Useful web links on e-Governance
1. http://www.pisgroup.biz/megap
An explanation of the Municipal eGovernment Assessment Project (MeGAP)
2. http://www.psigroup.biz/megap/index.php?content=summary_wave2
Ranking of US cities over 100,000
3. http://www.psigroup.biz/megap/index.php?content=best_practices
An online best practices guide
4. http://www.psigroup.biz/megap/index.php?content=regional_analyses
Regional assessments of three
5. http://www.digitalpartners.org/pubs/expansive.pdf
6. http://www.pacificcouncil.org
7. http://http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/egov/
The World Bank’s e-government page includes information and case studies from
developing countries on e-government organized by country, sector or objectives
as well as links to external studies on e-government, many from developed
countries.
8. http://www1.oecd.org/puma/pubs/
The OECD’s Web site offers downloadable reports (in PDF format) on various
aspects of government, public participation and ICT including, e.g. OECD Public
Management Policy Brief No. 8, The Hidden Threat to E-Government: Avoiding
Large Government IT Failures (2001).
9. http://www.egovlinks.com/world_egov_links.html
This portal offers resources on e-government including
reports, news and links sorted by category.
10. http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/idpm_dp.htm#ig
Two online reports that offer a framework and training materials on
e-governance for development are available at this link from the
11. http://www.excelgov.org/techcon/index.htm
The Web site for the Intergovernmental Technology Leadership Consortium of the
Council for Excellence in Government has information on e-government, including
public surveys from the
12. http://www.digitalgovernance.org
Digital Governance is a project that explores and disseminates innovative
models by which ICT can be used in developing countries to lead to better
governance.
13. http://sosig.esrc.bristol.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/polcom.html
This site of the Social Science Information Gateway, part of UK Resource
Discovery Network, offers links to numerous papers, reports, news, governmental
and non-governmental organizations addressing e-government.
14. http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/diglib.htm
The site for the annual Hawaii International
Conference on Systems Sciences has a Digital Library with conference papers
from all prior HICSS conferences which includes papers, many technical in
nature, on various aspects of ICT including customer relationship management,
e-commerce and ICT for healthcare.
Applications in
Research
Centers | Websites of Indian
central and state governments
E-governance
in Andhra Pradesh
This section of the website of Andhra Pradesh showcases the various
E-Governance initiatives and applications being implemented in the state. For
details log onto: http://www.ap-it.com/egovernance.html
E-Governance in Ministries/Departments and State Governments
The website of the Ministry of Information Technology (MIT), Govt. of India
lists briefly the E-Governance Initiatives undertaken by the various
Ministries/Departments and States Governments. For details log onto: http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/ms.asp
E-Governance Related Projects
The Ministry of IT website features the E-Governance related projects
undertaken by
· TCS: http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/tcs.htm
· C-DAC: http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/c-dac.htm
· SHONKH: http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/protech.htm
· IBM: http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/protech.htm
· MBT: http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/mbt.htm
· ORACLE: http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/protech.htm
·
NIC: http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/nic.htm
The website carries brief descriptions of the projects and their current
status.
Gyandoot
Gyandoot is an intranet in Dhar
district of Madhya Pradesh, connecting rural cybercafes
catering to the everyday needs of the masses. The web site is an extension of Gyandoot intranet, for giving global access. The site has
these services to offer: Commodity/ mandi Marketing
Information System; Copies of khasra, B1/khatauni and
maps; On-line registration of applications; Income Certificate; Domicile
Certificate (mool niwasi);
Caste Certificate; Landholder's passbook of land rights and loans (Bhoo adhikar evam
rin pustika).
For details log onto: http://www.gyandoot.net
Warana
The primary objective of the recently launched Wired Village project is to
demonstrate the effective use of IT infrastructure in the accelerated
socio-economic development of 70 villages around Warana
Nagar in the Kolhapur and Sangli districts of the state of Maharashtra.
The existing cooperative structure has been used in concert with high speed VSATs to allow Internet access to existing cooperative
societies. The project aims to provide agricultural, medical, and education
information to villagers by establishing networked ‘facilitation booths' in the
villages.
For details log onto:http://www.warna.com
E-Governance in Noida city
Compaq India has joined hands with Electronics Research and Development Centre
of India (ERDCI), Noida, to set up a competence
centre that would enable e-governance in Noida city
and various other states. Residents will be able to pay electricity and phone
bills, file I-T returns, register marriages and deaths, among other things at
information kiosks located in the city. Once the project becomes fully
operational citizens can pay utilities, get grievance redressal
and a variety of other essential jobs through these info kiosks.
For details log onto: http://www.timesofindia.com/120500/12info19.htm
"RajNidhi": Information kiosks
"RajNidhi" is a web enabled information
kiosk system developed jointly by Rajasthan state's Department of Information
Technology and Rajasthan State Agency for Computer Services (RajComp). Earlier on
For details log onto: http://www.rajgovt.org/news/RajNidhiTrg.htm
"raj-SWIFT": Rajasthan government's
Intranet
The Rajasthan State’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT)
has developed Government’s own Intranet called as "raj-SWIFT".
SWIFT here stands for Statewide Intranet on Fast Track. This system which has
been built using Internet technology and tools, would
facilitate online data, text and e-mail communication between the office of the
Chief Minister and all the 32 District Collectors on one-to-one basis, thus
bringing the Chief Executive of the State and the district administration close
enough to be just a mouse click away.
For details log onto: http://www.rajgovt.org/news/nraj.htm
Mechanism of Single Window Clearance System
To overcome the inordinately long time required to obtain the statutory
approvals/licences etc. from various government
departments/agencies, the Bureau of Industrial Promotion & Office of the
Commissioner (Investment & NRIs), Government of
Rajasthan, has introduced a Single Window Clearance System through a Single
Composite Application Form.
For details log on to: http://www.rajgovt.org/news/singwindow.htm
E-Governance in Panchayats in Kerala
The website of the department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances,
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions features an article on
the e-governance initiatives adopted by the panchayats
in Kerala.
For details log on to: http://persmin.nic.in/arpg/egov.htm#6
E-Governance in Himanchal Pradesh
Himanchal Pradesh to focus on IT-enabled services
& e-governance, which would include medical transcription, call centres, data processing, back office operations and GIS.
For details log on to: http://www.economictimes.com/050600/05econ03.htm
Package for Effective Administration of Registration Laws Project in Kerala
THE Government of Kerala has launched a project
titled PEARL (Package for Effective Administration of Registration Laws) for computerisation of the Registration Department in the
State.
For details log on to: http://www.hindubusinessline.com/2000/08/12/stories/141260r1.htm
E-Governance Centre at Haryana Secretariat
The Haryana Government has set up an e-governance
centre at the Secretariat to effectively monitor information technology in the
state.
For details log on to: http://www.expressindia.com/newsline/daily/20000823/ige23209.htm
Research Centres
Centre for Electronic Governance, Ministry of Information and Technology,
Govt. of
The MIT website features the Centre
for e-governance set up by the Ministry of Information and Technology (MIT),
Govt. of India. Apart from offering e-governance solutions and services, the
Centre showcases applications by various IT majors like C-DAC, CMC, IQ Virtuals, Microsoft, NIC and Oracle. This list will expand
soon. The Centre aims to offer services such as technical consultation, proof
of concept and thematic presentations, apart from creating awareness amongst
decision makers at the Central and State level and helping them in defining and
implementing process and policy changes for effective e-Governance.
For details log on to: http://www.mit.gov.in/eg/locentre.htm
Centre for Electronic
Communities
The
IBM Centre for Electronic Communities, Institute for Electronic Government, is
a leadership resource in strategy, policy and development of online resources
in Government, education and healthcare.
For details log on to: http://www.ieg.ibm.com/
Commonwealth
Secretariat's Centre for Electronic Governance
As
part of its activities on Public Services Management, as mandated by the
Commonwealth Programme "Towards a New Public
Administration", the Management and Training Services Division of the
Commonwealth Secretariat has announced the launch of a special focus centre
under the name of The Centre for Electronic Governance. Currently the Centre is
a virtual organisational entity. The status of the Centre's physical manifestation is the subject of
discussions and consultations with a number of organisations
and institutions. However, the Centre's virtual
presence is to be located the following URLs, for which the website is
currently under construction:
http://www.electronic-gov.org;
and http://www.elerctronic-gov.net
For further details log on to: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/am-political-marketing/2000-03/0005.html
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Websites of Indian central and state governments
National Informatics Centre
This is the site if a premier IT organization in India which provides
state-of-the-art, solutions for the IT needs of the Government at all levels
The NIC home page gives access to a comprehensive Directory(http://goidirectory.nic.in/)
providing links to web sites of Government of India Ministries, Departments,
States, Organizations, Union Territories.
For further details log on to: http://www.nic.in/
Government of Delhi
The official website of the Delhi government provides a 'single window' for all
the citizen’s information needs and queries regarding the various public
services of the Delhi Government, ranging from obtaining a driving license to
getting a marriage registration certificate made. The site provides all
relevant application forms for downloading and printing.
For further details log on to: http://delhigovt.nic.in/
Tiruvarur district Administration
This site is intended to assist Government departments and I.T users in various
Government departments in TamilNadu and the rest of
the country through online software and hardware consultancy service, free
software downloads, sharing of experience in I.T development with reference to
various fields in Government etc.
For further details log on to: http://www.tiruvaruronline.com/
The site has been designed for maximum use for District Collectors for
computerizing various Government activities at district level such as Taluka (administrative unit) office automation, including
land record computerization, Block office automation, DRDA automation, fair
price shop computerization without use of computers or any other equipment at
the fair price shop level and so on.
Parliament of India
Website of the Indian Parliament carries information on the proceedings of both
the houses of the parliament, the Constitution of India, various budgets,
resume of work, parliamentary debates, secretariats, committees and members of
the houses, and links to other central and state government websites.
For further details log on to: http://alfa.nic.in/
Government of Kerala web portal
This site provides access to government services by providing online
application forms for services from various departments like the electricity
board, revenue department, corporations, public distribution system. Besides
facilitating online application for grievance redressal,
the site carries information of government machinery, contact details of
elected representatives and a discussion forum. It also provides links to
various govt., NGOs and educational institutions.
For further details log on to: http://www.keralagov.com/
Rajasthan Government
A section of the official website of the Government of Rajasthan, devoted to IT
and Electronic Governance issues. For further details log on to: http://www.rajgovt.org/SovArticles.htm
Andhra Pradesh Government
Official website of the Andhra Pradesh Government, which describes the state's
IT initiatives towards Electronic Governance. For further details log on to: http://www.andhrapradesh.com/
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
This is a section of the website of the Department of Administrative Reforms
and Public Grievances under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions of the Indian Government. It has well categorized links to
E-Governance initiatives from around the world and a review of the Indian
experience with E-Governance. For further details log on to: http://persmin.nic.in/arpg/egov1.htm
E-Governance initiatives of Government of West Bengal
Official site of the West Bengal Govt. features the e-governance initiatives to
be undertaken by the state govt. Initially for better citizen interface the
following will be emphasized for computerization, viz., vehicle registration,
land records, birth and death registrations, employment exchanges, payment of
excise duty, sales tax and local tax, electronic bill payment of water and
electricity, computerization of health records, relevant education through
internet, work of Police and Police Stations, Criminal Justice etc. For further
details log on to: http://www.westbengal.gov.in/it_policy_egovernance.htm
E-Governance in State of Madhya Pradesh
Features IT state policies and initiatives in government by the Madhya Pradesh
govt. For further details log on to: http://www.mpgovt.nic.in/it/
E-Governance Initiatives of the Government of
The site features IT initiatives proposed by the
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Government websites of other
countries
This site provides access to information from government departments, provinces
and other government bodies is accessible through a one-stop gateway. This
enables citizens to get a comprehensive overview of information available on
government web sites and quickly navigate the vast information resources
available in government. http://www.gov.za/
Costa Rice: Government Services Online
This section of the site (the site belongs to the government in co-partnership
with the private sector and civil society) enables citizens to get more
information about the concerned government organizations and interact with them
through the internet. http://www.costarricense.com/ing/servgob.html
Korea.net
This site carries basic information on
Bahrain's e-Government Portal
This site provides information on government ministries, cabinet affairs, labor
and social affairs, Bahrain defense force, electricity and water, housing,
municipalities, justice and Islamic affairs, finance, agriculture civil service
bureau, oil and industry, foreign affairs, transportation, commerce, etc. http://www.bahrain.gov.bh/english/index.asp
Government of Ireland
This web site gives links to the civil and public services in Ireland,
information on the Irish state, parliamentary debates, legislative information,
tender information, links to political parties and members, Constitution of
Ireland and allows downloading of government forms. The site also gives links
to local authorities in county councils, county towns and corporations and
urban district corporations. Besides these the site gives links to sites of the
European Union, other governmental and international organizations. http://www.irlgov.ie/
Government of
The Site is a one-point entry to the Israel Government sites and converges the information and services provided by the
Government via the Internet. The site’s online services include government
forms, tender notices, citizen’s consulting service - including aid and
guidance for citizens on various matters related to various government
authorities, such as National Insurance, health, housing, education, law,
welfare, the military, and more. Other services include Calculator to aid in
computing employee income tax, as well as detailed forms and explanations. http://www.info.gov.il/eng/mainpage.asp
Government of
MCSL is the official gateway for Malaysian Government information and online
services. The MCSL website is linked to all government websites and vice versa.
In 1994, the Government has established Civil Service Link (CSL), a database
containing public service information, which could be accessed by business
communities and the general public. In line with the advancement of IT and
Internet technology, the capability of the system has been upgraded to form
Malaysian Civil Service Link (MCSL). Under the new concept, MCSL website was established
and linked through the Internet to all Government websites. MCSL therefore
forms a single main gateway for online public service information. http://mcsl.mampu.gov.my/
Government of Punjab, Pakistan
The website contains information about the economy, culture, government,
cabinet, rules of business 1974, tender notices, application forms, functions
of various government departments. The Punjab Government is planning to adopt
'SAAF Model' of E-Government. The model is devised in order to formulate a
future paradigm for a stable, organised, transparent
and accountable government. It also echoes the concept of public participation
in the political process and its access to the information. http://www.punjab.gov.pk/
US Federal Government
The Government Website FirstGov provides the public
with easy, one-stop access to all online US Federal Government resources. FirstGov allows users to browse a wealth of information —
everything from researching at the Library of Congress to tracking a NASA
mission. It also enables users to conduct important business online — such as
applying for student loans, tracking Social Security benefits, comparing Medicare
options and even administering government grants and contracts. http://www.firstgov.gov/
OPEN (Online Procedures ENhancement
for Civil Applications)
An Internet portal called
OPEN (Online Procedures ENhancement for Civil
Applications) created by the Municipal Government of Seoul has been aimed at
opening up the administrative pocedures to the public
and facilitate a direct and convenient interface with the citizens for achievinglower corruption levels and increased
transparency. http://english.metro.seoul.kr/government/policies/anti/civilapplications/
The portal explains the various elements of the anti-corruption
drive, displays an anticorruption index and survey results, educates citizens
on rules and procedures, and enables a real-time monitoring of the progress of
an application for a permit or a license. The system publishes a variety of
information related to the services, permits and licenses issued by the local
government. The system was recognized as a “Good Practice” at the 9th
International Anti-Corruption Conference in
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