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At a workshop on "Driving Sustainable Long Term Growth in Telecom Sector in Pakistan," organised by GSM Association here, she asked the industry to help their democratic government with their service innovation to realise all of these projections and to serve fellow citizens at their doorsteps.

“The health system in Pakistan is straining to deal with increasing cost and demand pressures and a shortage of skilled healthcare workers. We have to move away from a reliance on tools such as pen, paper and human memory to an environment where patients, care providers and healthcare managers can reliably access and share health information in real time across geographic and health sector boundaries. The only way this can be achieved is through formulation and implementation of a world class eHealth policy.”

The policy was drafted by P@SHA with concentrated efforts of one and half year for consultation and formulation for the draft of policy. The stakeholders could give their feedback till July 20, 2012.

The Draft National ICT Policy – 2012 document was presented on 4th July, 2012 in Islamabad by PASHA to officials of MoITT for their comments and later it was made public for feedback of stakeholders.

The National ICT Plan 2015’s measureable goals are to:

• Double the ICT sector’s contribution to the national GDP to US$3 billion
• Double the workforce to 40,000
• Achieve ubiquitous high-speed broadband access for households and businesses (95 per cent)
• Achieve mass ICT and internet adoption by all segments of society (90 per cent)
• Achieve wide accessibility and effectiveness of all key government services (160 online services)

According to the Federal Council's decision, the 'Swiss eHealth Strategy' of the Confederation and the cantons is valid until 2015. It contains 21 objectives set out in three fields of action, namely: electronic patient records, online services, and the implementation of the strategy.

Das Land Sachsen-Anhalt hat eine neue IT-Strategie verabschiedet, die auch offene Standards und Open Source berücksichtigt. Bisher wird hauptsächlich im Serverbereich schon auf freie Software gesetzt. Langfristig soll der Einsatz ausgebaut werden.

Die Landesregierung hat auf ihrer heutigen Sitzung die von Staatsminister Rainer Robra vorgelegte IT-Strategie verabschiedet. Damit liegt ein umfassendes ressortübergreifendes Konzept zur Modernisierung der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie der Landesverwaltung vor. Staatsminister Rainer Robra: „Eine leistungsfähige Verwaltung ist ohne verbesserte Nutzung der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie heute nicht mehr vorstellbar.“

Ziel ist die Optimierung der IT-Steuerung in der Landesverwaltung im Zusammenspiel mit konkreten Umsetzungsmaßnahmen.

Wie seit längerem bekannt ist, hinkt die Schweiz im Bereich des E-Government dem grossen Rest von Europa hinterher. Bundesrat Hans-Rudolf Merz hat nun am Freitag in Bern erste Details zur Umsetzung der nationalen E-Government-Strategie präsentiert. Ihr Ziel ist es, Wirtschaft und Bevölkerung künftig auf einfachere Art von besseren elektronischen Dienstleistungen und von einer effizienteren Verwaltung profitieren zu lassen – und zwar auf Stufe Bund, Kantone und Gemeinden. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, müssen prioritär folgende drei Punkte erreicht sein: Die Wirtschaft wickelt den Verkehr mit den Behörden elektronisch ab, die Behörden modernisieren ihre Geschäftsprozesse und verkehren untereinander elektronisch und die Bevölkerung korrespondiert bei wichtigen Geschäften elektronisch mit den Behörden.

Dies geht aus der E-Government-Strategie für die nächsten vier Jahre hervor, die der Regierungsrat am Freitag veröffentlichte hat. Ziel sei es, einen umfassenden elektronischen Amtsverkehr anbieten zu können. Im Vordergrund stehe dabei eine Verbesserung des internen und externen Amtsverkehrs sowie des Informationsangebots, teilte der Regierungsrat mit.

The municipality's IT operations bring benefits both to businesses and the general public. This requires that electronic services, systems and digital information become useful to users, by being efficient, user friendly, reliable and available.

Engaging citizens is a key focus for the Singapore Government, and it will ride the digital revolution to do this, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday.

To this end, he unveiled a new five-year e-Government masterplan which will make it easier for the Government and people to exchange ideas and information, as well as improve ways to deliver the data.

A key thrust of the authorities' digital map for the next five years - which was unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday - is ensuring that the information and applications that will be available are not just the exclusive domain of the Government.

The Government is splashing out $2 billion on a new five-year e-Government Masterplan, dubbed eGov2015, which includes yesterday's launch of mobile government services and a one-stop portal for access to publicly available government data.

Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean highlighted a 2011 Institute of Policy Studies survey which revealed that among more than 1,000 Singaporeans aged 21 and above, almost one in three accesses traditional news sources through the Internet.

This new plan will “build on the success of previous e-government plans”. The most recent of which, iGov2010, is lauded in the eGov2015 brochure as having helped Singaporeans embrace e-government with almost nine in 10 citizens expressing satisfaction with the quality of e-services in 2010, and more than nine in 10 citizens recommending others to transact online with the government.

“We live in exciting times where technology pervades our lives,” said Teo. “Smartphones make up 72 per cent of all mobile phones in Singapore and this number continues to increase.”

Hence the Singapore government has launched mGOv@SG, a one-stop government mobile site congregating more than 40 mobile government services, for customers who want to transact with the government while on the move.

The vision of eGov 2015 is to be a Collaborative Government that Co-creates and Connects with our People. The masterplan will guide government agencies in the implementation of new ICT programmes in the next five years.

Developed with inputs from the people, private and public sectors, eGov2015 builds on the success of previous e-Government plans. Today, Singapore is recognized by international benchmarking studies such as the World Economic Forum’s Global IT Report and the Waseda University e-Government Ranking. Singapore’s eGovernment projects have also been conferred international awards which includes the Stockholm Challenge Award and the UN Public Service Award. More importantly, citizens and businesses have embraced e-government, with 84 per cent of citizens having transacted electronically with the Government in 2010.

Singapore is not shy about its information technology ambition. It has always positioned itself as the global IT hub, says Yaacob Ibrahim, the minister of information, communications and the arts.

The city-state has climbed up steadily in the global IT rankings. According to the World Economic Forum, Singapore moved up from fifth in the world in 2008 to second in 2010, where it remains today.

Under the new masterplan, which runs until 2015, two new public services were launched: an mGov@SG mobile site to house all public sector mobile sites and apps; and a data.gov.sg portal to share textual data with citizens and businesses.

Speaking at the E-Gov Global Exchange here, Singapore's deputy prime minister and minister for home affairs, Teo Chee Hean, noted that governments worldwide need to be more connected, innovative and efficient in "harnessing ICT to deliver higher, more sustainable public value".

The strategy, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, marks a resurgence of interest in e-government. Although Ireland was an early leader in sectors such as online tax returns, e-services have taken a back seat in recent years while Dublin struggled with the country's economic crisis.