21 May 2013 | News

Myanmar and Japan collaborate on emergency communication network

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Myanmar, on May 14, has announced an agreement with Sumitomo Corporation and NEC Corporation — in cooperation with NTT Communications Corporation — for the construction of infrastructure in support of the country’s “Emergency communications network improvement plan.”

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7 May 2013 | News

UK Govt Adopts 'Cloud First' Policy

The UK has mandated that all central government procurement of IT products and services take a ‘Cloud First’ approach, and has strongly encouraged the wider public sector to do the same, in an official statement by Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude.

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12 April 2013 | News

The Philippine Journey towards digitised payments - Part 1

How can governments promote financial transparency and efficiency, whilst at the same time keeping their electronic payments secure and compliant? A FutureGov gathering of 27 senior finance officials from the Philippines’ public sector attempted to answer that yesterday, with the help of electronic payments specialists from Visa.

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4 April 2013 | News

The Philippines beefs up e-budgeting system

The Department of Budget and Management, the Philippines is pushing ahead the digitisation of budget processes to be done by 2014 as part of supporting the public financial management reforms.

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28 February 2013 | Feature

GeBIZ: Enhancing Singapore Procurement System

FutureGov talks to a spokesperson from Singapore’s Ministry of Finance on the Government Electronic Business portal and how the country has set best practice for public sector procurement system.

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4 December 2012 | News

UK G-Cloud Enters Second Phase

The G-Cloud Programme in the UK entered its second phase with the launch of G-Cloud ii, its second procurement framework, in October. The G-Cloud programme was created by the government to introduce cloud-based ICT services into the public sector.

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29 November 2012 | News

South Australia launches free wireless apps

The state government of South Australia unveils plans to make its capital city, Adelaide, the first destination in Australia offering free outdoor wi-fi across the city centre.

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21 November 2012 | News

Aust gov boosts aged care tele-health

The Federal Department of Health and Ageing moves to better connect Australia’s aged care system with health and hospital systems – while delivering integrated healthcare for senior citizens.

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20 November 2012 | News

Western Australia modernises child protection IT systems

The Western Australian Department of Child Protection is modernising its core IT systems under a US$10 million upgrade that streamlines case management for child protection workers.

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15 November 2012 | News

US gov galvanises Aust cyber-security experts

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is galvanising expertise from National ICT Australia (NICTA) to develop critical software for a US$18 million cyber-security project.

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