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China Dictates Purchase Of Local Software
News At a special congress held to encourage ministries to upgrade to WPS Office 2003, a China-made office productivity suite, Gao said that only hardware pre-installed with domestic operating systems and application software will be purchased by...
[August 18, 2003, 9:30]
South Korean Govt Goes Open Source
News Thousands of computers in ministries, government-linked organisations and universities in South Korea will replace the Microsoft Windows operating system and Office productivity suite with open-source alternatives under the plan, according to the...
[October 1, 2003, 9:30]
Singapore Government Deploys OpenOffice.org On 5,000 PCs
News He said MINDEF's decision to deploy OpenOffice.org is important and is likely to influence other government ministries. It is very significant and will hopefully push other ministries to follow their track," said Marie.
[November 2, 2004, 9:46]
China's Linux Market Grows
News This standard distribution may make it more difficult for non-Chinese Linux vendors, such as Red Hat and Novell, to do business with government ministries in China as government ministries are restricted to buying software which has been produced...
[March 15, 2005, 12:25]
Asian Linux Distro Is Ahead Of Schedule
News The upcoming release of Asianux may make it more difficult for non-Chinese Linux vendors, such as Red Hat, which recently opened its first office in China, to do business with government ministries in China.
[January 4, 2005, 15:35]
Linux Goes Mission-critical For Danish Government
News Reliable and transactional data exchange is essential as the system is used by many Danish government ministries, including the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Ministry of Justice, to send financial data to the Ministry of...
[September 23, 2004, 15:30]
Oftel Accused Of Bias At European Summit
News The Commission must ensure that there is no link between national regulatory authorities and ministries. Ministries have a habit of doing deals with operators. In an unprecedented attack on the watchdog, Stanfield suggested that Oftel is in cahoots...
[May 11, 2000, 13:17]
Google Brings Hosted Apps To Africa
News The company claims that Rwanda's educational institutions and government ministries and Kenya's universities are starting to use Google Apps. Three Rwandan universities will initially have access to Google Apps Education Edition, while the country...
[March 22, 2007, 12:01]
Novell Supplies Identity And Access Management Solution For Norwegian Ministries
White Papers Norwegian Government Administration Services (Ft) reports to the Ministry of Modernization and provides common IT and application services for the ministries of the Norwegian Government. The department wanted to streamline identity and access...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Qatar University Centralizes And Automates Administrative Processes
White Papers The university wanted to enable all administrative work previously performed by government ministries to be performed in-house and eliminate manual, paper-based, and inflexible business processes. Founded in 1973, Qatar University offers high...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
One Digital Public Counter For The Entire Dutch Government
White Papers The Netherlands has some 1600 government organizations, ranging from ministries at the national level down to local authorities. The Dutch government must become more accessible. In addition, there are many government-associated organizations such...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Luxembourg Elects Responsive, Resilient Infrastructure To Support E-Government
White Papers Luxembourg divides its national IT infrastructure into four major computing centers: one for statistics, one for police work, one for social security and a fourth - CIE - for all other government ministries.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Leveraging Technology In The Service Of Diplomacy: Innovation In The Department Of State
White Papers Best practices in government agencies, international organizations and foreign ministries of other countries are highlighted. This report focuses on seeking out examples of information technology applications that advance the practice of diplomacy.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Kommunale Datenverarbeitungszentrale (KDVZ): Helping To Make Government More Responsive In Germany
White Papers The German Federal Government issued a mandate calling for the broad rollout of e-government, from Federal ministries to the local agencies. Kommunale Datenverarbeitungszentrale (KDVZ), a provider of IT services to government agencies in Germany...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Sustaining The Momentum Toward E-Government: I&IT Medium-Term Priorities
White Papers The challenge facing both Ontario ministries and the Ontario I&IT organization is to sustain the momentum toward e-government. The Ontario government is rapidly becoming an e-government. This paper on I&IT in the Ontario government aims to provide...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Worldwide Trends In Portals
White Papers At all levels of government this began by providing information within single departments, agencies and ministries to their constituents. Governments worldwide are setting online service delivery targets as a method for motivating themselves to...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Centralised And Decentralised Public Procurement
White Papers Such an approach contrasts with a centralised approach whereby one government organisation representing the collective needs of ministries and other state bodies carries out procurement functions. A decentralised approach to public procurement in...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
E-Cubed: Using The Balanced Scorecard To Support An Excellence Framework In The Canadian Federal Government
White Papers In Canada the Federal Treasury Board has set out a 'Management Accountability Framework' (MAF) to help Ministries and Agencies ensure the quality of services offered to Canadians, support good decision making and effect due diligence in the...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Flemish Government Deploys Best Practice Decision-Making Infrastructure, Powered By Cognos Business Intelligence
White Papers The Ministry of the Flemish Community has from its very beginnings been composed of diverse former federal ministries. Business Intelligence now pro-actively supports the government with policy preparation and evaluation and it has enabled rapid...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Red Hat Opens Office In China
News In addition, software companies wishing to do business with government ministries are restricted to buying software which has been produced in China. The Chinese business partners are likely to include Red Flag, a government-backed Linux provider...
[November 11, 2004, 12:00]
