e-governance

28.04.2006 The training courses on information and communication technologies (ICT) have started in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of Uzbekistan.

28.04.2006 Today, the demand for wireless access outside the corporate office is satisfied by an unwieldy patchwork of technologies—GPRS, CDMA and Wi-Fi hotspots. There's no easy way to access your corporate network or even the Internet on the move.

28.04.2006 The concept of e-governance is now a reality for Indian citizens. We are graduating from pilot e-governance projects to bigger Mission Mode projects. In this, the core strategy is to move ahead in a systematic manner, and the approach is to achieve success step by step.

27.04.2006 E-governance refers to the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of the government. The main goals of E-governance are: better service delivery to citizens; improved service for business; transparency and accountability to minimise corruption; empowerment through information; and efficient government procurement.

27.04.2006 E-governance refers to the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of the government.

27.04.2006 The Software Division of Computer Society of India in association with CICC, Singapore, National Resource Centre for Free and Open Source Software of CDAC Chennai and RMK Engineering College is organizing a five days southern regional training programme from 22nd May to 26th May 2006 at Chennai on Open Source Software.

26.04.2006 This book provides comprehensive coverage of the e-government issues faced by public officials, managers and consultants.

25.04.2006 Encouraged by the rapid strides in the Information Technology sector, the Andhra Pradesh State Government is chalking out plans to introduce computer education in 10,000 zilla parishad and Government high schools.

21.04.2006 Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister, Vasundhara Raje Scindia,announced the launch of a thousand rural knowledge centres (RKCs) in Rajastan, to be managed entirely by women and women’s groups.

19.04.2006 Software giant Microsoft said that it would launch the latest version of its Office software suite by the end of the year and the company's India development centre has made a significant contribution to it.

19.04.2006 While India scores high on the ‘democracy’ scale, often given the startling election verdicts and such indicators,the country is becoming more and more difficult to govern. Political parties seem to increasingly depend on factors like caste and religious identity and go in for populist schemes and policies to woo their vote banks.

18.04.2006 Governance is unfortunately very often misused and negatively connoted word. It is an issue for every section of the society. Be it a government, national or local, or be it NGOs. NGOs believe that they are automatically well governed, which is not true.

18.04.2006 Over the years, the important role of information and communication in governance has been reaffirmed time and again. Advent of new technologies has created new avenues for rapid and wider information and knowledge sharing. Access to information, services and resources has expanded.

18.04.2006 While India has shown marked improvement in adapting new network technologies to enhance the quality of governance and foster all-inclusive development, such efforts are sporadic and limited to select areas. To make ICTs vital tools of transformation, India needs to create new institutions and make necessary corrections in the existing institutions of governance.

18.04.2006 "The training and capacity building of grassroots functionaries should be interwoven into a system of scientifically organised activity mapping where there is devolution of function, functionaries and finances. The best form of training is hands on training", says Mani Shankar Aiyer, the Minister for Panchayti Raj, Government of India.

18.04.2006 Without giving adequate importance to rural infrastructure development the e-governance idea will not take off in our villages. Equally important is to train the village community in the new technology, its working and application. This involves a big investment in human resources.

18.04.2006 ICT represents the new constellation of power relations. On one hand it has helped the emergence of a civil society unguarded and free of territorial boundaries, hierarchies and power allocations and on the other hand created enough need for the government to reveal its cards.

18.04.2006 Modern ICTs permit the sharing of information, knowledge, and hence power, as was never possible before. In this realm, governments possess a duty not just to provide services as efficiently as possible, but also to make the government operations transparent and civil servants accountable to those they serve.

18.04.2006 Over the years, the important role of information and communication in governance has been reaffirmed time and again. Advent of new technologies has created new avenues for rapid and wider information and knowledge sharing. Access to information, services and resources has expanded.

18.04.2006 This book attempts at providing an indepth understanding of e-government and its implementation in real-life situations. Being associated with early experimentations with e-governance in India, the author illustrates impact of the e-governance initiatives on poverty reduction.