Categorised as: Government & News
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DIT heads EU-funded citizen online access project News
10.04.2006 Dublin is one of three European cities taking part in a collaboration programme between city councils, universities and telecoms operators to develop a system for citizen access...Categories: Government -
Report urges greater mobile adoption in public sector News
10.04.2006 A new report claims that the Government could save up to €20m a year by implementing mobile services and improving productivity within the public sector.Categories: Comms, GovernmentTags: Mobile, E-government -
EU sues Ireland over lack of location info News
07.04.2006 The European Commission said yesterday that Ireland is amongst 11 member states it is taking legal proceedings against over the non-availability of caller location information...Categories: Comms, Government -
Final phase of .eu registrations kicks off today News
07.04.2006 The third and final phase of registrations for the .eu domain name kicks off today and focuses on clubs, interest groups and family names. The first two phases attracted 333,964...Categories: Comms, GovernmentTags: domain names -
Mapping the land News
07.04.2006 Anyone who has used Google Earth will have been mightily impressed by the browser-based technology that allows you to choose virtually any point on Earth and then zoom into a...Categories: Government -
Major broadband conference for Galway News
06.04.2006 Stimulating the demand for broadband in Ireland will be the main topic at this year’s Second Annual Broadband Conference to be held in Galway later this month.Categories: Comms, GovernmentTags: Broadband -
ThirdForce in UK online exams deal News
04.04.2006 Irish AIM-listed e-learning provider ThirdForce has been appointed by one of the UK’s leading government-accredited examinations bodies to provide online examinations in more...Tags: E-learning -
Fujitsu Services wins £185m sterling HR deal in NI News
30.03.2006 Northern Ireland’s Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) has awarded a multimillion pound business process outsourcing contract to Fujitsu Services involving the rollout of...Categories: Government, CIOTags: E-government -
€1.74bn invested in cross-border activities News
29.03.2006 A new EU-funded website has revealed that €1.74bn has been invested in cross-border co-operation. The website, www.borderireland.info , will act as a guide to cross-border...Categories: Business, GovernmentTags: EU -
Dempsey agrees with EU roaming move News
29.03.2006 Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Noel Dempsey TD has welcomed the move by EU Information Society and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding to introduce...Categories: Comms, GovernmentTags: Roaming -
Road Safety Authority plans IT investment News
28.03.2006 The soon-to-be-established Road Safety Authority (RSA), which is responsible for vehicle and driving standards, road safety and managing more than 50 driving test centres across...Categories: Government, CIOTags: IT, -
EU moves to reduce roaming charges News
28.03.2006 The European Commission is planning to impose new regulations in June aimed at reducing the ‘excessive’ prices that mobile operators charge for roaming.Categories: Comms, Government -
Sticking to the Core business News
22.03.2006 There are few better examples than the Companies Registration Office (CRO) of how electronic commerce can fundamentally change the way an organisation does its work.Categories: GovernmentTags: E-commerce, E-government, -
EU moves to close urban-rural broadband divide News
21.03.2006 In an initiative termed ‘broadband for all’, the European Commission this morning said it is mobilising telecoms legislation and structural and rural policy to stimulate...Categories: Comms, GovernmentTags: Broadband -
Local governments spend US$802m on wireless News
20.03.2006 Global spending by local government bodies on mobile and wireless solutions last year hit US$802m and looks set to hit US$8.6bn by 2010, new research by Juniper Research reveals.Tags: Government -
E-gov research to reduce red tape News
15.03.2006 Irish companies are being asked to participate in a new EU-funded €4.5m research project aimed at using e-government to slash administrative red tape encountered during the...Categories: Government, R&DTags: E-government -
PAYE tax services to go online this year News
13.03.2006 The Revenue Commissioner’s Revenue Online Service (ROS) is set to deploy its first range of PAYE services later this year, enabling Ireland’s 2.2 million PAYE workers to check...Categories: GovernmentTags: Tax, E-government -
McDowell to computerise visa service News
10.03.2006 The Minister for Justice Michael McDowell TD has signed a contract with Siemens Business Services to computerise the Government’s visa service. He said the demand for Irish...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
EU supports €170m MAN effort News
10.03.2006 The EU’s decision to authorise the next phase of the Government’s €170m Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) programme to deploy fibre optic rings around 90 more Irish towns has...Categories: Business, GovernmentTags: Broadband -
Back to pen and paper? News
10.03.2006 One of the common assumptions that people make is that e-government is all about sitting down at a PC and going through a web-based front door to get at the information or...Categories: GovernmentTags: digital, E-government