Tagged: E-government
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New Irish passports to include face biometric data News
20.04.2006 The Government is set to complete a project to begin including biometric information in all passports by October. The project is expected to cost €8.8m this year.Categories: CIO, GovernmentTags: E-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 -
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 -
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, -
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 -
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 -
Cork claims a first with multimedia contact centre News
07.03.2006 Cork County Council has completed the first phase of a project to establish a multimedia contact centre which it claims will improve services to the public. The center will...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government, Cork -
Scheme sheds light on public sector market News
28.02.2006 Public sector contracts worth a total in excess of €20m were shared between more than 130 companies over the past two years, according to InterTradeIreland, a group that...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Evaluating e-government News
14.02.2006 One of the current trends of e-government is the increasing expectation that governments should move to the more serious terrain of value measurement. This is an emerging...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Turning legislation into action News
09.11.2005 Back in 1975 the Local Government Computer Services Board (LGCSB) was set up to assist regional authorities in deriving the best possible benefits from IT. Working within a...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Govt to dominate IT spending in Ireland News
08.11.2005 The Government is five times more likely to increase IT spending in 2006 than the entire rest of the Irish market, according to the annual IDC Trends and Expenditure in Ireland...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Government going for public sector gongs News
20.10.2005 Five Irish public sector projects are up for gongs in the 2005 eEurope Awards for eGovernment to be held in Manchester next month, a tonic for a beleaguered sector that has been...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Comment: Escaping the lock-in News
19.10.2005 I have written before about the way some of the seemingly respectable consultant firms go out of their way to develop close relationships with their clients and try their utmost...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Smart cards for NI students in pilot project News
18.10.2005 Eight secondary schools in Lisburn are running a pilot smart card scheme as part of the Online Northern Ireland (NI) e-government strategy in the province. Around 6,500 pupils...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Taoiseach outlines new IT spending controls News
11.10.2005 Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD this afternoon introduced new controls for acquiring IT systems and running ICT projects following last week’s embarrassing revelations of overspending...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
NCT extends online booking News
14.09.2005 The National Car Testing Service (NCTS) is to extend its web-booking system to include SMS booking and online payment.Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
Comment: Juggling issues of access News
07.09.2005 Since the early days of e-government there has been much talk about joined-up government. I think it was Tony Blair who first used this term. The concept is simple and those of...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government -
CSO scores a first with new e-reporting technology News
21.07.2005 The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has implemented a new electronic business-reporting tool and is believed to be the first organisation in Ireland to go live with this...Categories: GovernmentTags: E-government