Japan-Einreise nur gegen Fingerabdruck
Ausländische Besucher ab 16 Jahren müssen sich künftig fotografieren lassen und ihre Fingerabdrücke abgeben.
UK: Tamworth to put in electronic document management
Comino’s EDM and workflow system makes access to records restricted by authorisation rights.
Initially, Tamworth’s Development and Building Control Officers will use Comino’s EDM for scanning, saving and indexing plans and application forms and the workflow element for progressing, routing and escalating applications to the relevant officer.
Breitband-Anschluss de luxe: 2 GBit/s in Großbritannien
Im britischen Shoreditch in East London wurde ein Pilotprojekt gestartet, das den Einwohnern einen extrem schnellen Internetzugang mit 2 GBit/s ins Haus bringt. Digital Bridge bringt neben dem Internetzugang auch noch Digital-TV und Telefonanschluss mit.
UK: LearnDirect 'could do better'
The company established by the government to deliver e-learning is making some progress, but is still failing to reach groups with the lowest skills levels, according to MPs.
A report by the Commons Public Accounts Committee found the Learndirect service, operated by Ufi, has in seven years provided courses to 1.7m people, two-thirds of whom had not done any learning in the previous three years.
Australian governments failing to harness internet
The first Asia Pacific eGovernment Readiness Survey 2006 was conducted by Fairfax Business Research and sponsored by content and business process management vendor, FileNet. The white paper surveyed IT executives in 112 public sector organisations in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore.