IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Srei Sahaj e-Village Limited is a subsidiary of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited which has been created under the Prime Minister Flagship National E Governance Plan. The objective of this organization is to bridge the digital divide between the rural and urban regions. It plans to do so by setting up Common Service Centres(CSCs) through selected states of India (Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) and create a network of village level of entrepreneurs (VLEs). The digital services offered by these will be propogated in the villages through these VLEs.

As many as nine players have bid for a stake in operating an estimated 5,400 cyber kiosks or Common Service Centres in the State.

The bidding process concluded on Friday and a shortlist is expected to be framed soon.

Examples of using thousands of internet kiosks with companies like ITC (the e-choupals) and Microsoft (which has also used video conferencing for telemedicine) are well documented. Videoconferencing furthers these initiatives to empower farmers.

One such centers in mountain locked Kishtwar district is testimony to the fact. The CIC centre in Kishtwar town, being operated by Rural Development Department, has become an inaccessible quarter. Residents allege that the centre was being used only by the staff members of the office, while the locals were being denied any access.

"The electronic kiosk is a biometric data acquisition system that assesses a person's health and performs basic medical tests, including for body temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar level and electrocardiogram (ECG) of heart," Freescale development manager Jose Fernandez told IANS here.

Weighing about 30 kg, the touch-screen kiosk was developed by Freescale's engineering team in Mexico as a low-cost solution for quick and accurate screening tests to know a patient's health prior to hospitalisation.

Researchers Find Multiple Smart Components Of The Modern City Vulnerable To Cyber-Attacks

Kaspersky Lab researchers examined a number of digital kiosks and interactive terminals used in modern cities for different purposes – from paying for different services through to entertainment – and discovered that a lot of them contain vulnerabilities that can expose private user data and be used to spy or spread malicious code. Along with kiosks, specialists researched speed cameras used in cities and their supporting infrastructure. As a result, they discovered that malicious users could easily access these cameras and manipulate the data collected.

On 25 January 2010, a contract was signed between the Minister for Information Society, Mr. Ivo Ivanovski and the representatives of the private companies who won the electronic public bidding on the basis of the lowest price offered.

Change your mindset towards Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This is what JPJ Deputy Director-General Datuk Solah Mat Hassan wants Malaysians to do.

He lamented that many Malaysians were still doubtful of trying out E-payment via the government portal, probably out of fear that it was unsafe and that personal particulars might be compromised.

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi visited the Mosta local council yesterday, where one of the terminals has just been installed. He said the terminals, which involved a government investment of €50,000, are aimed at further facilitating the use of e-government services, as well as offering a large array of other services.

These kiosks are part of a pilot project funded by the eGOV4U project, an EU initiative partly funded by the competiveness and innovation programme of the EU (CIP ICT PSP). The Local Councils Association is a partner in this project together with another eight organisations from different European countries.

Taking into consideration the sizeable population of foreign workers in the country, the national contact center will provide 150 services in three languages other than Arabic: English, Malayalam and Tagalog.

The announcement came Monday during the e-governmental portal excellence award ceremony.

In Engerwitzdorf in Oberösterreich wurde nun der erste Internet-Terminal mit Bürgerkartenfunktion von Staatssekretärin Heidrun Silhavy in Betrieb genommen. Die Funktionen können auf Bankkarte, E-Card oder Mitarbeiterausweis aktiviert werden und ermöglichen die digitale Identifizierung gegenüber Behörden und die Signatur von Dokumenten. Voraussetzung dafür ist ein Lesegerät, was im öffentlichen Raum nun erstmals mit dem Terminal in Engerwitzdorf zur Verfügung gestellt wird.

GWAPS is a secure system that performs remote, paperless transactions. A GWAPS kiosk resembles an ATM and adopts world-class technologies such as radio-frequency identification or RFID recognition, biometrics and virtual private networks.

"Through our partnership with RLC, we bring our services much closer to our more than 1.7 million members and pensioners," President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara said.

The agreement covers the deployment of GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System (G-W@PS) kiosks at the Lingkod Pinoy Center located in Robinsons Malls.

Known as GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System or G-W@PS, members can readily apply for loans, check membership status and loan accounts through the G-W@PS kiosk. Pensioners can also renew their active status through the kiosk.

The installation of the stations, equipped with touch screens and printers, is the first step towards the promotion and implementation of e-governance, said Alphonse Zigira, the Rwanda Information Technology Authority's (RITA's) director of rural community access.