e-governance

30.05.2005 Despite being a relatively new phenomenon, information and communication technology (ICT) is making its way into the social, cultural, economic, political and governance aspects of Bhutanese society according to the department of information.

27.05.2005 The e-Motoring project of Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) will build a comprehensive ICT solution to provide computersied citizen services being provided by DMT and the Provincial Department of Motor Traffic (PDMT).

26.05.2005 The second Latin American and the Caribbean Conference on Free and Open Source Software Development and Usage will be held from 28 September to 1st October 2005 Recife and Olinda, Brazil.

25.05.2005 Commissioner of Police of Mumbai recently announced that maximum time period for processing any application seeking information is 15 days.

17.05.2005 Mauritius Prime Minister Paul Raymond Bernger today inaugurates the Government Online Centre and the new Government Portal of the country.

17.05.2005 Himachal Pradesh has recently submitted an action plan worth Rs. 720 million to the central government for initating a state-wide e-governance project.

17.05.2005 The state government of Madhya Pradesh plans to collaborate with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to roll out e-governance services to the masses.

16.05.2005 The Zamisli Srbiju web presentation, prepared by the youth from the Lingua-Kraljevo NGO, won the award for the best concept for a web-site. The award was given at the final conference “Youth+Technology=Entry into EU”, for the competition “Serbia – EU Candidate”.

16.05.2005 The telecommunication sector has seen remarkable progress under the leadership of current UPA regime in the Indian government.

16.05.2005 The New Zealand Government has allocated more than $53 million in this year's budget to create a digital future accessible to all the citizens.

16.05.2005 The Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee of Victoria state of Austrialia has recently submitted its report on electronic democracy, as a result of its investigation initially begun under the 54th Parliament and now completed during the 55th Parliament.

16.05.2005 Soon 9,000 panchayats in Andhra Pradesh will have access to a gamut of services offered under the Government to Citizen (G2C), Government to Business (G2B) and Business to Citizen (B2C) charters through ‘e-Seva’, a pioneering e-governance initiative.

06.05.2005 Eighteen French municipalities will use e-voting machines during the referendum of 29 May 2005. The referendum will provide municipalities with the possibility of testing one or more e-voting systems. Some of the e-voting experiments will be legally binding (e.g. in the city of Antibes Juan-les-Pins), while others will not have any legal value. More.