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Open Source e-Government Framework

An e-Government framework is available to help local governments efficiently develop and operate e-Government applications. Developed by the World eGovernment Organisation of Cities and Local Goverments (WeGO), the framework is a standardized and open source software framework that aims […]

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Digital Strategies

New York City Council’s Roadmap to Digital Inclusion

The New York City Council has released a new digital roadmap called “Council 2.0: A Roadmap to Digital Inclusion and Open Government”, which aims to make the New York City Council more transparent and accessible through digital technology. The  public […]

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Europe

EU proposes Smart Anything Everywhere Initiative

The European Union launches ‘Smart Anything Everywhere’ research initiative.   The launch of the The Smart Anything Everywhere research initiative has been announced at the France Forum on Digital Technologies in Grenoble. The initiative will be a European cluster of four networks […]

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Digital Strategies

Vancouver – Digital Strategy

Digital technology is changing the way the City of Vancouver delivers services and the way citizens and businesses engage with the City and each other. Launched in 2013, Vancouver’s Digital Strategy is a 4 year roadmap outlining immediate […]

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Australia

Brisbane – Digital Strategy

Launched in 2012,  The Digital Brisbane Strategy aims to fast-track Brisbane into the multi-trillion dollar global digital economy. The Strategy was developed after a 2012 audit involving 500 companies indicated that whilst 80% of Brisbane firms regarded […]

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Digital Strategies

UK Digital Economy Strategy

The newly launched UK Digital Economy Strategy 2015-2018 will provide £30 million in funding a year over 4 years to support innovation in the UK’s digital economy. The UK Digital Economy Strategy will help UK […]

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Europe

Barcelona named 2015 Global Smart City

Barcelona has been named as the 2015 Global Smart City. The 2015 Smart City rankings, released by Juniper Research, ranked Barcelona as the worlds leading smart city, describing the Barcelona as “an exciting model of success from which […]

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egovernment

European eGovernment Action Plan

The European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 aims to create a new generation of open, flexible and collaborative seamless eGovernment services at local, regional, national and European level. The action plan aims to increase the uptake of eGovernment services to 50% […]

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Cloud

UK Government Cloud Strategy

Launched in 2011, the UK Governments Cloud Strategy, outlines the vision for government to robustly adopt a public cloud first policy, although recognises that this will not be possible in every case. “Government cloud is not a […]