Kuwait’s e-government drive
Of the four key areas in e-business for government, Kuwait has made considerable strides in the areas of government-to-citizen and government-to-government interaction, with additional investment potential for government-to-business and government-to-employee initiatives as well.
ICDL IT literacy programme stretches to the remote areas in the Gulf region
USA: HHS, CMS fall short on managing IT investments
HHS has developed basic capabilities to select and control IT projects, but management and oversight of its IT investments have significant weaknesses, GAO said in a recent report. The weaknesses prevent HHS from ensuring that it has the best mix of investments for the department.
UK: Local Authority e-Planning gets massive funding reward from government
The grant, which is additional incentive to local authority funding, rewards local authorities for progress in online planning, speed in determining applications, improving housing stock provision, and developing plans for their communities.
New Zealand: SSC provides open source CMS to govt agencies
The State Services Commission has made available to government agencies, both central and local, the open source code for a Government Web Guidelines compliant Content Management System.
The code base, used for the recent redevelopment of www.e.govt.nz, has been shared with the Ministry of Women's Affairs for the redevelopment of their website, www.mwa.govt.nz, launched today.