Government CXO

16 May 2013 | Interview

Championing Openness: City of Edmonton CIO Chris Moore in interview - Part I

In an exclusive interview, Chris Moore, CIO at the City of Edmonton in Canada, talks about the key drivers behind the City’s open government and “anytime, anywhere” workspace initiatives and what he sees as the most important technologies CIOs will have to reckon with in the future.

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18 April 2013 | Interview

Enabling Persons with Disabilities: Malaysia’s Social Welfare Goes Online - Part II

An exclusive interview with FutureGov, YBhg. Dato’ Sri Dr. Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur, Secretary General from Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, Malaysia will talk about the SMOKU project — about its background, its current activities, and its future plans.

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4 March 2013 | Interview

The Philippines bridges digital divide with TV White Spaces

FutureGov speaks with Louis Casambre, Executive Director of the ICT-Office at the Department of Science and Technology in the Philippines, to discuss how TV White Spaces can help countries narrow the digital divide.

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22 February 2013 | Interview

Malaysia’s journey towards Outcome Based Budgeting

Koshy Thomas, Head of the Outcome Based Budgeting Project Team at the Ministry of Finance shares why shifting to Outcome Based Budgeting is crucial for Malaysia’s vision of becoming a high-income country by 2020.

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21 January 2013 | Interview

Thailand's ICT Minister: learning from others

In conversation with Group Captain Anudith Nakornthap, ICT Minister from Thailand on how he applies lessons learnt from other countries in the region to improve the country’s public sector IT and e-government.

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16 January 2013 | Interview

Hong Kong University enhances website's accessibility

Dr Andy Chun, Chief Information Officer at the City University of Hong Kong, shares how he and his team transformed the University’s public website into one that is digitally inclusive for everyone.

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11 January 2013 | Interview

Social media drives Aust emergency management

Findings by Queensland University of Technology’s Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation confirm that social media will play a crucial role to manage emergency services – especially during floods or bush-fires.

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10 January 2013 | Interview

Engaging Citizens in Development of New Library in Singapore

For the first time, the National Library Board of Singapore is involving citizens in the process of creating a new library.

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10 January 2013 | Interview

Indonesia announces progress of national e-ID

Indonesia’s Ministry of Home Affairs has revealed the progress of its Electronic Identification Card project — 110 million e-ID cards of nearly 173 million have been printed out. Of that number, 90 million cards have been distributed to citizens.

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2 January 2013 | Interview

Bangkok's Traffic Police Mobile App

The Metropolitan Police Bureau in Thailand released the ‘Traffic Police’ mobile application in the hope of helping commuters avoid the city’s congested area by accessing real-time traffic scenes via the street’s CCTV cameras.

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