The National Computer Center (NCC) is all set for the pilot implementation of its eLGU (electronic local government units) project this July, with the municipality of Taguig chosen as the site of the project's initial roll-out.
Starting off with the deployment of an Electronic Property Tax System, the municipality of Taguig -- eLGU's pilot site for the National Capital Region – is expected to automate its treasury operations as well as its business registration systems afterward.
The HKSAR government's numerous departments make its underlying structure complex and mind-boggling. Even the government admits that.
"Most citizens may not know exactly which department does what," said Steven Mak, deputy director of Information Technology Services Department (ITSD). "Many of the them would only know from their own bad experiences with specific departments."
To keep open-source software at bay, Microsoft has signed an agreement with Beijing to give it access to the source code of the Windows operating system.
Despite the slowdown in IT spending last year in China, Beijing is set to start a new round of IT equipment purchase. It is hoped that this signals the start of a market rebound.
Die chinesische Regierung will die einheimische Softwareindustrie vor übermächtigen Konkurrenten wie Microsoft oder Oracle schützen. Wie das Wall Street Journal berichtet, soll die State Informatization Leading Group, eine behördenübergreifende Task Force für den IT-Einsatz, beschlossen haben, im Rahmen der chinesischen E-Government-Initiative verstärkt auf heimische Produkte zu setzen.
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