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India working on standard for biometrics
News Government looking at national standard to provide "level-playing field", as India readies e-government initiatives based on biometric technology.
Tags: Biometrics, Data security, Security applications/tools, Privacy, E-passport, E-government, Security, India, Information Security, Card
Open source movement spreads across Asia
News This ZDNet Asia special report looks at what's moving open source adoption across four Asian economies--Singapore, Malaysia, India and the Philippines.
Tags: Open source, Business Strategies & Functions, Local Government, E-government, Asia, India, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, public sector
Govt projects opportunity for NXP in India: Execs
News Semiconductor company expects host of e-government, social projects in country to provide demand boost for its identification products.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile processors, Processors, E-passport, E-government, India, Cell Phone, financial, bank, smart card
Should India now look forward to unique ID cards?
Blogs In his book Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century, Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, talks about how the futu...
Malaysia to enforce data protection law
News Eight years in the making, country's Personal Data Protection Bill will finally be tabled in parliament this month and expected to be in force early-2010.
Tags: Data security, Privacy, Local Government, Regulations, Data Protection, E-government, Conference, Safe Harbor, European Union, Singapore
Open source evangelists lock horns with Nasscom
News India's open source community is miffed over Nasscom's proposal for e-government projects to support multiple standards, instead of single patent-free standards.
Tags: Local Government, Regulations, Open source, Standards, E-government, Red Hat Inc., India, F/OSS, Standards, phone
Build governance into e-govt, experts urge
News Governments need to factor governance and collaboration into their e-government frameworks, not focus on IT and its application, said speakers at Singapore event.
Tags: IT Governance, Web services, Web 2.0, Government, E-government, Conference, e-Service, middle management, Singapore, CIO
Why make consumers pay more for e-services?
Blogs Electronic services have long been touted as a way for governments to improve operational efficiencies and facilitate be...
Can politics and technology go hand-in-hand in India?
Blogs Nine months back, when the Tata group chairman Ratan Tata unveiled the US$2,500 small car--Tata Nano--all eyes had turne...
India must focus on broadband, e-govt
News Government urged to give immediate attention to 3G and WiMax, which analysts say is necessary for e-government services and local economy.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2009, Local Government, 3G (Third Generation), WiMax, Business broadband, Personal broadband, E-government, India, Broadband, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting
Digital stimulus for Philippine e-commerce
Blogs A few days ago, I had the opportunity to attend a government-organized public consultation meeting on a proposed certifi...
How long will our politicians shy away from technology?
Blogs It is election time here in India, and there is not a dull moment on TV-–shoes are being hurled at some politician or th...
Singapore looks to export e-government
News The country's ICT regulator and promoter establishes a new body focused on applying its public sector infocomm expertise elsewhere in the world.
Tags: Government, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Business, E-government, Asia, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Infowave
Youth Olympics virtual world to debut early 2010
News First-ever Olympic virtual world will be built by ST Electronics, and may be extended to education and e-government after the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Tags: Web sites, E-government, Singapore, earnings per share, entertainment, CEO, virtual world, financial, team, Web sites
What difference a tech-savvy president maketh
Blogs In a typical newsroom where every journalist is fighting for a space on the front page, there are often days when you do...
