Labour market not rosy in Asia Pacific- ILO reports

In recent times, in the Asia-Pacific region, has witnessed a rapid, economic and intra-regional trade growth much faster than trade with the rest of the world.

Smart Cards in place of driving licences in Hyderabad (India) soon

The Transport Department of Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, India) is planning to replace the existing driving licences with `Smart Cards’ to ensure tamper proof vehicle documents.

Open Standards based e-Governance

[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

While virtual reality is being widely explored by the computer scientists, Augmented Reality that improves the human vision and perception is becoming the focus of many researchers around the world.

USA: Missouri moves upward in e-Government survey

The Blunt administration is touting Missouri’s progress in a national survey of online government services.

Massive e-Governance plan to be rolled out in India

The Union Cabinet (India) has approved a Rs. 5,742-crore scheme to set up one-lakh common service centres (CSCs) in rural areas across the country that would offer a basket of Government to citizens and business to customer services.

Involvement of civil society sought for ICT policy development

A non-governmental organisation is working to involve civil society organisations in the formulation of government Information and Communications Technology (ICT) policies.

Government of Uganda to review five-year master plan of ICT Strategy

The government will embark on reviewing its five-year master plan of the Information and Communication Technology strategy next month, the Special Presidential Assistant in charge of Information Communication and Technology, Mr Ibrahim Kaliisa, has said.

KMC to implement e-Governance soon

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), West Bengal (India) will fully implement its e-Governance platform in 16 months time.

Mission 2007 to establish knowledge centres in 6,00,000 villages

Mission 2007 to establish knowledge centres in 6,00,000 villages of India as envisioned by M.S.Swaminathan, chairman of the MSSR Foundation (MSSRF)and Mission chairperson.

UNESCO to launch ‘community of practice’ on local e-Government

UNESCO will launch an international community of practice on local e-Government through its ‘Information for All Programme’.