IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed emphasised that “the launch of the new award was in line with the m-Government initiative which was launched last week to define the future e-government that will be racing against time to identify and fulfill the public needs around the clock in an innovative manner that will exceed their expectations.”

DEWA won the category of government bodies offering 'less than 50' e-Services. The report included assessments of DEWA's e-Services, which reflected positively on the solid and stable performance of DEWA's systems, e-Service connections, requirements and time of response.

The awards recognise excellence, innovation and professionalism in the use of information and communications technology and nominations came from all spheres of government across Australia.

Senior Manager of MoneySmart, Robert Drake said the award was a fantastic acknowledgement of ASIC’s unique approach to helping the community with money matters.

Mit ‚Maerker’ können Bürger seit einem Jahr in den inzwischen 26 teilnehmenden brandenburgischen Kommunen per Mausklick auf Ordnungsmängel aufmerksam machen und deren Abstellung verfolgen. Über 2.300 Maerker-Hinweise gingen so bisher über das Internet bei den beteiligten Kommunen ein. Innenminister Rainer Speer beglückwünschte die Macher von Maerker zu ihrer Idee und deren engagierter Umsetzung: „Maerker zeigt, worauf es ankommt: Der Bürgerkontakt muss einfacher werden, Verwaltungsarbeit transparenter, aber auch verlässlicher und die Ergebnisse für jeden sichtbarer. Das alles bietet in erfreulichem Maße ‚Maerker’.“ Hier zeige die Kommune, dass sie sich um die örtlichen Ärgernisse der Bürger kümmere. Sie ist gleichzeitig unbürokratisch Vermittler, wenn einmal jemand anders zuständig ist.

E-government uses the Internet to deliver services for citizens more conveniently and efficiently. We choose to use e-services because they take only minutes to complete and save us a trip to a government office. Among the “popular” ones is online payment for parking tickets.

All of the e-solutions will go on to compete at the Estonian round of the World Summit Award 2011 which recognizes creative use of digital media.

Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Juhan Parts said the results showed that people have the greatest appreciation for services with practical benefits for them.

PCC won the Supreme Award on Monday (3 May) at the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM) Web Symposium in Wellington. Council Website Manager Dale Hartle, who accepted the award, says since ALGIM began the survey in 2008, the PCC website has gone from strength to strength.

"In 2008 we came 23rd and took on board the feedback that year to where we pulled ourselves up to third place last year. We were thrilled with that ranking and of course continued to fine tune the site. Even so I was flabbergasted when Porirua City Council was named the Supreme winner that words escaped me - and I'm a Distinguished Toastmaster. It's like winning the Oscars of the web world!"

In particular, the costs of telecommunication infrastructure and human capital have hampered e-government development, according to the 2010 United Nations E-Government Survey. The survey, released this year, notes that since 2008, governments have made strides to enhance online services, and transparency still stands as the bridge to public trust.

The government.ae portal won the 1stplace in the category of Best Government Website Award in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) within the Internet Awards contest held on the sidelines of the Internet and Mobile Show 2012 that ended recently in Dubai and was organized by Terrapin.

Gauba was speaking at state-level workshop on citizen-centric e-governance here today. Madhya Pradesh Electronics Development Chairman Premshankar Verma was the chief guest. Secretary to Chief Secretary and Secretary Information Technology Hari Ranjan Rao was also present on the occasion.

The Government of Orissa has won the Gold Icon Award under the Best Government Portal category at the National Awards for e-Governance 2011-2012, organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG).

Under the project, citizens in rural Karnataka get 39 services, ranging from pension, caste certificates, death/birth certificates and land documents to utility payments. Apart from government to citizen services, the project will include business to citizen services (insurance services, education) at an affordable cost.

In a large country, building reusable infrastructure, integrating services and transferring the knowledge present both real challenges and also good opportunities. “The scale of many projects here, such as the Unique ID programme, are huge and themselves a challenge,” says Joan McCalla, Distinguished Fellow, Internet Business Solutions Group at Cisco Systems. “But once India has gone through this, the impact will be profound.”

In less than two years, over two lakh electronically processed and digitally signed certificates have been issued through a network of 315 Pragya Kendras in rural and urban Ranchi, including those set up at RIMS, sadar and military hospitals. This is the highest number of digital certificates issued in an Indian district.

Under the award, which will be launched next year, public agencies and ministries will compete for best e-government unit, best e-government service and best e-government project, Nader Thneibat, secretary general of the ICT Ministry, told reporters.

Shareef has been actively involved in Maldives’ e-Government development since NCIT was established in 2003 by the Government of Maldives as the main government agency for the development, promotion and propagation of IT in the country.

Mr Madelin delivered a presentation about the digital agenda during a business breakfast organised by the European Union representation in Malta.

The European Commission adopted the ‘Digital Agenda for Europe’ last May by unveiling a detailed action plan aimed to improve the competitiveness of the ICT industry by infusing a real EU-wide single market for online products and services.

They are the recently revamped customer care system and the highly used vehicle registration and licensing system, Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA) said.