China plant die Einführung von rund 800 Mio. Identifikationskarten per 2006, so das Wall Street Journal. Herzstück der neuen ID-Cards wird ein Mikrochip sein, der individuelle Daten des Benützers speichern wird.
Weiterlesen: China: Einführung von digitalen ID-Cards bis 2006
At the beginning of the dotcom era, Andy Grove of Intel was quoted as saying all business would either become e-business or go out of business. Terms like 'e-commerce,' 'e-business' and e-everything else came into being because Manufacturing Era thinking started to run into Information Era reality.
"Most citizens may not know exactly which department does what," said Steven Mak, deputy director of Information Technology Services Department (ITSD). "Many of the them would only know from their own bad experiences with specific departments."
Starting off with the deployment of an Electronic Property Tax System, the municipality of Taguig -- eLGU's pilot site for the National Capital Region – is expected to automate its treasury operations as well as its business registration systems afterward.
Weiterlesen: Hong Kong: Gov’t implementing eLGU pilot project