"We're seeing a lot of job applications. Now, where many employers the only way to apply is with an online application. We're seeing a number of e-government uses," says Betsy Thompson, Sioux City Public Library Director.

All "qualified persons" registered will be given a pin to access the system, most probably using their IC number. Haji Mohd Rozan bin Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yunos, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Development yesterday told the media that the system is the latest e-government application to benefit the public and hopes to improve the ease-of-doing-business in the country.

A new set featuring 13 new e-services will be added to www.bahrain.bh next month, bringing the overall number of services to 124.

The update was revealed as Deputy Premier Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa chaired the 27th meeting of the High National Committee for Information and Telecommunications at Gudaibiya Palace. A total of 146,038 transactions worth BD9.8m have also been processed via the portal.

“I ask the heads of the constituent entities to take these issues under personal control,” he said at a meeting of the government commission on regional development on Monday.

“Let me emphasise that we will closely watch the situation in each region, and the transition to a new format will be considered one of the vital efficiency indicators for regional and municipal authorities,” Putin said.

Through the Connected Pediatric Critical Care program, six Pediatric Intensive Care Unit physicians from MassGeneral currently have the videoconferencing units in their homes. When they are need to consult patients and families while away from the hospital, they can videoconference in from home to a portable telemedicine station at the patient's bedside.

The department is seeking a statewide central storage and retrieval facility to support its picture archiving and communications systems and its radiology information management systems.

The tender is due to close next week.

"A three-member official team of Bihar will visit Rajasthan in the third week of February for a power point presentation of an SMS-based monitoring system," an official said.

Last year, the Bihar government was the first to launch an SMS-based monitoring system.

The proposal by a professor from the University of Notre Dame had initially been designed for Goodooga residents so they could see a doctor in Sydney without leaving town.

The Murdi Paaki Regional Enterprise Corporation has been discussing the project with the Federal Government and says the Commonwealth has indicated its support for developing the initiative.

The contract will be for five years, and will commence this year in July and last until the end of June 2015.

The Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is to deploy a shared electronic health record system.

In DHHS documents the agency said it was looking for a data aggregation, and clinical and business intelligence solution as a foundation for the three Area Health Services, Statewide and Mental Health Services, Tasmanian Ambulance Service and other business units within DHHS.