AU: The government is hyping digitalized services, but ignoring a history of e-government failures
In politics, when you have little to show for your achievements, you can release a "roadmap" for what will supposedly be achieved in the future.
You can look on the bright side. Use phrases such as "ontology of capabilities", and disregard a number of crashes, traffic jams, protests and policy detours.
US: AI Use Poised to Grow in State Government, Survey Finds
Artificial intelligence is expected to help in cybersecurity and citizen-facing digital services, according to a report.
For most state governments, the use of artificial intelligence is more of an aspiration than a reality, according to a survey from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.
In August 2019, the Center for Digital Government and NASCIO, with support from IBM, surveyed CIOs’ motivations, plans and deterrents for AI adoption. The survey, “Delivering on Digital Government: Achieving the Promise of Artificial Intelligence,” yielded responses from 45 states. The primary respondents were CIOs and their deputies, CTOs and selected agency heads.
GB: Scottish citizens want local councils to embrace digital tech and build smarter cities
Eight in 10 (83 per cent) Scottish citizens believe their local councils should embrace a wider range of digital technologies, according to new research commissioned by Capita on behalf of the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN).
The research explores the attitudes of Scottish citizens to increased digitisation and to the internet of things (IoT), finding that 69 per cent of Scottish residents said digital access to local government services influences where they choose to live. Overall, the research shows people living in Scotland are keen to see more digitisation, underlining the importance of fast, reliable connectivity to enable the use of IoT and ‘smart’ technologies throughout the country.
Over 4.8m register for Ghana card
More than 4.8 million people have registered for the Ghana card since the rollout of the revamped National Identification System (NIS) project by government, Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has revealed.
Prof Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah said the registrants are from the Greater Accra, Volta, Oti, Northern, Savannah, North East, Upper East, Upper West, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions.
Digital India: Robust and agile technology is a must
The cloud has made sophisticated enterprise applications like enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management more affordable for SMEs, not to mention that SaaS has been fueling the ongoing start-up revolution in the country.
One of the main agendas of Digital India has been to establish an effective e-governance infrastructure. This is being targeted with Aadhaar, a unique biometric digital identity allotted to more than 1.2 billion Indians. Meanwhile, a growing number of software applications backed by the cloud have created one of the world’s fastest growing fintech markets in India, empowering everybody from street hawkers to large MNCs. Such services have been made possible in every corner of the nation by the adoption of the cloud that best protects and utilises the data of 1.3 billion Indians. The cloud has made sophisticated enterprise applications like enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management more affordable for SMEs, not to mention that SaaS has been fueling the ongoing start-up revolution in the country.