31 October 2008 | Feature

Industry veteran to join IDA Singapore as assistant CEO

James Kang, an IT industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, will join the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore on December 1st, 2008 as the Assistant CEO.

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30 October 2008 | News

Brunei and China ink MOU for IT collaboration

The Ministry of Communications in Brunei has inked a memorandum of understanding with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology during the Asean-China ICT Week 2008 held recently in Nanning, China.

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28 October 2008 | News

Australian govt to consolidate 130 data centres

The New South Wales government has plans to consolidate its 130 data centres into two facilities in a bid to cut down on maintenance costs and energy consumption, according to the state’s CIO Emmanuel Rodriguez.

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10 October 2008 | Feature

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.

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9 October 2008 | News

Thai govt unveils first open-source software development roadmap

The Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) has developed Thailand’s first open-source software-development roadmap to transform the country into a leading open-source development centre by 2011.

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8 October 2008 | News

Australian universities must upgrade network to keep up

Professor Larry Smarr, an internet expert in the US, has urged Australian universities to roll out new superhighways to ensure that scientists and innovators remain competitive in global research.

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2 October 2008 | News

Queensland ICT Industry Launches Green Initiatives

More than 170 Information Technology leaders from government and business participated in the launch of a new Green IT Industry Special Interest Group (SIG) and Taskforce in Brisbane to help the ICT industry move from discussion on Green IT to action and best practice.

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30 September 2008 | Feature

Building e-government in Macao

A major e-governance initiative undertaken by the Macao SAR Government in collaboration with the United Nations University International Institute for Software Technology through its Centre for Electronic Governance, and major local institutions, the e-Macao initiative aims to build a sustainable foundation for the effective use of ICT by government agencies.

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30 September 2008 | News

Korean govt bans personal e-mail and storage device for work

According to the guidelines announced by the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, civil servants will be banned from using e-mail services provided by commercial companies like Naver, Daum, Google and MSN.

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23 September 2008 | Feature

Home alone: Govt gets serious about remote working

In the past decade, working from home, otherwise known as telecommuting, has been drawing attention globally in both the private and public sectors.

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17 September 2008 | Interview

Singapore govt experiments with social media

The Singapore government is on Facebook. Why? Dr Amy Khor, Member of Parliament, Mayor of Singapore’s Southwest district and Chairman of government feedback agency REACH, has the answers.

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17 September 2008 | Feature

Why WiMax?

The wireless broadband technology has been the ‘next big thing’ for some time. FutureGov assesses when and in what circumstances it will take off and what it means for the public sector. Report: Jianggan Li.

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4 September 2008 | News

Dubai E-government sets US$276 million revenue target

Dubai’s integrated electronic payment system (ePay) has collected US$163 million so far this year and is expected to record revenues of US$276 million by the end of 2008.

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27 August 2008 | News

Free green power for Canadian government IT

Canada’s provincial governments are setting the wheels in motion to move their IT processing to greener IT data centres that are powered by renewable hydro-electricity.

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25 August 2008 | News

Australia to complete govt ICT review

UK-based government productivity expert set to unveil IT spending recommendations.

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25 August 2008 | Spotlight

Accenture appoints new Public Service head

Barcelona-based Accenture veteran to oversee company’s business serving public-sector clients.

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22 August 2008 | News

Chinese ministries push UOF document format

China’s International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Archives Administration have started to promote the Chinese-made Uniform Office Format standard.

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21 August 2008 | Interview

Indian e-govt 'faces corruption threat'

“Corruption is the biggest enemy of e-government,” Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Vice President of government industry solutions at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), has announced to the press.

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14 August 2008 | News

Singapore launches ASEAN e-govt fellowship programme

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has launched a fellowship programme for ASEAN countries in the areas of e-government.

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11 August 2008 | News

Hong Kong establishes task force on digital inclusion

The Government announced at the end of July the setting up of a Task Force on Digital Inclusion.

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8 August 2008 | News

Bahrain shares e-govt plans with United Nations

A high-ranking delegation of officials from Bahrain is visiting the United Nations headquarters in New York to benchmark the Arab country’s e-government plans.

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6 August 2008 | Research

UK civil servants want more access to Web 2.0 tools

A new study by Huddle.net - ‘Social Collaboration and Public Sector’ - has indicated that local government workers in the UK are straining at the IT department’s leash to use social internet tools.

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1 August 2008 | News

Malaysia, Brunei collaborate for ICT

Brunei’s Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI) hosted Malaysia’s Multimedia Development Corporation (MDEC) and more than 20 other MSC status companies from Malaysia for a two day meeting. This is the second time the event has been held, with an earlier gathering in March 2007.

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1 August 2008 | Feature

Why e-government isn’t working

E-government needs to go niche if it is to remain relevant and it needs to be relevant if it is to succeed online. James Smith thinks aloud.

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17 September 2007 | News

Estonian Tax and Customs Board offers e-Service to local authorities

The Estonian Tax and Customs Board has offered e-Service to local authorities which will allow them to make inquiries on the incomes of the taxpayers living in their area.

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29 August 2007 | News

Sri Lanka launches e-Champions

The program was intended to equip 30 CIOs with the skills to drive a successful e-Government

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21 August 2007 | News

Australians' medicare records to go online

Abbott told a health conference in Sydney that electronic records help to streamline care for patients, from a range of health professionals.

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20 August 2007 | News

Business solutions to be deployed at the Abu Dhabi government

The Abu Dhabi System and Information Committee (ADSIC) signed an agreement to deploy Oracle’s business solutions throughout the Abu Dhabi government’s IT infrastructure.

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9 August 2007 | News

Qatar rolls-out new citizen service

ictQATAR and the Ministry of Interior kick off online Exit permits service.

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2 August 2007 | News

Australian city rolls-out asset tracking solution

Wollongong City Council deploys enterprise asset management solution to manage the City’s A$2.5 billion worth of assets.

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1 August 2007 | Deals

Singapore shares ICT development experience

Singapore and ITU collaborate on training programme in ICT policy and regulatory frameworks.

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2 May 2007 | Feature

Korean e-government for export

South Korea lends a helping hand – with strings attached.

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9 March 2005 | News

European citizen feedback portal launched

The European Commission has officially launched ‘Your Europe’, a comprehensive web site providing information for citizens and businesses within the EU.

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1 January 2005 | Interview

Building New Zealand’s e-government ecosystem

New Zealand has ambitious plans to establish a rich e-government ecosystem that syndicates content and services through the national government portal, individual agency sites as well as the private sector. Laurence Millar, Director of the E-Government Unit at the State Services Commission talks about the country’s current progress and future plans.

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2 October 2004 | Research

Chinese e-government: too hot to handle?

Estimated at US$4.8 billion, China’s market for e-government services now depends upon the development of common national standards.

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9 August 2004 | Feature

Engaging Singapore's citizens

As Singapore celebrates its 39th National Day today, it is worth taking a closer look at the achievements one of the region’s e-government leaders writes James Smith.

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