minister Ashok Gahlot
K Ratna Prabha, Principal Secretary, IT, Department of IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP), is a 1981 batch IAS officer of Karnataka cadre.
[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The State Data Centre of Government of Karnataka was set up during 2004-05 as a core common technology infrastructure. The State Data Centre (SDC) provides the infrastructure required for consolidating state level applications at a central facility.
[This article was published in the July 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Governance projects always throws up some crucial challenges in the form of rising cost due to usage of proprietary softwares and technology, mere digitisation rather than Business Process Re-engineering, frequent transfer of IT secretaries, and lack of awareness among officials about the larger impact of e-Governance projects.
[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The formation of public governance system is largely dependant on its contextual parameters incuding policy patterns and technology trends.
