[Fsf-friends] (R)e-Governance in Kochi Corporation !!

[Manilal K M]

2008/10/4 CK Raju <ck.thrissur at gmail.com>
>
> "...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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Another *Mission* to empower MNCs and Proprietary Software.

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