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This was said Friday in Luanda by the deputy minister of Science and Technology, Pedro Teta.

The official, who was reacting to this year’s UN e-Government Survey report, said this rise was owed to the central Government effort that led to the country’s shooting from its previous 158th position of the year 2005.

The e-Government Authority (EGA) has been awarded the Information Security Certification - the international standard for protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data.

EGA successfully developed services that provide support for citizens, residents and businesses through its website and mobile phone portals, e-kiosks and e-service centres.

It has wants to boost our ranking for e-government capacity, as scored on an index done by Japan's Waseda University to 15th place - from the present 20th place before the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) comes into being.

Of course, where your government is in the table may have influenced how you voted. It is unlikely that many of our readers from Korea, which is sitting pretty at the top of the 2010 United Nations E-Government ranking, will have clicked ‘no’ (our content management system keeps the identity and location of voters anonymous).

Smart cities aspire to be accessible for all citizens, but what level of accessibility have they actually achieved so far? According to our Global Accessibility Index, smart cities receive a solid rating.

An accessible city enables everyone to live, move around, and engage in urban life freely and without barriers. The goal of accessibility is to remove barriers and ensure that everyone can access public spaces, transportation, and services with ease. Smart cities strive to enhance accessibility by making public services universally reachable and promoting barrier-free urban planning. Our analysis shows that while there is still room for improvement in certain areas, smart cities generally demonstrate a high level of accessibility.

Armenia has moved seven positions up in the Network Readiness Index (NRI) to take the 58th place among 143 countries, Yerevan-based economy and values think tank said today.

NRI, produced by the World Economic Forum in cooperation with INSEAD and Cornel University annually, measures the preparedness of an economy to use ICT to boost competitiveness and well-being and tracks the development of ICTs around the world.

The report assesses the digital ecosystems of 143 developed and developing countries — accounting for more than 98 per cent of the world’s GDP.

Korea topped the Gartner study with 93 percent penetration in 2007, with this figure expected to hit 97 percent in 2012.

Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong and New Zealand are placed 11th to 14th in the overall rankings.

One of the key pillars of the Index is ‘government usage’, where Asian countries have performed especially strongly. Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Bahrain and US took the first five places, and Malaysia was ranked the 6th.

For the fifth year in a row, researchers at Brown University evaluated 198 nations around the world to assess progress in digital-government initiatives. While the top three countries are the same as last year--Taiwan, Singapore and the United States, in that order--the ones on their tail changed a bit. Hong Kong climbed to fourth place from eleventh last year, and China overtook Canada to finish in the top five. The study also showed that 19 percent of government agencies around the world are offering online services, compared to 21 percent in 2004.

The 2024 IMD Smart City Ranking finds European and Asian cities consistently and increasingly dominating the Top 20

Zurich retained the top spot for the fifth consecutive edition of the Index, with Oslo in second place and Canberra in third. Geneva was fourth, and Singapore fifth.

Asia and Europe dominate the top 20 in this year’s revamped IMD Smart City Index.

The study, produced by The Smart City Observatory (SCO), part of the IMD World Competitiveness Center (WCC), combines hard data and survey responses to show the extent to which technology is enabling cities to address the challenges they face to achieve a higher quality of life for their inhabitants.

India, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand have not kept up with other countries.

The UN E-Government Survey 2008, based on assessments of 192 U N member states, also shows software programming powerhouse India dropping 26 notches to 113 (down from 87th place in 2005), and the Philippines ranking 66, down from 41 in the 2005 index.

Australia has maintained its place as the second-best country for e-government in the biennial United Nations e-government survey.

It took out second place to the United Kingdom — which shot up the ranks thanks to early adoption and a concerted focus on digital by the British government — on both this year’s e-government development index and e-participation index.

The Harbour City missed out on making it into the top twenty in the 2024 Smart City Index

Think your scorecard at trivia is rapidly declining? You might not be wrong – with the 2024 Smart Cities Index revealing that Sydney’s smart status is on a downhill trajectory. The annual study has released its list of the smartest cities for 2024, and this year, the Harbour City didn’t even make the top twenty – dropping from 18th smartest city in the world in 2023 to the 22nd smartest in 2024.

Our nation’s capital, Canberra, just clinched the third spot in the global ranking, holding its ground against 141 other contenders. Bravo, to the 'Berra! But what does it mean for Sydneysiders?

Between the problems with the census and the media coverage around My Health Record, you’d be forgiven for thinking Australia was doing a terrible job at digital transformation.

But the United Nations thinks we’re doing well — or at least everyone else is doing worse.

Australia has been ranked number two in the world for delivery of online services in this year’s UN E-Government Survey, just behind global leader Denmark.

Despite efforts in the past decade to improve ICT infrastructure in developing economies, there remains a new digital divide in how countries harness ICT to deliver competitiveness and well-being, according to the 12th edition of The Global Information Technology Report, released by the World Economic Forum.

We've dropped from 9th most competitive to 14th.

Australian business is falling behind its competitors in digital preparedness in a global survey of economies that found the nation dropped from 9th most competitive in 2015 to 14th this year.

The ranking, produced by the Switzerland based IMD World Competitiveness Centre, found Australian businesses rated 45 for digital agility out of the 63 countries surveyed.

The 2013 Global Information Technology Report assesses how well information and communications technology is being deployed worldwide to create growth and jobs.

The report is based on surveys of individuals, businesses and governments. Businesses in 144 countries were surveyed on the availability, usage and impacts of information technologies.

Yet such fears fail to recognize the potential for incremental improvements, according to Accenture's Group Chief Executive - Government Operating Group Martin Cole.