Ireland's Central Statistics Office moves on XBRL: Fujitsu Software and PricewaterhouseCoopers have helped deliver what they say is the first live implementation of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) in Ireland. XBRL, a mark-up language specifically designed for financial reporting, provides a way for companies and organisations to make data and financial statements available in a standard format. The CSO pilot involved the creation of an XBRL version of one of the CSO forms -- the Quarterly Accounts Inquiry to Industry -- and seven respondent companies participated, successfully submitting their data electronically using the XBRL solution. XBRL is developed and promoted by XBRL.org and is supported in Ireland by Business Reporting Ireland Limited.
Dubai eGovernment reaches out to children: Dubai eGovernment, the organisation designed to promote and facilitate online access to public services, is hoping to spark enthusiasm for ICT among children by connecting them with Modhesh, the cuddly mascot of Dubai Summer Surprises, an annual summer festival. The organisation has established an online forum where children can chat with Modhesh (the name means "amazing friend" in Arabic); between 10am and 1pm daily. Kiosks have also been established in shopping malls to let children log on. Dubai eGovernment also has an ongoing web design competition which it says has attracted 174 children of different ages and nationalities.
Huian City Government chooses key provider: Huian City Government in China has chosen China Expert Technology (CXTI) for a USD17 million contract to implement its e-government services program, ranging from hardware and e-government training facilities to call centre services. The chief executive of CXTI, Zhu Xiaoxin, said the company's success in winning a similar project in Jinjiang City paved the way for the new agreement. In other news, Beijing's Municipal Office of Informatization has said that around 72 percent of tax reports are now submitted through the internet, according to China Daily. Farmers are also making extensive use of online systems and in one township 57 percent of the total peach output in 2004 was sold through online channels.
Louisiana police agree deal for data sharing: The Louisiana State Police have agreed a key contract to facilitate data sharing across the state. A one-year USD735,000 contract was awarded to Apogen Services to develop information systems that will support the Louisiana Fusion and Analytical Center; the centre will be a central point of information processing and analysis for data drawn from a number of state and local agencies. The solution to be developed by Apogen will let users conduct a single search and draw results from multiple databases from the participating agencies. Apogen said the system will allow the sharing of "sensitive but unclassified terrorism information" that will support threat analysis across the state.
Autor: Sheila M. Averbuch
Quelle: ElectricNews, 20.07.2005
