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E-Registries in Public Sector: Getting Them Right
Public-sector organisations in Singapore are taking to e-registries in a big way. A recent survey of 170 personnel from government ministries, statutory boards and institutes of higher learning found that 83% were either implementing information management (IM) systems or already had them in place.
Central Government
Digital Inclusion
Asia’s public sector boosts spend in networking
Research expects more than 40 per cent growth in enterprise ...
25 February 2009 | Research
Healthcare and government shine amid gloomy 2009 IT forecasts
Worldwide IT spending is projected to take a big hit this year, however healthcare and government are expected to be among the most resilient segments, according to a Gartner report.
7 January 2009 | Research
Chinese find public feedback channels ineffective
Channels for public feedback remain inadequate despite government efforts in recent years to solicit more views on the ground, according to a recent survey conducted by People’s Daily newspaper in China.
30 December 2008 | Research
Technology for engaging England’s pupils
Commissioned by the UK government’s technology agency Becta, new research by Manchester Metropolitan University shows that online learning has been useful in engaging students who have become disaffected by education, and is helping to re-engage those who are not succeeding in school or are not learning by traditional teaching methods.
30 December 2008 | Research
Internet main source of news for 206 million Chinese
According to a new report, the Internet is the main source of news for about 206 million Chinese.
29 December 2008 | Research
Australia: turned off by telephone, turned on by online
Fresh research spurs government to experiment with social media.
19 December 2008 | Research
US youths pick up social and technical skills online
Results from an extensive US study by the Digital Youth Project on teens and their use of digital media show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value.
17 December 2008 | Research
Satisfaction with govt agency leads to trust in whole govt
New American Customer Satisfaction Index data suggest that a satisfying experience with a specific government agency can improve trust in the government as a whole. The positive correlation extends beyond trust with the agency itself to citizens’ overall perception of the government.
17 December 2008 | Research
Stark differences in New Zealanders' internet use
A major international survey of internet behaviour ranks New Zealand as a leader in its educational use of the internet.
10 December 2008 | Research
Storage is top priority for Asia's CIOs
A survey of CIOs, conducted by Hitachi Data Systems has found that 88 per cent of them agreed that storage remains a top priority. The survey also discovered that across the Asia Pacific region, IT is embedded closely in all business operations, which make leveraging IT efficiently a critical task.
1 December 2008 | Research
Mobile phone growth fails to bridge digital divide
Despite significant progress Asia and the Pacific has made in using information and communication technology, disparity still remains in access to the internet between high-income and low-income countries.
18 November 2008 | Research
ICT to cut emissions in India?
A new report says that a more pervasive use of ICT can help reduce emissions and fight climate change in India. While the country may be known the world over for its expertise in ICT, the use of it is fairly limited.
13 November 2008 | Research
Asia’s leading government agencies announced
It was an exciting evening at Asia’s 2nd annual Government Technology Awards in Bali, Indonesia – the “Oscars” of Asia’s public sector modernisation efforts – where outstanding government projects across Asia were recognised and rewarded at a regional ceremony in front of an invited guest list of senior government officials from 15 countries.
13 October 2008 | Research
Does green IT really help you save money?
83 per cent of respondents stated that going green results in cost savings, while 17 per cent believed that green measures are not necessarily cost efficient.
11 September 2008 | Research
Poverty rate in Asia to be halved by 2015
The region is on track to halve the poverty rate by 2015 and achieve the number one target of the Millennium Development Goals, largely due to progress made in East Asia, particularly China, according to the United Nations’ latest report.
1 September 2008 | Research
South Korea ranked number one for e-government
South Korea has emerged as the leader in e-government for the third consecutive year.
30 August 2008 | Research
Information Management Mistakes Can Wreak Havoc in the Public Sector
Prudent data security management has historically been the sole domain of the Chief Information Officer (CIO); and that is no longer the case. As of June 2008, more than 330 million records were compromised globally.
29 August 2008 | Research
Having everyone equipped with PCs has green flaws
Across the globe, the number of personal computers in use has exceeded one billion and the figures will double by 2014. This development will account for PCs dumped into landfills without consideration for its toxic content, says Meike Escherich, Principal Research Analyst at Gartner.
26 August 2008 | Research
iPhone—who for?
Chances are that you want one, your colleague wants one – but does your organisation want to give you one?
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.
4 August 2008 | Research
US e-government satisfaction rising
E-government satisfaction can drive citizens to online channel, lead to cost savings, suggests new research.
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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Building a healthy Malaysia
Like many of its neighbours, Malaysia has been experiencing changing disease patterns. The era of ...
Should govts archive social media posts?
It is fashionable for government agencies to have a Facebook or Twitter account these days ...
Korea tops UN recession-time e-govt rankings
South Korea has led the world in how governments have used ICT to give citizens ...