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1. UNDP Bangladesh supports Bangladesh government in ICT capacity building
2. Important government forms are online in Bangladesh
3. Abolombon: An online resource pool on Legal, Human Right & Governance
information in Bangladesh
4. The Inquirer: Croatian government adopts free software policy
5. Battling the digital divide with ?1 a day
6. ICTs to bring down tax burden to Queensland state
7. THE ROLE OF E-GOVERNMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW ECONOMY IN
LITHUANIA
8. White Paper on International Development, 'eliminating world poverty:
making governance work for the poor'.
9. E-Voting Conference in Estonia
10. The Rome Consensus: Go home and listen to your people
11. Impact of Civil Society Budget Work: Case Studies on Brazil, Croatia,
India, Mexico, South Africa, and Uganda
12. Microsoft releases the software for Indian Police
13. All primary schools at Bangladesh to get free Internet in 10 years US
company inks $60m deal with ICT ministry
14. Nigeria: 'IT auditing in governance will check corrupt practices'
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1. UNDP Bangladesh supports Bangladesh government in ICT capacity building
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/egovernment/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=107
9105
UNDP Bangladesh is assisting Bangladesh government through supporting
different e-government projects. Major projects are: 1. Strengthening the
ICT Capacity of Prime Minister?s Office: This project aims to to set up an
ICT Enabled Information System...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006

2. Important government forms are online in Bangladesh
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/egovernment/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=107
9112
The Prime Minister said that "Govt. forms now on website is a way to reach
services to citizens easily" at the inauguration ceremony of a website and
publication of a compact disc (CD) containing the digitised forms of
Bangladesh government as part...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006

3. Abolombon: An online resource pool on Legal, Human Right & Governance
information in Bangladesh
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/e-government/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=10
79118
www.abolombon.org was hosted by Development Research Network (D.Net) to
provide legal and human right information relevant to Bangladesh. This
website is developed in Bangla language. This website contains information
on relevant laws, legal redress,...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006

4. The Inquirer: Croatian government adopts free software policy
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/egovernment/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=107
9119
According to a document with the catchy title "Directions for Development
and Use of Open Source Code Computer Programmes in Bodies and Institutions
of State Administration" the [Croatian] Government says it needs to develop,
prepare and procure...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006

5. Battling the digital divide with ?1 a day
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/e-government/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=10
79122
France plans to offer 1.2 million of the country's poorest citizens a
computer with broadband Internet access for a daily fee of ?1 (US$1.28), to
ensure that they have access to the increasing number of government services
available online. The...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006

6. ICTs to bring down tax burden to Queensland state
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/egovernment/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=107
9128
IT has dawned as pleasant surprise that state government's use of ICTs will
save Queensland taxpayers at least $135 million per year. Accordingly, the
cabinet has considered the recommendations of the Service Delivery and
Performance Commission's...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 27 Oct , 2006

7. THE ROLE OF E-GOVERNMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW ECONOMY IN
LITHUANIA
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/egovernment/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=107
9142
The paper deals with the application of e-government framework in Lithuania
and the potential role of e-government in the development of the new economy
in Lithuania. It is not only concerned with way e-government model can be
adapted to Lithuania,...
Contributed by Fred Mugisha on 28 Oct , 2006

8. White Paper on International Development, 'eliminating world poverty:
making governance work for the poor'.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/e-government/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=10
79199
This White Paper sets out what the UK Government will do to reduce world
poverty over the next five years. The White Paper sets out the UK Department
For International Development?s (DFID) priorities and explains how it will
work with the rest of UK...
Contributed by John Daly on 29 Oct , 2006

9. E-Voting Conference in Estonia
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/egovernment/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=107
9146
The second panel examines the legal and constitutional issues associated
with e-voting. There are an array of legal questions?freedom, equality,
secrecy, and the like?but auditability is perhaps the most important aspect
of the process because it is...
Contributed by Boris Demidov on 28 Oct , 2006

10. The Rome Consensus: Go home and listen to your people
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/egovernment/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=107
9208
The key message from participants to policy makers at the first World
Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD), which concluded on 27
October, 2006, was clear and simple: Go home and listen to your people.
?Communication is development?, they...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 29 Oct , 2006

11. Impact of Civil Society Budget Work: Case Studies on Brazil, Croatia,
India, Mexico, South Africa, and Uganda
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/egovernment/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=107
9399
The International Budget Project (IBP) and the Institute for Development
Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex have produced in-depth case
studies of six established budget groups. The objective of the exercise was
to learn specifically about the...
Contributed by John Daly on 30 Oct , 2006

12. Microsoft releases the software for Indian Police
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/e-government/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=10
79630
Microsoft, software giant has designed a software package for India, which
will digitally record FIRs and scenes of crimes. Microsoft has released this
product for the Ministry of Science and Technology. This proof-of-concept
software, along with its...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 01 Nov , 2006

13. All primary schools at Bangladesh to get free Internet in 10 years US
company inks $60m deal with ICT ministry
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/e-government/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=10
79636
All the primary schools of the country will be given Internet connections
free of cost in the next 10 years under a deal between the government and a
US-based company. Presently, there are about 78,000 registered,
non-registered, community and...
Contributed by Mahmud Hasan on 01 Nov , 2006

14. Nigeria: 'IT auditing in governance will check corrupt practices'
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/egovernment/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=107
9695
Transparency and anti-corruption crusade by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, in the public sector of the Nigeria economy may achieve
limited results unless Information Technology auditing is identified as a
key pillar of e-governance...
Contributed by Boris Demidov on 02 Nov , 2006

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