local government in comment and analysis
India diary, day 13: Thirsty in Bangalore
Comment It gives me a glimpse of how doing business in Bangalore would be if the government sorted out the infrastructure. The kids - a bit like the UK in the 1990s - are now into raves out in the countryside to which the local cops turn a blind eye. [16 Mar 2007]
India diary, day 4: Hyderabad's tech park
Comment My final visit of the day is with the government of the state of Andhra Pradesh (of which Hyderabad is the capital) to get some idea of how important these IT and BPO companies have become, and to hear about the government's plans for Hyderabad's... [07 Mar 2007]
Opinion: Why I fear joined-up government
Comment As government once again considers building a 'super database' linking all our personal details, Simon Moores explains why, though he doesn't oppose the idea in theory, he's uneasy about it in practice. [18 Jan 2007]
Brampton Factor: CIO ideology
Comment Yet government insists, despite a complete absence of evidence, that business has an in-built advantage in handling practical matters. For the average citizen, the situation is made worse by current government thinking. [16 Jan 2007]
Editor's Blog: Don't knock e-government until you've tried it
Comment I've had some good experiences with e-government, with my local council, in recent months. To paraphrase the response, it was along the lines of: 'We don't have to, we're the government.silicon.com Public Sector [17 Nov 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Why is customer service so hard?
Comment Web-enabling local government has brought some benefits but the public sector could do more to understand how people use communications - it's of limited use enabling people to claim housing benefit online if most claimants don't have access to... [17 Nov 2006]
Why the Linux desktop dream is over
Comment It aims to migrate 80 per cent of the local government body's PCs to Linux by the middle of 2009. Will Linux ever be a major player on the desktop? Andy McCue hears from IT chiefs - who, for the most part, answered with a resounding 'no'. [08 Nov 2006]
Upwardly Mobile: Sente and sensibility
Comment Citizens are even turning mobiles into part of their country's infrastructure, generating services to fill the gaps left by the local government. The money sender buys a mobile top-up voucher from their local seller. [25 Oct 2006]
Editor's Blog: Don't de-fang the Freedom of Information Act
Comment This week news broke that the government likes the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act (as our friends over at Kablenet tell us). News also broke that the government, through Constitutional Affairs Secretary of State - and prime ministerial buddy... [18 Oct 2006]
The Paratrooper CIO: David Lister, Reuters
Comment Lister is an architect by training who moved into IT and worked in electronics in local government and then on to the chemicals industry. Of the four different types of CIO - paratrooper, consultant, professional, executive - the paratrooper is the... [19 Sep 2006]
Can corporate giving bridge the digital divide?
Comment As such the company plays to its other strengths with a number of initiatives aimed at tutoring and encouraging groups to get online and start learning what IT skills can do for them, from opening up new career paths for the young and people out... [24 Aug 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Yes, China is different
Comment News, views, blogs, information from academia, corporations, government and on finance, healthcare, medicine, sport, technology - you name it, it all seemed to be available! So how do the local Chinese get by with all these restrictions? [07 Aug 2006]
2008 Olympics - the IT ground work in China
Comment The state government wants to have new innovation and [foreign] companies finding ways to approach Beijing. Chloe Ding, a Shanghai business director for BiField Business Resources, says: "The government is putting energy and funds to make this... [31 Jul 2006]
China's internet revolution
Comment If you look at media in China, the government controls it, so it's not always what the people believe. According to Chinese government figures, around four million PCs are bought every year in China as the popularity of computer games fuels the... [21 Jul 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: China's education in transition
Comment One or two of the smartest might aspire to a job in the local co-op, government offices or utilities. But as the society developed and grew richer the emphasis began to change with acceptance to university made much easier and government grants... [19 Jul 2006]
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