Tagged: E-government
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Unlocking hype into reality News
28.08.2003 Reach’s resumption of the procurement process for the Public Services Broker (PSB) and the selection of four suppliers — Accenture, BearingPoint, HP Services Consulting &...Categories: Digital Life, GovernmentTags: E-government -
Transforming the public sector part 3: UK, Belgium & Norway News
28.08.2003 The last in our series on global e-government projects sees how a new passport system in being rolled out in Belgium and the UK; checks on the progress of the UK’s government... -
Transforming the public sector part 2: Belgium, Hong Kong & Denmark News
27.08.2003 Continuing Digital Ireland’s look into e-government initiatives around the world: how Denmark is using sophisticated software to turn statistics into valuable data on its... -
Transforming the public sector part 1: Alaska, New York & Canada News
26.08.2003 Public sector IT initiatives are always plagued by problems and get bogged down in red tape. Right? Wrong. From smart ID cards to single view systems, technology is winning the...Categories: Digital Life, Government -
Biting the bullet of bureaucracy News
08.08.2003 It’s interesting to see the pace of development of e-government, not just here in Ireland, but also across the world. Time was when it was ‘the business’ to have a colourful...Categories: Government -
At least it’s not Brussels… News
31.07.2003 Jointly organised by the Italian Presidency and the European Commission, this year’s European E-government Conference was held in the picturesque village of Cernobbio on Lake...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Version 1 wins race for Sports Council IT project News
31.07.2003 Dublin tech firm Version 1 has beaten off competition from 50 other companies to deploy an e-government initiative with the Irish Sports Council.Categories: Business, GovernmentTags: E-government -
Courting computerisation News
28.07.2003 A new computerised system for managing funds awarded to wards of court has totally transformed with the way the Courts Service operates. The new system not only standardises the...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government, IT, -
Mindsets must change for e-govt to work, says EU News
08.07.2003 The biggest barrier to e-government is the mindset and rigidity of administrators, according to Erkki Liikanen of the European Commission.Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Dublin.ie’s fair city becomes ‘connected and informed’ News
17.06.2003 Dublin City will become a “city of online neighbourhoods” within the next 10 years, Peter Finnegan ( pictured ), director of the Dublin City Development Board (DCDB) has...Categories: Government -
Department gets the message with CGEY News
04.06.2003 Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGEY) Ireland has won a major contract to provide a messaging system to the Department of Social and Family Affairs (DSFA) as part of the...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Oireachtas opens up online News
27.05.2003 Most of what has been discussed about e-government focuses on the executive branch of government and is concerned with the citizen as the consumer and the electronic delivery of...Categories: Digital Life, GovernmentTags: Government, E-government -
Report backs national e-payment strategy News
28.04.2003 A new Government-commissioned report from Accenture has assessed the viability of moving Ireland away from cash and cheque transactions towards electronic transactions.Categories: Government, CIOTags: E-government -
Belgium trials electronic ID cards for 10m citizens News
24.04.2003 The largest government deployment of Java Card technology is taking place this month in Belgium with the envisaged rollout of more than 10 million electronic identity cards...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Global governments go slow on e-initiatives News
24.04.2003 Ireland has slipped one place and is now ranked 11th out of 22 countries worldwide in terms of maturity and scope of public services available on the internet, according to an...Categories:Tags: E-government -
E-tickets to ride high with Bus Éireann News
15.04.2003 National bus operator Bus Éireann has launched a new web-based ticketing system, which it believes puts it in the top league of bus companies in Europe and will bring...Categories: Comms, GovernmentTags: E-government -
eUnion boss tells it like it is News
10.04.2003 Europe plays a vital role in Ireland’s vision for a knowledge-based society and the EU Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society, Erkki Liikanen (pictured), who was in...Categories: GovernmentTags: EU, E-government -
Ireland slips in global e-govt ranking News
08.04.2003 According to Accenture’s fourth annual global e-government report, progress continues to be made in Ireland despite a slight slip in the overall ranking from 10th to 11th place,...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Fostering Ireland’s digital economy News
12.03.2003 When you attend a conference entitled “ICT Clusters and City Dynamics: Does Policy Matter?” some fascinating questions come to mind. Given that most of the delegates were...Categories: Government -
Legal groundwork begun for EU comms directive News
05.03.2003 The first stage in the transposition of the new EU regulatory package of legislative proposals designed to bring community legislation on electronic communications into line...Categories: GovernmentTags: Eircom, E-government