This report assesses the issue of openness in our society through the use of freedom of information laws vs. privacy laws which give citizens the right to access their personal information held in government databanks. Each of these principles can be considered part of our inalienable human rights in democratic and free societies.
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This is an official document which provides information about the EU ruling against Microsoft. This document actually shows how much importance EU gives to anti-monopoly practices.
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In the pilot phase of the project, electronic service delivery was introduced and successfully deployed in the Fez-Agdal local government office. This phase will scale up the project to include the remaining local government offices in the city of Fez. It will also upgrade, enhance and complete the automation of the Bureaux d'état civil (BEC) by electronically enabling additional citizen-oriented services such as marriage, divorce and residency certificates. At the same time, efforts will be ma more...
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The Education Secretary of Medellin answered the citizens’ questions during an online chat,. He was chatting from the Pedro Octavio Amado School. The event was well prepared by the teachers and the director of the school. Everybody enjoyed the excellent facilities offered to chat with the community.
More than 40 people throughout the city participated in the chat. It was also the opportunity for the Education Secretary to spread the news about future events for the students and the whole com more...
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Land registration offices throughout Andhra Pradesh now operate computerized counters to help citizens to complete registration requirements within an hour instead of several days, as was necessary under the earlier system. Antiquated procedures such as manual copying and indexing of documents, and storage in paper forms in ill-maintained backrooms have all been replaced. This case illustrates some of the key implementation issues faced by state and national governments in their efforts to use I more...
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Back for the second year, the Government Technology Awards recognises best practice public sector technology programmes throughout Asia Pacific and the Gulf States!
Last year 214 government, education and healthcare organisations nominated themselves for the awards process, which concluded with a gala awards dinner in Phuket infront of 200 government officials and technology stakeholders.
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“When you meet with government officials the dialogue is a very rich one, which reflects the priorities of the region, and the issues of the region,” said Ralph Young, Vice President, Public Sector, Microsoft, in interview at the recently concluded Government Leaders Forum in Jakarta. “Every region has its own themes and priorities, as well as an underlying constant: providing a more transparent and efficient government. ICT can help tremendously.”
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