The alliance, led by Chairman Peng Chi-ming, aims to communicate with the government to make more data available to the public and develop the nation’s knowledge economy. Besides developing industrial cooperation, the alliance, which is expected to grow, will collect opinion, learn and benchmark itself against international counterparts.
Weiterlesen: Taiwan forms alliance to push for open government data
“The Executive Yuan has approved the ministry’s plan to use biometric identification technology at border control points and we will start collecting biometric information from visiting foreigners as well as from Taiwanese with no household registration information this year,” Deputy Minister of the Interior Hsiao Chia-chi (蕭家淇) told a press conference.
“This will better maintain border security and the safety of the public,” he added.
The rankings were the results of a survey conducted by Japan's Waseda University recently. The commission said that Taiwan shared the eighth place with Denmark, with a score of 83.52.
Weiterlesen: Taiwan ranks 8th in e-government survey by Waseda University
The system provides a user-friendly interface which integrates spatial information crucial for the city’s Emergency Dispatch Centre to manage and mobilise rescue operations. This includes information derived from digital maps, building and block maps, aerial photographs and water resource maps among others.
Weiterlesen: TW: Taipei improves emergency response with GIS
Dr. Gwo Jiunn Huang of the Institute for Information Industry, said these three points were by Taiwan to become one of the world’s top ICT countries in the world.
“The Taiwan government has been helping in their ICT development and they have successfully moved from a manufacturing-based ICT to a service-driven ICT,” Huang said.