Gesellschaft für Informatik fordert Ausbau

Mit großer Sorge beobachtet die Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI) den Abbau der Verwaltungsinformatik in Deutschland. Trotz zukünftiger Herausforderungen bei der Umsetzung von öffentlichen Großprojekten wie der Einführung der Gesundheitskarte oder Ausweispapieren mit biometrischen Merkmalen werde das wissenschaftliche Fachgebiet der Verwaltungsinformatik an den Hochschulen zunehmend vernachlässigt.

Aus einer Kooperation von Archos und Cylon Systems, einem Hersteller für Sicherheitsüberwachungs-Systeme, entstand die Cylon HeadCam, eine am Kopf getragenen Kamera speziell für Sicherheitskräfte, Feuerwehren und Polizei. Das System zeichnet mit dem portablen digitalen Videorekorder AV 500 bis zu 12 Stunden hochqualitatives Videomaterial auf, das sofort auf dem integrierten 4"-Farb-LCD wiedergegeben werden kann. Der Benutzer hat dabei beide Hände für die Ausübung seiner Tätigkeit frei. Das System wird bereits von vielen Polizeitruppen in England verwendet.

No more lining up for hours under a hot sun to register for the professional exam. No more waiting in agony for the release of results.

By this month, seafarers wanting to take examinations for marine deck officer licenses can register online, take the walk-in computerized exam, and get the results soon after the test.

The Government will issue a regulation on e-government Internet access and management in the third quarter of this year, through which ministries, branches and provincial people's committees send their administrative documents to the Government via the Internet.

No need for new legislation; some fine-tuning of existing law can meet the desired objectives of reform

There is scope for reducing corruption through e-governance, making company law administration transparent, accountable and effective.

This player, which provides digital signatures, is all set to cash in on one of the biggest e-governance projects.

The Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) is implementing one of the largest e-governance projects, the MCA21. Four Registrar of Companies (RoC) have gone live with the project, and in the next couple of months companies across the country willbe required to file documents online with RoCs in compliance with the statutory provisions of the Act.

Government initiatives to improve efficiency levels across the healthcare continuum in eastern Europe are resulting in widespread restructuring and the integration of disparate healthcare IT systems. This process will be facilitated by accession to the European Union and associated increases in infrastructure building funding flows. However, centralized purchasing will hamper the rapid expansion of these emerging healthcare IT markets.

The Dubai Municipality won the United Nations 2006 public services award in the area of application of information technology and telecommunications in the government sector, e-government.

By winning the award, Dubai becomes the first Arab city to win the prestigious award.

ICDL calls on govts to assess needs of IT literacy

E-governance readiness in the Gulf region has been ranked at approximately 50 percent by a recent index compiled in a report by the United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs (UNDESA), compared to 91 percent for index leading United States. ICDL GCC Foundation, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) programme in the Gulf region called for further dissemination of IT literacy that would allow greater sectors of society access to online e-government services.

Bahrain's global position in e-government readiness slipped seven places last year in an index compiled by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). Bahrain lost ground on its 46th world ranking in 2004 and ended 53rd worldwide last year, according to the UNDESA's Global e-Government Readiness Report 2005: From e-Government to e-Inclusion.