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Federal legislation sets the stage to improve identification management by federal agencies, but only if the private sector can actually make it happen, said Tom Davis, congressman (R-Va.) and chair of the House Government Reform Committee.

"The problem is we have a digital economy, but an analog government," Davis said during a morning keynote at an identity management conference hosted by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). "You think of government and you think of [incidents like Hurricane Katrina and] FEMA. There's a disconnect."

Minister of Health, Professor Eyitayo Lambo, yesterday in Abuja endorsed the use of information technology-driven health care delivery system as a way of dispensing quick and reliable health services. He said until Nigeria adopts the option of telemedicine and other information technology aided approach, the reliasation of the millennium development goal of improving health care for all by next year will not be realizable.

The minister stated this yesterday at the commencement of a two-day workshop on Telemedicine and Health organized by the National eGovernment Strategies(NeGSt) in collaboration with Society for Telemedicine and Health in Nigeria(SFTehin).

The latest news from Hillingdon Council on consultations, roadworks, licensing applications, jobs and much more is now available via text message to your mobile phone and by email.

The new service will be launched by Cabinet Minister, Jim Murphy MP, on Thursday 20 October at 11.40am at the Civic Centre, Uxbridge.

Residents can sign up for the new email and text alerts on the council's website.

Local Directgov offers councils the potential to increase efficiency, create a smoother and more joined up service for customers, and triple the flow of traffic to local authority websites, says Steve Pennant, CEO of London Connects.

According to Pennant, the Local Directgov programme will enable local authority websites to be ‘deeplinked' directly in to the Directgov website, offering an enhanced service for all English citizens.

For many Belizeans, a trip to Belmopan to conduct government business means getting caught up in a lot of red tape...

But soon it could simply mean going online. And to help Belizeans learn the concept of E-Government, a new computer lab has been established with the assistance of Taiwan.