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Puca, a mobile messaging and data services provider, commissioned research company Amarach Consulting to undertake the survey of Ireland's mobile phone users, almost half of which said they would be interested in communicating with the government and public sector departments using their mobile phones.
The Valuation and Land Agency of Northern Ireland has awarded a contract to an ESRI Ireland-led conglomerate to implement a GIS- (Geographic Information Systems) based system which will enable it to re-evaluate all properties in Northern Ireland to gain a more accurate property valuation and to comply with industry standards.
The European Union wants Government services to be accessible online by 2005, and many public sector organisations are making good progress towards this goal.
That's according to Marie Lowman, a speaker at The National e-Government Summit 2004 which takes place in Dublin on 23 and 24 November. The primary aim of the conference is to provide a forum where key parties within the e-government sector can discuss developments and assess the challenges that lie ahead.