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Enlightened ICT regulation can play the role of ‘stimulus plan’
Information Policy | web log 11 03 2010 Complex challenges of a converging, multimedia world Geneva, 9 March 2010 — While demand for information and communication (ICT) services like mobile telephony and broadband Internet remains strong, the global economic crisis is jeopardizing ongoing investment in network rollouts and...
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Social Media Played Big Role in Driving Oscar Interest
Information Policy | web log 11 03 2010 By David Ward, ClickZ, Social Media played a major role in generating buzz for this year's Academy Awards broadcast, according to a new report from L.A.-based social marketing agency Fanscape. The report determined that Oscar chatter was very strong on...
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The Financial and Economic crisis: Impact on E-government in OECD Country
DG | E-Government 10 03 2010 This document says that the global financial and economic crisis has over night, put governments under considerable pressure to promptly address a broad range of challenging political, economic and governance issues affecting both the public and the private sector. In their effort to be agile and responsive to the situation, governments have stretched their human and budgetary resources to the limit. To swiftly the capacity to handle these new challenges, they are looking at how efficie
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Chancery Law Chronicles- First Bangladesh Online Case Law Database
DG | E-Government 10 03 2010 You will be happy and proud to know that my office, Chancery Research andConsultants (CRC-Trust), a socio-legal research organisation has developedthe first ever searchable inter-active Bangladeshi online case law database(www.clcbd.org). This is a unique and innovative initiative in the legalhistory of Bangladesh. Due care has been taken so that this Website benefitspeople from all strata including judges, lawyers, researchers, academics,law enforcement agencies, journalists, human rights activ
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Training Workshop on the UNESCO e-governance Toolkit for developing countries
DG | E-Government 10 03 2010 UNESCO Windhoek and UNESCO Brasilia in partnership with the Angolan National Commission for UNESCO will hold a two day training workshop for 20 local participants on the E-governance Toolkit for Developing Countries, in Luanda, Angola on 10 – 11 March 2010.This E-Government Toolkit aims to demystify concepts behind e-government and strengthen the understanding of all those involved in planning and execution of E-government projects. The toolkit offers an action framework involving all the stakeh
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Obama's Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government
DG | E-Government 10 03 2010 In the Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, issued on January 21, 2009, the President instructed the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue an Open Government Directive. Responding to that instruction, this memorandum is intended to direct executive departments and agencies to take specific actions to implement the principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration set forth in the President’s Memorandum. This Directive was informed by recommendations
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UN defends relevance of e-government rankings
DG | E-Government 10 03 2010 The United Nations has refuted suggestions that its E-government Survey has lost relevance in an era of increasingly diverse e-government ecosystems. The survey’s director, Haiyan Qian, told FutureGov that the rankings continue to serve as a guide to more efficient, open and transparent governance, and help public sector modernisers “put money in the right places” and avoid commonly made mistakes..
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Singapore overhauls free wireless service
DG | E-Government 10 03 2010 The Singapore government has revamped its free, nationwide wireless internet service Wireless@SG to give citizens and businesses faster and easier access to the internet. It is hoped that the service – which will be free until 2013 - will boost innovation and business activity as the island nation’s economy emerges from recession..
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A Guidebook for Managing Telecentre Networks: Engineering a New Phase of the Telecentre Movement
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 A Telecentre is a public place where people can access computers, the Internet, and other digital technologies that enable them to gather information, create, learn, and communicate with others while they develop essential digital skills. While each Telecentre is different,...
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Google, ITU Address Policies Of Global Internet Freedom
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 By Kaitlin Mara A representative of Google and of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union today spoke of internet freedom in repressive regimes and censorship in Western democracies. The same tools that allow democratic participation and the opportunity to bear...
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YouTube threatened by changes to Digital Economy Bill
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 Courts will have the power to block access to entire websites from the UK because of allegations of copyright infringement under an amendment to Government legislation that has been adopted by the House of Lords. The Digital Economy Bill is...
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US online ad spend set to overtake print
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 Spending on digital marketing will overtake that of print for the first time in 2010, according to a new forecast. Last September it was announced that the UK was the first major economy where advertisers spent more on internet advertising...
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Yandex Release Russian Twitter Statistics
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 by Nick Wilsdon Yandex Adopts Twitter in RussiaYandex, the leading search engine in Russia was quick to adopt Twitter. Last September they started publishing a list of the most popular Twitterati and including the service on their blog section, which...
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European Commission urged to close digital divide
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 The European Union's Committee of the Regions has called on the European Commission (EC) to close the digital divide by ensuring that all citizens in the region have affordable broadband access. The EC has outlined its desire to get everyone...
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EU Launches Fresh Consultation on Spectrum Use
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 The European Union (EU) has launched a consultation period on how to optimise the usage of radio spectrum in the bloc, as it considers updating current laws on bandwidth allocation and licensing. EU executive body the European Commission (EC) is...
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Verizon reports test speeds of 50Mbps over LTE; completes 100G test
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 US-based cellco Verizon Wireless has revealed the results of its ongoing Long Term Evolution (LTE) field tests in Boston and Seattle, reporting that the test networks had produced peak speeds of 50Mbps (downlink) and 25Mbps (uplink). Verizon said that in...
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60 percent of bigger magazine websites profitable, survey shows
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 More than half of the consumer magazines with a monthly traffic of 1.5 million unique users and more are profitable, according to a survey. Advertising is the largest revenue source with 83% of these websites saying it is most important....
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LTE: The Keys to Success
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 Until now, most of the industry’s focus has been on the technologies of long-term evolution (LTE); however, technology itself does not generate profits. Understanding the impact of LTE on your business and selecting a way forward that matches your business...
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Singapore reports solid ICT sector growth despite economic downturn
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 Channel NewsAsia reports Singapore’s acting Information, Communications and the Arts Minister Lui Tuck Yew as saying the country’s information and communications (ICT) sector saw growth last year – the only major sector to do so – despite the ongoing economic...
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U.S. hopes Internet exports will help open closed societies
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 Seeking to exploit the Internet’s potential for prying open closed societies, the Obama administration will permit technology companies to export online services like instant messaging, chat and photo sharing to Iran, Cuba and Sudan, a senior administration official said Sunday....
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EU Launches Consultation on Telecoms Universal Service Laws
Information Policy | web log 10 03 2010 The EU plans to revise the law governing the provision of telecoms to remote regions and expand it to guarantee broadband access for all. As well as bringing broadband to all, the EU must also develop a strategy to allow...
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Online culture of peace discussed at Arab New Media Summit
Information Policy | web log 09 03 2010 Nearly 30 bloggers, webmasters and online journalists are back to work with new appreciation for their role in promoting a culture of peace. The bloggers, who came together at the Arab New Media Summit for Peace and Dialogue, came from...
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ICANN: Break internet monopolies
Information Policy | web log 09 03 2010 Rod Beckstrom, chief executive of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), said while 15 percent of the world’s population lives in Africa, Africans made up less than 7 percent of all Internet users. “We really need the...
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Internet access is 'a fundamental right'
Information Policy | web log 09 03 2010 Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. The survey - of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries - found strong...
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Google Broadband: One Giant Step For Google
Information Policy | web log 08 03 2010 By James Zipadelli Google is planning on building and testing its own high-speed broadband networks in select U.S. cities, the company announced in its blog recently. The company has put out a request for information (RFI) until March 26 to...
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