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Mr. Ming has held a number of stakeholder sessions to sensitise public officers about e-Government requirements and to provide a framework for offering government services on-line.

The measurement used is the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), which is determined by three branching factors: Environment, Readiness and Usage.

The Global Information Technology Report (GITR) also indicates that the country's government readiness towards ICT had actually fallen, while business readiness climbed. The biggest jump by sector in the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), from 40 (NRI 2008/2009) to 76 (NRI 2009/2010), actually came from individuals.

Brunei in comparison to many of the Commonwealth nations and countries around the region has significantly made major inroads to ensure the availability of ICT for all citizens and is focussed on attaining a high level of broadband connectivity.

The report highlights the key role of ICT as an enabler of a more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable world.

This is Brunei’s second entry into the report and this time a rise has been seen under the “Readiness” category, where it was given the overall rank of 5155, with Business Readiness rising from 67th to 37th and Government Readiness rising from 45th to 29th, though Individual Readiness has fallen from 40th to 76th.

In fact the city has been short listed as one of the world's smartest cities by a New York-based think-tank that focuses on economic development in the broadband economy.

The Intelligent Community Forum lauds the city's highly-skilled workforce, its burgeoning technology sector and broadband initiatives ranging from e-government in Victoria to wireless connectivity in the city.

He made the remarks during a speech at the 2007 IT Month organized by the Taipei Computer Association held at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1, which opened yesterday and will run through Dec. 9.

Colombia, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Uruguay, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil were other highly-ranked countries in Latin America and were all rated among the top 60 countries worldwide for e-government.

The highest-ranked Central American country was Panama, at number 66 worldwide, followed by El Salvador and Costa Rica.

The survey said that this is no small feat since it is a country of 1.2 billion people and a large land mass – both of which require more effort from the government, especially if the population is widely dispersed, than would a country with a small population living within a limited area.

The metric seeks to quantify the “extent to which government policies are conducive to competitiveness” within a country.

Explaining the results of the rankings, IMD Professor Stéphane Garelli, Director of IMD’s World Competitiveness Center, said, “‘World Competitiveness 2.0’ is thus characterised by a greater self-reliance of countries. It increasingly emphasizes re-industrialization, exports, and a more critical look at delocalization. This trend is triggered by the rise in commodity and transport prices and higher labor costs in emerging economies.”

On February 20, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences held the “Rule of Law Blue Book - Publishing, Development and Outlook on the Rules of Law Symposium 2012” in Beijing. As the only representative of major cities, the Dalian municipal government shared its experiences at the meeting. They made a speech and discussed how to “promote in-depth integration of administrative affairs and technology while weaving two networks for publicizing government information.”

The ranking is a vast improvement from the previous UN ranking of E-government, which put Colombia in seventh place regionally. In addition, Colombia's global ranking improved from 52nd to 31st place, according to a press release from the office of the Colombian presidency.

If the government were a student, it probably would not be getting any merit scholarships.

A year after helping the new government draft its official agenda following its belated formation in January 2007, Estat.cz, a civic group for increased government effectiveness, issued its annual “report card” Jan. 4, evaluating the government’s first year in power.

Die DACH-Region (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz) liegt unter 70 Ländern im Bereich der E-Readiness im erweiterten Spitzenfeld, absolut top sind derzeit die USA. Das geht aus dem "E-Readiness Ranking 2008" hervor, dass die Economist Intelligence Unit mit Unterstützung von IBM erstellt hat. "E-Readiness ist eine Summe von Eigenschaften, die darstellen, wie gut der Umgang mit elektronischen Medien in einem Land ausgeprägt ist", erklärt Robert Kernstock, IBM Managing Consultant Public Sector, im pressetext-Interview. Das Gesamtbild aus der Bewertung von sechs Einzelkategorien gibt Aufschluss darüber, wie gut Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) eines Landes zum Wohle von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft genutzt werden kann.

Dänemark konnte sich auch 2007 wieder die Spitzenposition im weltweiten Wettbewerb um die Technologieführerschaft sichern und stellt gemeinsam mit Schweden und der Schweiz auf den Plätzen zwei und drei die Führungsspitze im Bereich der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien [IKT].

In Dänemark wird nach einer Studie die Informationstechnologie (IT) im weltweiten Vergleich am wirksamsten genutzt.

Deutschland hat sich in der Rangfolge der technologisch innovativsten Länder der Welt in diesem Jahr vom 17. auf den 16. Platz leicht verbessert. Das geht aus dem am Mittwoch vorgestellten Welttechnologiebericht 2006-2007 des Weltwirtschaftsforums (WEF) in Genf hervor. Auf Dänemark folgen Schweden, Singapur und Finnland auf den Plätzen zwei bis vier, während die USA als bisher Erstplazierte auf den 7. Rang abrutschten.

“This strong ranking is an important recognition of the Danish government’s efforts. Citizens and companies are to communicate digitally easily and efficiently with the public sector,” says Minister of Science and Technology Helge Sander (V) to Børsen Business Daily.

Denmark was crowned as the global IT king by the World Economic Forum Wednesday, topping the organisation's 2006-2007 rankings as the most network ready nation.

Denmark is moving up two positions from last year.