IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

The official "e-gate" website can serve as a one stop solution for all citizens, residents, business people, and governmental bodies to seek more than 453 e-governmental services around the clock.

The e-gate is supervised by the state's Central Agency for Information Technology. It allows visitors access to all information, services, and laws in the State of Kuwait.

It provides services under three categories; services directed at citizens and residents, at businessmen, and other visitors of the page. It gives access to e-services from 39 governmental bodies.

Weiterlesen: Kuwait''s e-gate provides 453 governmental services 24/7

Every day, I receive e-mails from readers who complain about the awful waiting period at government offices. People waste several days trying to complete paper work, obtain residence permit renewal or attest official documents. I don't think dealing with bureaucratic sluggishness in any part of the world is a cake walk.

It is boring, and there are times when you could lose temper thanks to the large number of documents they seek and the wasted time spent waiting to attest a single document. I can understand the frustration that residents experience. Unfortunately most official bodies have formulated rules regulations taking a myriad aspects into consideration, except for people's time, effort and patience.

Weiterlesen: KW: Dreaming of an e-governance system

The Arabian Conference on Information and Communications Security (ACICS) was launched yesterday at the Al-Raya Ballroom under the auspices of the Prime Minister HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah. The two-day conference is due to include exhibitions presented by the participating institutions.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference, Minister of Information and Communication and Chairman of the Central Agency for Information Technology Salem Al-Othaina announced, "This conference is being held at the time when information and communications security has changed from a technical issue of IT to a national security issue that is addressed with the greatest importance by political leaders. The United States and European Union have established special departments for information and communications security and for countering electronic crimes and terror. Many states envisage having such departments in the future.

Weiterlesen: Kuwait hosts cyber security conference

Kuwait's cyber world has flourished notably over the past several years. With a few clicks now, you can purchase clothes, order food, book tickets for the cinema, and watch seminars and sermons. However, very little has been achieved on the legislative front. Despite the fact that we do so much on the web, the government is yet to set rules for our interaction on the web. Take defamation, for example. If you file a lawsuit against someone for defaming you on the Internet, whether via a blog or a social med ia website, there is little that the law can do to help you.

Kuwaiti lawyer Mohammad Al-Dallal explained during a seminar he held at the Gulf University for Science and Technology as part of Kuwait's first Social Media Forum, that the current authorities use a clause that mentions abuse 'via telephone or other communication tools'. It is on the last three words, 'other communication tools' that the authorities back up any lawsuits or complaints against cyber defamation, bullying, or fraud.

Weiterlesen: KW: Technologically spaced out