Emirates eGovernment receives UN eGovernment expert Source: wam.org, http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1289997218694&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews ZAWYA.com, http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20120130102222; Ameinfo.com, http://www.ameinfo.com/288522.html Source Date: Monday, January 30, 2012 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: WAM Dubai, Jan 30th, 2012 (WAM) -- Salem Khamis Al Shair Al Suwaidi, Director General, Emirates eGovernment, received Richard Kerby, Senior Inter-Regional Advisor, Division for Public Administration and Development Management at United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DPADM/UNDESA) here at his office in the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). 54 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 30, 2012

UNU-IIST and UNDESA/DPADM agree to collaborate on e-Government Source: IIST-UNU, http://iist.unu.edu/news/unu-iist-and-undesadpadm-agree-collaborate-e-government Source Date: Friday, January 20, 2012 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: On 10 January 2012, Dr. Tomasz Janowski, UNU-IIST Senior Research Fellow visited the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) in New York in order to present the lecture for DPADM staff on Electronic Governance for Sustainable Development, and discuss collaboration between DPADM and UNU-IIST in El ... Read More 46 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 23, 2012

Forthcoming Soon: United Nations e-Government Survey 2012 Source: Government in the Lab, contributed by: Ibrahim Elbadawi, http://govinthelab.com/forthcoming-soon-united-nations-e-government-survey-2012/ Source Date: Sunday, January 15, 2012 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: The 2012 version of the United Nations (UN) eGovernment Survey series is about to go out in the coming few days. 180 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 17, 2012

UAE Announces Plans to Publish Data Source: Freedominfo.org, http://www.freedominfo.org/2012/01/uae-announces-plans-to-publish-data/ Source Date: Friday, January 13, 2012 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to publish more data, according a Jan. 9 report in Gulf News.com by Zaher Bitar. 93 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 13, 2012

UAE looks at open data to promote e-government Source: Gulf News, by Zaher Bitar, http://gulfnews.com/business/economy/uae-looks-at-open-data-to-promote-e-government-1.963154 Source Date: Monday, January 09, 2012 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: Ministries and departments urged to publish more data to improve services - The Dubai.ae government website. The authorities are stepping up publication of open data to improve e-readiness and raise the UAE’s ranking in the UN’s 2012 e-government Survey. 95 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 11, 2012

Emirates eGovernment urges government entities to enhance open data on their websites Source: WAM - Emirates News Agency, http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1289996833978&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews Source Date: Sunday, January 08, 2012 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: WAM Abu Dhabi, Jan 8th, 2012 (WAM) -- Emirates eGovernment has urged government entities in the UAE to publish more open data on their websites in order to enhance eReadiness and help promote the concept of open government, one of the main pillars of a knowledge-based economy. 37 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Jan 11, 2012

World Bank Top Ten Blog Posts by Readership in 2011 Source: blogs.worldbank.org, http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/5-un-e-government-survey-towards-more-citizen-centric-approach Source Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: Last year South Korea ranked first in global e-government ranking among all the countries in the world according to the United Nations E-Government Survey 2010, with the US in second place. The UN E-Government Survey provides a bi-annual assessment of national online services, telecommunication infrastructure and human capital of 192 Member States. 117 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Dec 30, 2011

Korea's Government Integrated Data Center Sets a New Benchmark on E-Government IT Source: Korea IT Times, http://www.koreaittimes.com/story/19156/koreas-government-integrated-data-center-sets-new-benchmark-e-government-it Source Date: Friday, December 30, 2011 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: SEOUL, KOREA -- “The National Computing & Information Agency (NCIA) began from an idea that the government put all its IT resources of the central government agencies together in one place and manage them in an integrated manner,” says Kim Kyung-sup, president of NCIA. 116 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Dec 30, 2011

Framework for a set of e-Government core indicators Source: UNECA, http://www.uneca.org/aisi/scanict/Framework_eGovCoreIndicators_Final.pdf Source Date: Monday, December 12, 2011 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: Background 1. Information and communication technologies and applications offer many opportunities for economic and human development. Within the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), national governments, together with other stakeholders at national, regional and international levels are engaged in conceptualizing and deploying ICT and e‐government applications in su ... Read More 169 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Dec 12, 2011

National workshop on UN e-Government Survey and FOSS4Gov Source: Daily FT, http://www.ft.lk/2011/09/29/national-workshop-on-un-e-government-survey-and-foss4gov/ Source Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011 Focus: Local Content, Digital Divide, Poverty eradication, Governance, Knowledge Sharing Summary: A national workshop on UN e-Government Survey and FOSS4Gov-Sri Lanka will be held at Hotel Taj Samudra, Colombo from 29 September to 1 October. Organised by ICTA with the strategic partnership of the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG), the workshop will focus attention on three inter-related subjects on the three days, ICTA sources said. 301 Views | Rated 0.0 | Created On : Sep 29, 2011