[ILUG-Cochin.org] Fwd: [Fsf-friends] (R)e-Governance in Kochi Corporation !!

[M.Balakrishna Pillai]

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     From: CK Raju <ck.thrissur at gmail.com>
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  Subject: [Fsf-friends] (R)e-Governance in Kochi Corporation !!
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"...The capital and initial costs, including those for hardware with
software system cost, application software, creation of web portal,
data digitisation and training and capacity building of personnel for
the first two years of the commission, will be available from the
Central government.

The cost of the land and building, site preparation, civil
infrastructure, employee cost, power and communication cost shall be
borne by the State government or the urban local body.

Wipro, one of the IT majors, is in the process of preparation of the
detailed project report for the e-governance programme for Kochi. The
agency is expected to complete the work within two months, Ms. Antony
said.

The Kochi Corporation had earlier made some attempts to computerise
the office with the support of the Information Kerala Mission. A
portion of the data in the possession of the Corporation was converted
into electronic format earlier. .."
Full story at  
http://www.thehindu.com/pp/2008/10/04/stories/2008100450510100.htm
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Are our activists in government aware of this new development ?
Why aren't the platforms, mode of storage of public information, types
of standards being deployed not mentioned here ?
Is it another Microsoft back-door ?

CK Raju
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