More than 800 million mobile phones were sold in developing countries in the past three years (GSM Association 2006) - in South Africa and Botswana for instance, one-third of people who do not have a bank account own a mobile phone or have access to one.
This report presents the first public findings on how low-income […]
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To mark Earth Day, the Environment Ministry has launched the first digital State of the Environmental atlas of India at Soeatlas.Org which provides a visual interactive interface for users to visualise environment spatial data using geographic information system (GIS) options. The atlas depicts forest and biodiversity in green, water resources in blue and air pollution […]
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In a bid to reduce red tape, the Netherlands Government has decided to allow citizens to register births, schedule civil weddings and file death reports online.
Under the plan, couples planning a marriage will be able to just fill in personal data from their own birth certificates and other documents on an online form on the […]
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Individual taxpayers can now track the status of their income tax refunds online at https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/oltas/refundstatuslogin.html according to the Business Standard.
To begin with, the facility has been made available in six cities, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Patna, and will be extended nationwide in a phased manner. Status will be available only for those taxpayers […]
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The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society.
The third GigaNet Annual Symposium will be held on […]
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In its annual global information technology report, the World Economic Forum ranked Denmark top of 127 countries it surveyed for a second year in a row, placing it among the top countries to benefit economically from new information and communications technology.
The WEF considered the business and regulatory environments in the countries it covered, the readiness […]
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In a move that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) says will save roughly 20 tons of paper, or about 480 trees, not to mention potentially save nearly US$1 million over the next five years, the Bush administration will release the government’s first-ever paperless budget on Feb. 4.
Hence, instead of issueing a […]
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Formerly the Journal of E-Government, the Journal of Information Technology & Politics (JITP), has as its primary objectives to:
promote a better understanding of how evolving information technologies interact with political and governmental processes and outcomes at many levels,
encourage the development of governmental and political processes that employ IT in novel and interesting ways, and
foster the […]
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In the effort to spread computer literacy to the masses in India who do not know English, comes ‘Lekhika 2007’ - a software application, developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) under India’s IT Ministry, and Israel’s FTK Technologies, which covers ten scripts and 3000 characters and supports Windows, MAC and Linux.
Being […]
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Gujarat bagged the award for the `Best e-governed State’ for 2006-07 at the 42nd Computer Society India(CSI) Convention, organised to recognise the best e-governance initiatives in the country, especially in the government sector. A total of 17 awards were presented.
Other highlights:
Goa, Jharkhand, Kerala were declared as joint winners of the `Progressive e-Governed State’
Department of Electricity […]
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