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E-Governance

Palm Foleo: A Failed Mobile Device. - Jakob Nielsen, Enabling Secure Anywhere Access in a Connected World - Bill Gates     Online Security....   Ecommerce Security Issues Ecommerce Security (PDF) Internet Auctions A Guide for Buyers and Sellers Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Recover from Identity Theft Evaluate Alternative Online Payment Methods

Ecommerce Development...   Choosing an Ebook Compiler Building Your Online Store E-business System Requirements Successful Ecommerce Business Models Ten Ways to Use Camera Phones Keep it Classified: E-mail Encryption for Small Business

EGovernance....   Country Profiles of e-Governance Bahrain and the Information Society Africa: How e-governance breaks bureaucracy India: Quantifying and Assessing Egovernance India: EGovernance in India: Implementation Issues Uganda: Transforming local government in Uganda Bangladesh: The National Data Bank Project: An Expensive Lesson for Bangladesh Gambia: MIS sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Three case studies from The Gambia Asia: An Overview of ICT Policies and e-Strategies of Select Asian Economies Enhancing E-government in Developing Countries: Managing Knowledge through Virtual Communities Connecting to Public Policy: An exploration of ICTs and Public Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean E-government toolkit for developing countries now available The Key to Increasing Transparency in e-Government Deployments. Public Feedback Mechanisms E-Governance Essentials: Synthesis of Lessons Learned E-Government for Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges Deepening Democracy via E-Governance Role of Mobile Communication for Effective e-Governance Issues and Challenges In Electronic Governance Planning Effective Government Through Information e-Government vs. e-Governance - Examining the Differences in a Changing Public Sector Climate Enhancing e-Government in Developing Countries - Managing Knowledge Through Virtual Communities Status and Trends in E-government Development  METER: Measurement and Evaluation Tool for E-Government Readiness Benefits of IT-Based Decision-Making in Developing Countries Research on Legislation in Data Privacy, Security and the Prevention of Cybercrime Books & Publications...

Guide To Micro Small & Medium Business Development By Godwin C. Nwaogwugwu. Recommended For small business development training & workshops.

How Developing Countries Can Make A Successful Transition To EGovernance (Ctd..)

E-procurement –India: According to the World Bank, the Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) state in India implemented a statewide e-procurement process in 2000, linking government departments, agencies with vendors. This initiative has reduced the time and cost of doing business for both vendors and government, while also allowing equal opportunity to all vendors; transparency and ultimately reducing corruption (K. Bikshapathi, P. RamaRaju, Subhash Bhatnagar, 2006). The report further suggests that the “automation of the procurement transactions reduces human error, enhances the integrity of the data, brings in transparency to the Government procurements and facilitates standardization of processes...”

An Entrepreneurial System for Hungary's Entrepreneurs – Hungary: In 2000, the Hungarian Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement developed an Individual Entrepreneur Registry. A system to manage the national register of entrepreneurs. The system provides information about entrepreneurs to public authorities for the purpose of delivering public services, including tax services.

E-Invoicing - Denmark: As of February 2005 the public authorities in Denmark were mandated by law to encourage companies to do more electronic invoicing.  It is estimated that the 18 million e-invoices saves approximately 94 million Euros a year due to time saved from invoice handling.

Address System - Finland: Finland's address system is administered by its municipalities to collect and update addresses (physical address, phone, fax, mobile numbers, email addresses, etc) in a systematic and effective way. As a result, it is estimated that about 30% of address change notifications in Finland are done online, another 30% by phone.

Electronic Voting - Belgium: Belgium started experimenting in E-voting in 1991. The system is based on magnetic card and a voting machine with a light pen. In the June 13, 2004 elections, 44% of the Belgian population cast their vote electronically.

E-Government Assessment, Measuring and Evaluation System - Hungary: A system set up by the Prime Minister's Office to enable users to freely express their opinions, exchange information, discuss issues, and contact the competent public service providers with their problems and questions. Public service providers receive direct feedback on the views of the quality of their services.

Online Vehicle License Renewal (eVERA) - Malta: Web applications developed for the Malta Transport Authority (ADT) to enable citizens renew their vehicle road licenses, and pay any outstanding fees or penalties online.

Preparing Developing Countries for EGovernance

With the global hype for EGovernance on the increase, there are tendencies for officials of developing countries to queue up on the corridors of the World Bank and other international donor agencies for funding. But experience has shown that some officials from developing countries simply take undue advantage of any funding trends, be it HIV-AIDS, ICT, poverty alleviation, etc to enrich their private purses with little or no outputs to show for the huge loans and grants they acquire.  When it comes to EGovernance there are certain internal benchmarks expected before seeking external funding.  These benchmarks include:

Improved E-Readiness:

One of the fundamental strategic challenges that may impede a successful transition to Egovernance is E-Readiness.  E-readiness is a country's ability to take advantage of Information and Communications Techonolgy, especially the Internet. According to Internet World Stats as of March 7, 2007:

§         Asia has 35.8 % of world Internet users growing at 248% between 2000-2007, accounts for about 56% of the world’s population.

§         Americas has 29.6% of world’s Internet users growing at 161.2% in the same period; account for about 15% of the total world population.

§         Europe has about 28.3 % of the world’s Internet users growing at 199.5% in the same period, and contributes about 12% of total world population.

§         Middle East has about 10% of the world’s Internet users, growing at 491.4% in the same period; accounts for about 2.9% of the world’s total population

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