According to a press release by the Union, the UPU is the first United Nations agency to obtain a piece of real-estate space on the Internet for the global industry it represents.
ICANN President Rod Beckstrom and UPU Director General Edouard Dayan signed the contract at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland.
While a vision statement is needed, it is not enough. Leaders can help disperse the vision, the rationale and the validation for reform throughout the bureaucracy, he further noted.
Referring to the Government Information Centre (GIC) with the 1919 short code dial facility, he noted that due to the leadership and initiative of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, it has won a global award for best egov initiatives, providing valuable service to the public.
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The impact of the financial and economic crisis on e-government in OECD countries says that many countries are using the crisis to refocus and speed up their e-government programmes. Germany and Korea, for example, have increased government spending on technology as part of their stimulus packages in order to stimulate the private sector and boost the long-term competitiveness of their ICT sectors.
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Entitled “From e-Government to e-Governance: Using new technologies to strengthen relationships with citizens”, the report explores the strategic intent driving many governments to leverage new technologies and identifies 10 e-governance strategies governments are adopting to strengthen the governance relationship.