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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in India.
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- e-Government - India - Archive
- Archived articles and resources about e-Government activities in India.
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- Govt opens account on Facebook to create awareness
- The Economic Times, PTI March 12, 2012. "New Delhi: The Information and Broadcasting ministry has opened a dedicated account on social networking site Facebook to interact with people to create awareness about its plans to digitise the cable sector..."
Added: 15 March 2012;
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- White House to open source Data.gov as open government data platform
- The new "Data.gov in a box" could empower countries to build their own platforms, by Alex Howard. O'Reilly Radar, 5 December 2011. "As 2011 comes to an end, there are 28 international open data platforms in the open government community. By the end of 2012, code from new "Data.gov-in-a-box" may help many more countries to stand up their own platforms. A partnership between the United States and India on open government has borne fruit: progress on making the open data platform Data.gov open source. In a post this morning at the WhiteHouse.gov blog, federal CIO Steven VanRoekel (@StevenVDC) and federal CTO Aneesh Chopra (@AneeshChopra) explained more about how Data.gov is going global..."
Added: 8 December 2011;
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- India may overstep its own laws in demanding content filtering
- India's reported plans to ask Internet companies to filter objectionable content may overstep the country's own laws, according to legal experts, By John Ribeiro - Bangalore. Computerworld, Wednesday, 7 December, 2011. "... The government has asked Internet companies like Yahoo, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to remove disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory content on their sites even before it goes online, according to newspaper reports on Monday. By Tuesday, the Indian government publicly accused the Internet companies of lack of seriousness in dealing with issues that hurt local sensitivities..."
Added: 7 December 2011;
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- Data.gov Goes Global
- Posted by Steven VanRoekel, Aneesh Chopra. The White House, Open Government Initiative, December 5, 2011. "Last week, President Obama's unprecedented efforts to advance open and transparent Government reached an important milestone. As part of a joint effort by the United States and India to build an open government platform, the U.S. team has deposited open source code – an important benchmark in developing the Open Government Platform that will enable governments around the world to stand up their own open government data sites. Last week’s announcement is part of a broader effort to make government more transparent, participatory, and collaborative. In September, the United States was one of eight founding governments of the Open Government Partnership,a new multilateral initiative that secures concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.The President also unveiled the U.S. National Action Plan on Open Government, which detailed steps the United States will take to help meet the initiative's goals..."
Added: 6 December 2011;
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- Indian government to roll out nationwide fibre network; BSNL to implement: Minister
- India Tech Online, New Delhi, November 20, 2011. "The Indian Government will own and operate a countrywide broadband network with an optical fibre base and make it available to different operators to provide a range of services, Indian Minister of State for Communications and IT, Milind Deora announced Friday at the 8th Broadband Tech India Conference here. "Keeping future users of this network in mind this will to be a non-discriminatory access to all types of information and services" Deora told. "This network would be the way governance will be delivered to the whole nation" reaching out to the last village, he added. The Minister recalled how several countries were supporting optical fibre and wireless broadband networks to reach out to everyone. The Minister termed this project as "unprecedented" in its reach and its vision..."
Added: 21 November 2011;
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- Framework and Guidelines for Use of Social Media for Government Organisations - in pdf format (2049kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, September 2011. "... The guidelines provide an in depth review of types of social media, its characteristics and challenges in its use. In order to assist the departments undertake such an engagement, the document provides for a framework and detailed guidelines governing each element of the framework. Briefly, the elements of the framework and associated guidelines are given below: The framework comprises of the following 6 elements: - Objective: Why an agency needs to use social media - Platform: Which platform/s to use for interaction - Governance: What are rules of engagement - Communication Strategy: How to interact - Pilot: How to create and sustain a community - Institutionalisation: How to embed social media in organisation structure..."
Added: 15 September 2011;
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- India releases social media strategy draft
- By Xinghui Guo. FutureGov, 13 September 2011. "The Department of Information Technology has released a draft social media strategy for the India government, providing a basic framework and guidelines for use of social media by agencies. The Framework & Guidelines for Use of Social Media for Government Organisation hopes to help the government enhance its outreach, engage and interact with the 84 per cent of Indian internet users on sites such as Facebook, Orkut and Twitter..."
Added: 15 September 2011;
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- Framework for Citizen Engagement in e-Governance - in pdf format (1168kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Government of India, August, 2011. "... The Framework has been developed for all e-Governance projects currently under National e-Governance Plan, whether being implemented at Central or State level. In addition, it will be applicable to all new e-Governance Projects being developed by any Department or Line Ministry of Central Government. All other government agencies including Public Sector Undertakings may also find it useful while conceptualising their own projects. It is expected that the utility of this framework will transcend NeGP and will be used for all projects that use ICT-enabled service delivery model..."
Added: 15 August 2011;
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- Mumbai uses internet, Twitter to cope with terror blasts
- Microblogging site aids in communications, By John Ribeiro - Bangalore. Computerworld, Thursday, 14 July, 2011. "After three deadly blasts in the city late on Wednesday, the people of Mumbai are using the internet and social networks to help coordinate blood donations, hospitals, and even shelter for people..."
Added: 14 July 2011;
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- India's Individual Identification Project Adds API
- by Romin Irani, Programmable Web, July 4, 2011. "Aadhaar is India's ambitious project to provide a unique identification number to every citizen. The project has been in operation for the last two years and has now seen a unique number being assigned to over 9.2 million citizens. The latest strategy adopted by the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) is to create the UIDAI Authentication API and provide an SDK for its various subsystems, thereby inviting developers to create an ecosystem around it..."
Added: 5 July 2011;
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- India Govcamp shows continued Gov 2.0 Global Growth
- by Alan W. Silberberg. Gov 2.0 and Gov 3.0 Thoughts, Posted on March 9, 2011. "... Microsoft is sponsoring Govcamp India this coming March 11, 2011 with the idea of creating an open learning environment for anyone interested in Gov 2.0 in India. While the event does require registration, it is open to all, whether Microsoft devotees or open source advocates. In fact, Microsoft is actively seeking the participation of as broad a group as possible to facilitate a collaborative dialog and create a new level of understanding. This represents a major part of Gov 2.0 - openness..."
Added: 10 March 2011;
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- Gov 2.0 and Open Government Take Root in India
- by Alexander Howard, Government 2.0 Washington, D.C. Correspondent for O'Reilly Media. The Huffington Post, March 9, 2011. "On March 11, there will be a Gov 2.0 camp in India. As Alan Silberberg observes, this "India Govcamp" shows how Gov 2.0 and open government are spreading around the globe. While this event reduces the idea of reduces "Gov 2.0" to the idea of social media in governance, a survey of the Gov 2.0 ideas submitted at Gov2.in demonstrate that Indian citizens are thinking more broadly of the concept..."
Added: 10 March 2011;
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- School Report Cards - India
- The District Information System for Education (DISE) covers most of the recognised schools imparting elementary level of education across India. "... The system defines core data on school location, management, rural urban, enrolment, buildings, equipment, teachers, incentives, medium of instruction, children with disabilities, examination results and student flows. Detailed data on individual teachers, para-teachers and community teachers and their profile, including data on in-service training received, is collected and made available..."
Added: 2 March 2011;
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- Bihar puts 70,000 schools' info online
- By Xinghui Guo. FutureGov, 24 February 2011. "The eastern Indian state of Bihar, 3rd state largest in population, has put up information on its 70,000 government schools online. The web site will give information on each school's contact details, student and teacher population, number of rooms, and will even track attendance and results..."
Added: 2 March 2011;
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- Linking up WhiteHouse.gov and a new US-India Partnership on Open Government
- Alex Howard. Gov20.Govfresh, November 7, 2010. "After an election that saw open government make gains in statehouses across the United States, a new transcontinental partnership offers new opportunities for international collaboration. This afternoon, Samantha Power, special assistant to the President for multilateral affairs and human rights, blogged about a new US-India partnership on open government at WhiteHouse.gov. Her post describes President Obama’s visit to an “Expo on Democracy and Open Government” at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai and the technologies and organizations he encountered there..."
Added: 8 December 2010;
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