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Australian state launches app to locate legal services

The Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General has launched a web-based mobile app to allow residents to access information about the state’s Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations.

Open Government

Weaving open data strands into government DNA (Part 1)

Jose M. Alonso, Open Data pioneer at the World Wide ...

Government Analytics

US Air Force using analytics for energy saving

Eglin Air Force Base in the US has recently deployed ...

13 May 2013 | Spotlight

Transforming Government Services through Hybrid Clouds

Damien Wong, Red Hat’s General Management for ASEAN shares his thoughts on why leveraging the hybrid cloud can help the public sector keep up and manage new and emerging global risks.

13 May 2013 | News

Indian state to adopt GIS for School planning

The School Education Department (SED) of the Tamil Nadu State Government revealed plans to adopt the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) to improve the management and decision-making capabilities of schools

13 May 2013 | News

Thailand launches ICT roadshow in rural areas

National Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Thailand has last week launched a campaign to boost computer literacy and bridge digital divide in rural areas.

10 May 2013 | News

New citizen interaction model to be launched in Australian state

Jody Grima, Director Contact Centres, Service New South Wales, discusses the purpose and benefits of the new citizen interaction model to be deployed in the state with FutureGov.

10 May 2013 | News

US unveils new Open Data Policies

In a bid to make information generated and stored by the Federal Government more open and accessible, the White House unveiled a new Executive Order and Open Data Policy which declared information as a “valuable national asset” that should be made easily accessible to the public.

10 May 2013 | News

Online topup facility launched for metro cards in India

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, India, launched an online top-up facility for commuters using prepaid metro smart-cards.

9 May 2013 | News

App to locate clean restrooms launched in Singapore

The Restroom Association of Singapore has launched a mobile app to help the public locate clean toilets in their vicinity.

9 May 2013 | News

UK University Establishes Open Source Geospatial Lab

The University of SouthHampton, one of the leading research universities in the UK, announced the establishment of an Open Source Geospatial Laboratory which aims to support the growing demand for the development of open source geospatial software technologies, trainings and expertise across various industries.

8 May 2013 | News

Driving Better Governance with Open Source

Mark Bohannon, Vice President for Corporate Affairs & Global Public Policy at Red Hat gives his take on how governments are now actively becoming participants in the open source community, as opposed to simply being purchasers of IT solutions.

8 May 2013 | News

Singapore's ICT Authority Changes Leadership

Starting 10 June 2013, Steven Leonard will be taking the helm as the executive Deputy Chairman of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore together with Jacqueline Poh, the newly appointed Managing Director.

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