Information and Communication Ministers M Nuh said here on Friday that the total number of villages in Indonesia which had not yet been covered by telecommunications networks reached 31 thousand and at the end of 2009 or early in 2010 at the latest, they all were expected to have been covered by the facilities.
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Tata Consultancy Services, a top Information Technology services, business solutions and outsourcing firm, is certainly one of the companies hopeful of securing several e-government projects this year and next, said Girija Pande, the executive vice president and head of Tata Consultancy Services Asia Pacific, in a recent interview.
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The benefits to the consumer are huge; the downside for the bureaucrat is just as large. Once e-government processes are installed correctly pen pushers become redundant. Also forfeited are the opportunities for pocketing extra fees.
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"In two years, everything should be (inter-connected) online, that's my target," he said during a meeting with the executives of the local chapter of Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI).
The transition to e-government, according to Pastika, was necessary to create a modern bureaucracy that was cost-efficient and able to cope with the growing needs of the public.
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The country needs a shift in cultural perspectives and improved infrastructure if it wants to successfully implement e-government (e-Gov), said director of e-Gov at the ministry Djoko Agung Harijadi on Wednesday.