Saturday, 11 October 2008
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Accenture appoints new Public Service head
Barcelona-based Accenture veteran to oversee company’s business serving public-sector clients.
Transparent, interoperable, secure: the Office Open XML file format
Oliver Bell, Regional Technology Officer, Microsoft Asia, highlights the importance of choice and compatibility in ...
Central Government
Grey govt - Asia's public sector learns to cope with an ageing population
Asia is ageing. We look at the impact an ageing population has on government service delivery and its efforts to retain talent and knowledge as a large percentage of workers reach retirement age.
Local Government
City Hall and GIS
Mapping technologies are changing the way city and local government ...
Healthcare
Indian hospital network’s EMR to be ready this month
The initial Rs50 million (US$ one million) EMR system by ...
FutureGov Summit
15 Oct – 17 Oct 08
Grand Hyatt Bali, Indonesia
Disaster Management, Response & Recovery
21 Oct – 22 Oct 08
Grand Hyatt, Singapore
Government Information Forum
4 Mar – 5 Mar 09
Grand Hyatt, Singapore
Government Information Forum India
3 Jun – 4 Jun 09
New Delhi, India
Digital Inclusion
‘Internet for Everyone’ campaign launched in Canada
Telecommunities Canada (TC), a national coalition of groups that promote ...
Digital Inclusion
Indian state to replace telegram with e-post
E-post will replace old system of telegram service across the ...
Green Government
Korean govt spurs green rooftop plans
In a bid to ‘greening’ Seoul, the city government has ...
Education IT - equal opportunities for all?
The explosion of innovative technology in teaching has revolutionised students’ learning. But developing countries are still grappling with the basic issues of access and support.
Facing the challenge of Web 2.0
Beware the ‘experts’ when it comes to planning your Web 2.0 strategy - but start making plans for operating in the social internet before you lose your audience entirely.
Government Technology Awards shorlist announced!
Okay, okay … the shortlist for this year’s Government Technology Awards is now being made public. We have 11 awards categories this year - and competition has never been stronger. So click to see who the best government organisations in Asia Pacific are this year in the various nominations categories.
Asia - the world’s dumping ground?
A recent United Nations survey sheds light on the United States’ harmful disposal of e-waste in Asia. As regional authorities give more attention to greening their IT infrastructure, you have to ask what the point is unless agreements are put in place to ensure that the entire technology lifecycle is greened - and not just the initial 3-4 years of active use.
Focusing on ends rather than means
A shift to local government delivery, and a rapidly converging IT ecosystem is pressuring the ...
Why e-government isn’t working
E-government needs to go niche if it is to remain relevant and it needs to ...
Setting state government IT policy in India
R S Sharma, Principal Secretary in the Information Technology Department of the State Government of ...
Singapore govt experiments with social media
The Singapore government is on Facebook. Why? Dr Amy Khor, Member of Parliament, Mayor of ...