[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
LIRNEasia, in association with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Rural Technology and Business Incubator (RTBI) of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, organised the CPRsouth2 (Communication Policy Research) conference, in Chennai, India between December 15 and 17, 2007.
The Malta Government has launched the myGov.mt portal to include better accessibility of e-Government services.
The Hungarian Government has just formed the first Hungarian eGovernment Cluster on the initiative of Albacomp Zrt, with providers of various eGovernment activities co-operating together.
The World Bank announced that the bank will support the design and implementation of e-Governance in Sri-Lanka. The bank will continue to provide assistance to the Government of Sri Lanka through the e-Sri Lanka Development Project.
The Protocol and Guest House Department in Dubai has launched a public portal, http://protocol.dubai.ae , for the foreign and diplomatic affairs of the state.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bahrain, has become the first ministry to offer e-Procurement services with more efficiency and reliability.
Nepal Government has prepared a master plan for developing a full-fledged e-Governance system by 2011.
The e-Government foundation of India has developed an open source software to improve the management of municipal services.
The Department of Internal Affairs (USA) has prepared nationwide consultations for its proposed Identity Verification Service (IVS). These token based identity service would be available for users of government services.
The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) is continuously moving towards e-Governance. Recently ICTA has launched 16 more websites under the Government Web Portal.
