Dear Friends

You are all aware of the International e-Government conference
titled "Conflux 2005" scheduled to be held at Hotel The Grand , New
Delhi from October 17-19,2005. The conference is organized by Center
for Science, Development and Media Studies in Collaboration with
government of Delhi. IIT Delhi is the institutional partner for the
conference. Additionally the conference is supported by Department
of IT , Government of India, Commonwealth Center of e-Governance,
UK, Danish Technological Institute, Technical University of Denmark,
Internet Service Providers Association on India (ISPAI)and The
Society for Promotion of e-Governance.

  The complete details about the event are available at
http://www.conflux.csdms.in.

I have received a tremendous response from professionals world over
on the first call for papers.

I would like to invite the stakeholders from government, industry,
academia and civil society organizations through this second call
for papers. The detailed guidelines and deadlines are available on
the website http://www.conflux.csdms.in. I am sure this conference
will help enhance the knowledge sharing and exchange of learning
practices on a gloabl scale amongsts the stakeholders.

Should you have any queries regarding submission of papers or
participating as delegate in the conference, I will be happy to
respond.

Looking forward to the participation from the members of this
esteemed group in the event as presenters as well as delegates.

Warm Regards
Vikas Kanungo
vikas@..., vikaskanungo@...,
vikaskanungo@...
Mobile : +919312722591

Dear All

Delhi government in association with Centre for Science, Development
and Media Studies is hosting the international e-Government Summit
titled Conflux 2005 in the month of October 2005. During this three
day conference Key government officers from India and Asia Pacific
will exchange their experience on planning, implementing and
maintaining e-government projects. Besides senior officers from
International agencies such as World Bank, UNDP, IDRC etc. are
invited to participate in the conference. One of the key tracks
during the conference will be on the sectoral e-government case
presentations from India, Asia and Europe.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The papers from the e-government stakeholders and experts are
invited for presentation during the conference. Details are
available at http://www.conflux.csdms.in.

I am pleased to extend the invitation to the members of the group to
present papers, participate as delegates or associate in other ways
with the conference fore the exchange of learning practices and
accelerating e-government movement.

Should any of the members require any further information, please
feel free to get in touch with the undersigned.

Warm Regards
Vikas Kanungo
Mobile : 9312722591
Fax: +91-120-2500060
email: vikas@...

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Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 2:40 PM
Subject: [Apnic-announce] APNIC 20 update #2


> [Apologies for duplicates]
>
> APNIC 20 update #2
> ______________________________
>
> 20th APNIC Open Policy Meeting
> 6-9 September 2005
> Hanoi, Vietnam
> ______________________________
>
>
> Dear APNIC members and friends,
>
> It is our pleasure to invite you to attend APNIC's 20th Open Policy
> Meeting. The meeting is open to anyone with an interest in the
> Internet in the Asia Pacific region. It will be hosted by VNNIC
> (Vietnam Network Information Centre) at the Melia Hanoi Hotel, Hanoi,
> Vietnam, from 6-9 September 2005.
>
> Contents
> --------
> 1. Meeting registration
> 2. Meeting programme
> 3. Fellowship programme
> 4. Meeting sponsorship
> 5. Accommodation
>
>
> 1. Meeting registration
> -----------------------
> Registration is now open. To take advantage of early bird discount,
> please register by Friday 22 July 2005. The online registration form
> is available at:
>
>     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/20/programme/
>
>
> 2. Meeting programme
> --------------------
> APNIC meetings are a major forum for discussing technology and policy
> issues relevant to the Asia Pacific Internet community. The programme
> will include tutorials, Special Interest Groups (SIGs), Birds of a
> Feather sessions (BoFs), hostmaster consultations, the APNIC Member
> Meeting (AMM), and social events. A draft programme is available at:
>
>     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/20/programme/
>
> A draft agenda for the AMM on Friday 9 September 2005 is also
> available at:
>
>     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/20/programme/amm.html
>
>
> 3. Fellowship programme
> -----------------------
> The APNIC 20 fellowship programme has been offered to allow members of
> the Internet community in the developing economies of the Asia Pacific
> region to attend the meeeting. Details of the programme and an
> application form are available at:
>
>     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/20/fellows/
>
>
> 4. Meeting sponsorship
> ----------------------
> Some sponsorship opportunities are still available. In return for
> their support, sponsors will be presented with valuable opportunities
> to expose their organisations, products, and services to an
> international audience of Internet leaders. Details of sponsorship
> options are available in the sponsorship package at:
>
>     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/20/sponsors/
>
> Prospective sponsors are encouraged to send expressions of interest
> as soon as possible to the APNIC Secretariat at <meetings@...>.
>
>
> 5. Accommodation
> ----------------
> APNIC has arranged block hotel bookings, providing special discount
> rates for meeting delegates at Melia Hanoi and nearby hotels. Please
> make reservation as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. All
> enquiries about hotel reservations should be made directly to the
> hotels. The accommodation information and reservation details are
> available at:
>
>     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/20/visitor/accomm.html
>
> There is some visitor information, including local information,
> transportation, and visa requirements at:
>
>     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/20/
>
>
> If you have any questions or suggestions about APNIC 20, please email
> us at <meetings@...>
>
> We look forward to seeing you in Hanoi.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
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>
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Dear colleagues


Applications for the APNIC 20 fellowship programme are now open. The
20th APNIC Open Policy Meeting will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 6 - 9
September 2005.

The fellowship programme is targeted at networking professionals and
provides financial aid to assist in meeting the costs of attending APNIC 20.

Anyone interested in applying for a fellowship under this programme can
find further details at:

      http://www.apnic.net/meetings/20/fellows/

The deadline for applications is 24th June 2005, so please send your
application in soon if you are interested in applying.


Regards

_____________________________________________________________________

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Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)   Ph: +61-7-3858-3100
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Cyber Quiz: Question of the Day-9: What is "DIAMOND"?

Domestic Information Infrastructure Administration through Multi
Objective Network Depository (DIAMOND), the statewide information
technology (IT) infrastructure in the Indian state of Kerala. This is
being set up with the help of Centre for Development of Advance
Computing (C-DAC), Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala.

(Source: Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.3629 to be answered on 22.10.2004,
http://164.100.24.208/lsq14/quest.asp?qref=7749).

Dr D.C.Misra
May 20, 2005

Cyber Quiz: eGov Website-55: The OntoGov Project

The OntoGov is an e-government research and development project,
funded by the European Union, that "aims to develop and validate
a platform that will facilitate the consistent composition,
reconfiguration and evolution of e-government services."

The overall objective of the project is "to develop, test and
validate a semantically-enriched (ontology-enabled) platform that
will facilitate the consistent composition, re-configuration and
evolution of e-government services.  The aim of this platform is to
provide the public administrations with a means that enables them to
have an overview of their current service configuration model and
easily reconfigure it, whenever required; and to provide all actors
involved in the e-government service lifecycle with enhanced
knowledge related to the composition, re-configuration and evolution
of the e-government service."

The project is expected to reduce the lag between the changing
requirements of policy makers and the response of technical personnel
to reconfigure provision of e-government services. Check it at

http://www.ontogov.com/

Dr D.C.Misra
May 20, 2005

Cyber Quiz: Forthcoming Event-45: National Seminar on "eLearning and
eLearning Technologies (ELELTECH India), August 8 - 9, 2005: Call for
Papers

C-DAC Hyderabad and JNTU in association with the Department of
Information Technology, Government of India are organizing a 2-day
National Seminar on "eLearning and eLearning Technologies (ELELTECH
India-2005) on August 8-9, 2005.

This National Seminar is being organized with "an objective to
share the experience of the Indian eLearning community, including
developers, implementers and users so as to enable us to plan future
strategies and the road map in eLearning for our country, keeping in
view the issues of content, local languages, security, bandwidth,
standards and so on." The following are the focus areas of the
seminar:

1.Content authoring and authoring tools in local languages
2.Content development standards and Interoperability
3.New and inexpensive technologies for design and delivery of content
4.Open Source Technologies & Open Source courseware in eLearning
5.Collaborative Learning Grids
6.Quality assurance methodologies in eLearning
7.Innovative instructional design methods & assessment methods.
8.eLearning for Physically Challenged

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers in the focus areas of the Seminar are invited. Extended
abstracts of the papers (limited to 1000 words) are to be submitted
to the following email ID:

eMail: eleltech@...

Check for details at
http://www.cdac.in/html/events/eleltech/eltidx2005.asp

Dr D.C.Misra
May 20, 2005

Cyber Quiz: Question of the Day-8: What is "SWAN"?

State Wide Area Network in India. A scheme administered by the
Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and
Information Technology (MCIT), Government of India, which provides
for infrastructure development for connectivity up to the block
level, under India's ambitious National e-Governance Action Plan
(NEGAP). (A 'block' is a sub-district for development in India).

(Source: Guidelines for Technical and Financial Support for
Establishment of State Wide Area Network (SWAN),2004,
http://www.mit.gov.in/policyguidelinesforSWAN.pdf}

Dr D.C.Misra
May 19, 2005

Cyber Quiz: News-39: : Islandia is India: Delhiites Run Away with Top
Honours in Ingress Million Dollar Challenge

Shift2Ingres, submitted by Harsh Azad, Rohit Gaddi, Achal Rastogi,
Geetanjali Bahuguna and Ashutosh Upadhyay of New Delhi, India, won
the largest prize of $400,000; EzyMigrate, submitted by Danes John
and Varghese Jacob of Kerala, India, was awarded a prize of $100,000;
and DbConverter, submitted by Bipin Prasad of New York, was awarded a
prize of $50,000, according to Computer Associates International,
Inc., one of the world's largest management software companies
headquartered in Islandia, N.Y., which announced the winners of its
Ingres Million Dollar Challenge. The winners delivered migration
toolkits from Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL to CA's Ingres
r3 open source platform.


The Challenge, according to the sponsors, "was designed to leverage
the global talent pool of the open source community, while providing
substantial financial compensation to those who successfully met its
requirements. Under its terms, open source developers were invited to
create solutions that enable users of popular databases to migrate to
Ingres. Qualifying solutions were eligible for cash awards up to
$400,000, with a total purse of $1 million." Check the details at

CA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE INGRES MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE,
ISLANDIA, N.Y., May 18, 2005, at
http://www3.ca.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?CID=69484. See also Sahoo,
Swaha(2005): On world stage, Delhiites crack winning code, Hindustan
Times, New Delhi,May 19, 2005, p-4, Thursday.

Our congratulations to the winners!

Dr D.C.Misra
May 19, 2005

Cyber Quiz: Research Fellowship-5: Humboldt Research Fellowships

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, according to the web site,
enables highly qualified, early-stage researchers from abroad, who
hold doctorates, to carry out research projects of their own choice
in Germany . Applications may be submitted for long-term research
stays of at least 6 and at most 12 months; an extension of up to 24
months is possible. Researchers of all nationalities and disciplines
may apply to the AvH directly at any time. There are no quotas for
individual countries and disciplines. Check for details

http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/stp.htm

Dr D.C.Misra
May 19, 2005

Cyber Quiz: Forthcoming Event-44: Online Deliberation: Design,
Research, and Practice / DIAC (Directions and Implications of
Advanced Computing) 2005, May 20-22, 2005, Stanford University
____________________________________________________________________
ONLINE DELIBERATION:
DESIGN, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE / DIAC  2005
Stanford University, May 20-22, 2005

http://www.online-deliberation.net/conf2005/

Deliberation is a form of communication that is essential to
democratic societies. The main focus of communication on the
Internet thus far, however, has been chat and other
non-deliberative forms. This conference will help focus on
the act (and art) of online deliberation and will help
build an ongoing community interested in this form.

The Internet opens up vast new opportunities for civil society and
international collaborations. Come to DIAC 2005 and help explore
these opportunities!

The conference will bring together software developers, social
science researchers, activists, and practitioners of online
deliberation for three days of presentations and workshops. In
addition, we plan to discuss the possibility of a new society for
online deliberation with an international membership, to support
cross-disciplinary scholarship, principled design, and informed
practice in the use of online environments for group deliberation
and democratic participation.

This conference is the latest in a series of conferences on
Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing (DIAC),
presented in association with the Public Sphere Project (a CPSR
Initiative). First launched by CPSR/Seattle in 1987, the DIAC
symposia is one of the oldest conference series devoted to the
social implications of computer technology. DIAC 2006 is
tentatively scheduled for Brighton, England in the fall of next year.

Online Registration closes on May 18, 2005. Registration is
limited to 300 people.
http://www.onlinedeliberation.net/conf2005/registration.php

Registration includes one or two lunches, two continental
breakfasts, and a dinner/reception.

Through May 18, online registration is available at the following
rates (USD):

Regular: $130
Low Income (less $35K/year): $78
Stanford students with student ID: $39

Online registration closes on May 18, 2005, after which on-site
registration fees (if space is available) are as follows:

On-site, Regular: $150 On-site
Low Income (<$35K/year): $90
On-site, Stanford student with student ID: $45

A limited number of work exchange positions will be available:
approximately three hours of work to support the conference (e.g.
set up, clean up, staffing tables, running errands) in exchange for
free registration. Preference will be given to people who have a
strong desire to participate, but could not afford to attend the
conference otherwise. Email Todd (tdavies at csli dot stanford dot
edu) as soon as possible if you are interested in such an
arrangement.


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Online CPSR Dues and Donation Form:
http://www.cpsr.org/membershipForm

--
Susan Evoy * Managing Director
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 717 * Palo Alto * CA * 94302
Phone: (650) 322-3778 * (650) 322-4748 (fax)
http://www.cpsr.org
_____________________________________________________________________
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) is the oldest
non-profit, mass membership organization working on social impacts of
computer technology.

To learn more, go to http://www.cpsr.org

To join, use http://cpsr.org/membership
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Dr D.C.Misra
May 19, 2005

Cyber Quiz: CPSR's 2004-05 Essay Contest
_____________________________________________________________________
CPSR's 2004-05 Essay Contest

http://www.cpsr.org/act/contest/2004-5rules

Students can be published and win awards in CPSR's Essay
Contest !

CPSR is looking for papers that will advance its work
within its Working Groups and interests:

¤ Community Networks      ¤ Cyber-Rights      ¤ Internet
Governance
¤ Computers in Education    ¤ Computers and the Environment
¤ Computers and the Law    ¤ Ethics              ¤
Free/Libre
Software
¤ Intellectual Property    ¤ Participatory Design  ¤ Privacy
¤ Reliability & Risk       ¤ Voting Technology  ¤ Women in
Computing
¤ Working in the Industry

Participating students and faculty may join or renew their
memberships in CPSR for one year for $15 and $25,
respectively.

Deadline for submissions is June 1, 2005.

The Essay Contest guidelines are at
http://www.cpsr.org/act/contest/2004-5rules

Last year's Essay Contest Winners are posted via
http://www.cpsr.org/act/contest/2003-4winners

    -- Susan Evoy   *   Managing Director

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 717  *  Palo Alto  *  CA *  94302
Phone: (650) 322-3778    *
Email: evoy at cpsr.org
http://www.cpsr.org/

To Join or Renew your membership in CPSR, use
http://www.cpsr.org/membershipForm

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) is the oldest
non-profit, mass membership organization working on social impacts of
computer technology.

To learn more, go to http://www.cpsr.org

To join, use http://cpsr.org/membership
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Dr D.C.Misra
May 19, 2005

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Cyber Quiz: News-39: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF DISTRICT COLLECTORS TO
START TOMORROW
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A two-day National Conference of District Collectors is being held on
19th and 20th of this month in New Delhi. The conference, the first
of its kind, will discuss how the delivery system at the district
level can be improved to make the administration more responsive and
efficient. The Conference is being organized by the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and will be addressed by
the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on the 20th. On the 19th it
will be attended by Union Ministers of Home, Finance, HRD, Rural
Development, Panchayati Raj and Health and Family Welfare,
Agriculture and Cooperation, besides Minister for Personnel, Shri
Suresh Pachouri.

The subject matters to be discussed at the District Collectors'
Conference, that were identified at the four regional level workshops
held this year, are as follows-

Right to Information and Transparency in Government
Public Private Partnership in Governance at District level
Delivery of Services in Education and Health Sectors
Modernisation of District Administration and Capacity Building
Development of Infrastructure, Urban Renewal and Habitat Issues
Integrated Implementation of Rural Development Programmes
Delivery of Services and role of Local Institutions, and
Natural Resource Management and Environmental concerns.
On the 20th, the Prime Minister will see presentations by 16 district
collectors on the above mentioned themes. The Department of
Administrative Reforms, Ministry of Personnel will also launch a
portal of Digital Repository of Best Practices in Governance. The
portal will have case studies on good governance practices in India
and abroad. The portal will also have online discussion forums, and
will act as a resource for the administrators.

The Department of Administrative Reforms will also release a DVD
containing Reports on Reforms by various committees/ commissions. Of
the 73 Reports contained in the DVD, the oldest is "Report of
House
Commons on the Affairs of The East India Company, 1812" and the
latest is the "Hota Committee Report on Civil Service Reforms,
2004".

A Draft Model Code of Governance having fundamental principles and
benchmarks of good governance has been drawn up by a Committee of
Secretaries and will also be presented to the Prime Minister.

(Source: Press Information Bureau Press Release, New Delhi, May 18,
2005, Wednesday, http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?
relid=9343)

Dr D.C.Misra
May 18, 2005

Cyber Quiz: News-38: Bloggers, get ready for govt jobs!, The Economic
Times, May 18, 2005, Wednesday.

Check

*Bloggers, get ready for govt jobs!, The Economic Times, May 18,
2005, News by Industry: Infotech: Internet & Online, available:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1113704.cms

Dr D.C.Misra
May 18, 2005.
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*Bloggers, get ready for govt jobs!

IANS[ WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2005 02:08:51 AM]

If you are a serious blogger the Indian government may just open its
doors to you!

India is in the process of framing rules for granting accreditation
to internet journalists and bloggers for the first time, taking a
reality check on an evolving world of net writers who could shape
opinion and who have already been granted access to official
corridors in countries such as the US.

"We are framing the rules for giving accreditation to dotcom
journalists, including bloggers," Principle Information Officer
Shakuntala Mahawal said.

The first meeting on this was held a fortnight ago, and more are
scheduled in the coming days. "We want an inclusive policy and we
want to complete the process as early as possible," Mahawal said.

This augurs well for independent bloggers, or web loggers, who are
increasingly being recognised the world over as cyber journalists. A
blog, short for web log, is a personal journal published on a
website. Blogs can be musings, opinions and news, and a blogger can
have a dedicated daily audience through his postings.

'Blogosphere', as the world of bloggers is popularly known, got a big
boost in March when American blogger Garrett M Graff, 23, was given a
pass to attend the daily White House briefing.

In India, blogging became popular during the December 26 tsunami
disaster with countless blogspots soliciting aid, as well as
reporting from tragedy-struck areas to give eyewitness accounts.

There are approximately eight million bloggers across the world, some
of them professional journalists but quite a few just freelancers.

According to the top press officer, the government acknowledges that
the role of dotcoms is becoming increasingly crucial in opinion
making with net surfing becoming a way of life with virtually all of
urban India.

For the past few years, internet journalists and writers in India
have fought a tough battle with the official machinery to gain access
to government offices and conferences through the mandatory Press
Information Bureau (PIB) accreditation.

The battle turned grimmer after the expose by scam-busting website
tehelka.com revealing corruption in defence deals and showing top
politicians and officials accepting kickbacks, causing immense
embarrassment to the government.
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Cyber Quiz: News-37: Centre all set to log onto e-goernance mode:
State mission mode projects part of Rs 12,000 crore plan to be
completed through public-private partnership, The Economic Times, New
Delhi, May 18, 2005, Wednesday, p-14.

Check

*Nagraj, Sudha (2005): Centre all set to log onto e-goernance mode:
State mission mode projects part of Rs 12,000 crore plan to be
completed through public-private partnership, The Economic Times, New
Delhi, May 18, 2005, Wednesday, p-14, available
http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/ET/navigator.asp?
Daily=ETD (accessed: May 18, 2005).

Dr D.C.Misra
May 18, 2005
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*Centre all set to log onto e-governance mode

STATE MISSION MODE PROJECTS PART OF Rs 12,000-Cr PLAN TO BE COMPLETED
THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Sudha Nagaraj NEW DELHI 17 MAY

    ALL state governments have been directed by the Centre to set up a
nodal agency, a programme steering council headed by the chief
minister and an e-governance apex committee headed by the chief
secretary to pursue state mission mode e-governance projects. The
projects are to be taken up through publicprivate partnerships.
    The mission mode projects relate to land records, road transport,
property registration, agriculture, treasuries, municipalities, gram
panchayats, commercial taxes, police and employment exchanges. These
state mission mode projects are part of the Rs 12,000-crore national
e-governance plan which is to be completed by 2007. So far, the focus
was on central mission mode projects — DCA 21, income tax,
passport
visa, immigration, central excise, pensions and so on. Now the
institutional framework and norms are being put in place to launch
and synchronise e-programmes at the state level.
    "Many governments do not even have an IT department to deal
with
the complexities of the e-governance project. So this is the first
gap that needs to be filled," sources said.
    Due to lack of suitable personnel, inadequate skill within the
government and lack of institutional framework to handle the
programme, state governments have been given freedom to source
personnel from the private sector to drive e-governance initiatives
through a public-private-partnership mode. Hyderabad-based National
Institute of Smart Governance, a Section 25 company under the DIT and
the IIMs may be roped in for outsourcing and training activities.
    Detailed guidelines for capacity building from the Planning
Commission and department of information technology stress that the
Rs 300 crore budgetary provision made under additional Central
assistance to states should primarily be employed for capacity
building. The ACA should be released to the state level nodal agency.
Apart from the nodal agency, the programme steering council, to be
headed by the chief minister of each state with industry veterans as
members, would provide overall vision and broad policy directives.
The state apex committee, headed by the chief secretary, would in
turn give strategy direction and programme a plan of action which
would be in line with the vision. State governments may either
designate an existing agency or set up a new one, which would be
registered as a company or society.
    The guidelines also stipulate a state e-governance mission team
(SeMT) to be set up to act as a secretariat to the council and apex
committee.

Cyber Quiz: Document-12a: PC & DIT (2005): Guidelines for Capacity
Building and Institutional Framework for e-Governance under NeGP, New
Delhi, the Authors, March, Annexures

[PC and DIT 2005]Planning Commission and Department of Information
Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology,
Government of India: (2005): Guidelines for Capacity Building and
Institutional Framework for e-Governance under NeGP, New Delhi, the
Authors, March, Annexures, available
http://www.mit.gov.in/ANNEXUREs.pdf( 5 pp, 4 annexures)

Dr D.C.Misra
May 18, 2005

Cyber Quiz: Document-12:  PC & DIT (2005): Guidelines for Capacity
Building and Institutional Framework for e-Governance under NeGP, New
Delhi, the Authors, March.

[PC and DIT 2005]Planning Commission and Department of Information
Technology, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology,
Government of India: (2005): Guidelines for Capacity Building and
Institutional Framework for e-Governance under NeGP, New Delhi, the
Authors, March, available http://www.mit.gov.in/Capacity%20Building%
20Guidelines-21st%20March,%2005.pdf (13 pp, annexures not available)

Dr D.C.Misra
May 18, 2005

Cyber Quiz: List-99: Eighteen Most Annoying Buzzwords 2004
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1.At the end of the day
2.Solution
3.Thinking outside the box
4.Synergy
5.Paradigm
6.Metrics
7.Take it offline
8.Redeployed people
9.On the runway
10.Win-win
11.Value-added
12.Get on the same page
13.Customer centric
14.Generation X
15.Accountability management
16.Core competency
17.Alignment
18.Incremental
______________________________________________________________________
Note: Based on U.S. national poll, n=150 senior executives.

Source: Accountemps (2004): Buzzwords Gone Bad: Survey Reveals Most
Annoying Terms and Phrases in the Workplace, December 22,
http://www.accountemps.com/PressRoom?LOBName=AT&releaseid=1302
(accessed: May 18, 2005)

Dr D.C.Misra
May 18, 2005.

Cyber Quiz: Question of the Day-7: What is "Podcast"?

Podcasting is a way of publishing sound files to the Internet,
allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new audio files
automatically. Podcasting is distinct from other types of audio
content delivery because it uses the RSS protocol. This technique has
enabled many producers to create self-published, syndicated radio
shows.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast (accessed: May 17, 2005).

Dr D.C.Misra
May 17, 2005

Cyber Quiz: Research Fellowship-4: East West Center, Washington,
D.C.: South Asia Fellowship Program Fall 2006

The East-West Center Washington, D.C. is accepting applications from
young scholars who wish to undertake research and writing on internal
and international conflicts in South Asia. Applicants must be
completing or have completed their Ph.D.degrees in the last seven
years, be a national of a South Asian country, and presently be
residing in the region. For details, check

http://www.eastwestcenterwashington.org/Visiting%20Scholars/SA06-
Announcement(EWCW).pdf

Dr D.C.Misra
May 17, 2005

Cyber Quiz: Forthcoming Event-43: India: National Conference of
District Collectors, May 19-20, 2005, New Delhi

A 2-day National Conference of District Collectors, convened by the
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India
will be held on May 19-20, 2005 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.  The
Conference will discuss governance issues and improvement in delivery
systems at the district level. It will be attended by about 300
District Collectors. The Conference will be addressed by the Prime
Minister on May 20, 2005.

District Collectors, also known as District Magistrates and / or
District Officers, are chief executive officers of a district
responsible for the good governance in their districts. This forum
wishes the conference all success. For details, check

http://darpg.nic.in/content/Collectors%20Conf%2005.doc (accessed: May
17, 2005)


Dr D.C.Misra
May 17, 2005

Cyber Quiz: List-98: Top Ten Countries in E-Readiness 2005
____________________________________________________________________
1.Denmark (1/1) (8.74/8.28)
2.United States (2/6) (8.73/8.04)
3.Sweden (3/3) (8.64/8.25)
4.Switzerland (4/10) (8.62/7.96)
5.United Kingdom (8.54/8.27)
6.(tie) Hong Kong (6/9) (8.32/7.97)
--(tie) Finland (6/5) (8.32/7.97)
8.Netherlands (8/8) (8.28/8.00)
9.Norway (9/4) (8.27/8.11)
10.Australia (10/12) (8.22/7.88)
____________________________________________________________________
Note:

1. First and second figures in first parentheses indicate
the rank in 2005 and 2004 respectively and first and second figures
in second parentheses indicate the score out of 10 in 2005 and 2004
respectively, and

2. India (49/46) (4.17/4.45) and China (54/52)(3.85/3.96) ranked 49th
and 54th respectively.

Methodology:

Nearly 100 quantitative and qualitative criteria, organised into six
distinct categories, feed into the e-readiness rankings. The six
categories (and their weight in the model) are connectivity and
technology infrastructure (25%); business environment (20%), using
the 70 indicators covered by the Economist Intelligence Unit's
business environment rankings; consumer and business adoption (20%);
social and cultural environment (15%); legal and policy environment
(15%); and supporting e-services (5%). For further details, check
www.eiu.com/2005eReadinessRankings

Source:

Economist Intelligence Unit E-Readiness Rankings, 2005, Press release
dated April 20, 2005, available: http://store.eiu.com/index.asp?
layout=pr_story&press_id=160001816
(accessed: May 17, 2005).

Dr D.C.Misra
May 17, 2005

Cyber Quiz: Website Watch-91: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL)'s Knowledge Base

The website proclaims, "Update your Knowledge on Telecom." For the "World
Telecom Day" today it has also posted on May 16, 2005 a very brief but an
illuminating write-up: "PCOs in India: A model for developing countries."

Check the website at

http://www.bsnl.in/knowledgebase.asp

Dr D.C.Misra
May 17, 2005

Dear colleague,

This is an invitation and an opportunity to provide input directly
into the current discussions on Internet Governance.

The UN's Working Group on Internet Governance is conducting a survey
to ask stakeholders for their thoughts on current Internet Governance
arrangements.

The questionnaire is available on the WGIG website at:

     http://www.wgig.org/docs/Questionnaire.09.05.05.pdf

An online discussion forum is also being established. When available,
this can be found via the link on the WGIG home page:

     http://www.wgig.org

I would like to encourage you to take a few minutes to respond to this
survey.  As a stakeholder in Internet governance, and in IP address
management in particular, your input is important and will be valued
by the WGIG.

In order to better understand the positions of APNIC members and
stakeholders, I would be very interested to receive a copy of any
inputs that you send to the WGIG, if you are prepared to share them.
This is entirely optional of course.


Thanks and best regards,


Paul Wilson


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Cyber Quiz: Article-23: Review of Tripathi, Suryakanthi (2005):
Technology: Be Consumer and Producer, 8th Day, The Sunday Statesman
Magazine, May 15, 2005, p-7.

Like blogging, podcasting has come and it is here to stay. It is now
possible, like RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds, to receive
radio broadcasts as audio files (typically in mp3 format) in our
computers or mobile computing devices and listen to
"podcasts" at our convenience even while on move. Its
on-the-go format ensures that anyone can listen to a podcast from
anywhere across the globe, says Tripathi.* Podcasting in the USA has
created an audience of more than six million people, says the author.
For a country like India having diverse development needs, podcasting
can be an excellent tool for, say, agricultural extension.

Says Tripathi: "India's has one billion people and podcasting
can be an effective development tool, provided the prices of hardware
fall sharply. Whether it is health and nutrition information,
panchayati raj and local government matters, issues such as water-
harvesting techniques for households, even cooking recipes or music
lessons, anything can be downloaded and heard from anywhere,
anytime." It can be an important tool in the development tool box
of in creating awareness about various development programmes but it
can be useful only when the requisite hardware is within the reach of
the common man as the ubiquitous radio is.

Dr D.C.Misra
May 16, 2005
____________________________________________________________________
*Tripathi, Suryakanthi (2005): Technology: Be Consumer and Producer,
8th Day, The Sunday Statesman Magazine, May 15, 2005, p-7, available:
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?
clid=30&theme=&usrsess=1&id=77140 (accessed: May 16, 2005).

Cyber Quiz: Question of the Day-6: What is "POWER"?

Program for an Ontology-based Working Environment for Rules and
regulations of the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration (DTCA). The
two year (2001-03) project is now finished.

Check for details Van Engel, T.M., P.J.M. Kordelaar, J. den Hartog,
E. Glassee (2000): Power: Programme for an Ontology-Based Working
Environment for Modeling and Use of Regulations and Legislation,
Proc. 11th Workshop Database and Expert Systems Applications, IEEE
Press, Piscataway, N.J., 2000, pp. 327-334,
http://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/dexa/2000/0680/00/06800327ab
s.htm (subscription rquired) and http://www.lri.jur.uva.nl/~epower/
(accessed: May 16, 2005).

Dr D.C.Misra
May 16, 2005.

Cyber Quiz: List-97: Top Ten Podcasts 2005
__________________________________________________________________
1.this WEEK in TECH
2.Dawn and Drew Show
3.Free talk Live
4.Catholic Insider
5.EarthCore – A Podcast
6.Slacker Astronomy
7.The MacCast
8.Coverville
9.The Daily Source Code
10.Geek News Central
__________________________________________________________________
Source: Top 50 Rated Podcasts,
http://www.podcastalley.com/top_50_podcasts.php (accessed: May 16,
2005)

Dr D.C.Misra
May 16, 2005

Cyber Quiz: Occasional Paper Review-24: van Engers et al. (2002): POWER
to the E-Government

The problem with many concepts that describe e-government is that,
according to van Engers et al.*, they are fragmentary. According to
them: "This way the channels for e-government are isolated and
not put in perspective of the uniqueness and the scope of
governments' role." They, therefore, felt the need to develop
a framework in which all the different concepts (such as e-voting, e-
democracy, government on-line etc.) could be put in perspective and
connected to society's actors and their relationships with
governments.

Improving legislation's accessibility and transparency is the aim
of the POWER program (Program for an Ontology-based Working
Environment for Rules and regulations) in Dutch Tax and Customs
Administration (DTCA). In POWER program, "two important knowledge
management approaches, the stock approach and the flow approach are
combined." The stock approach "aims at storing information in
systems (knowledge systems) and databases" and the flow approach
pays attention to "actors involved in the transfer or
dissemination process of knowledge" who "add subjective
value." As such the flow approach pays attention to "these
processes" and pays "specific attention to communication and
the stakeholders'involvement." In the POWER program these two
approaches arecombined. The program supports "the chain of
processes from legislation drafting to implementation."

Conceptual models, combined with task models, can, according to van
Engers et al., be used for example in anomaly detection, simulation
of legislation effects, data modeling and specification of knowledge-
based systems). The approach seems to offer governments, according to
them, "means to quickly provide the services needed to be
effective. The transparency that results from this approach could
very well be the key to success for further development of the E-
Government framework." Verily, the POWER program is a powerful
attempt to realize the so-far-unrealized potential of e-government,
in general, and e-taxation, in particular.

Dr D.C.Misra
May 16, 2005
_____________________________________________________________________
*van Engers, Drs Tom M., Dr Patries J.M. Kordelaar and Drs Stella A.
ter Horst (2002): POWER to the E-Government,
http://www.lri.jur.uva.nl/~epower/publications/POWERtotheEgovernment.p
df (accessed: May 16, 2005).

Cyber Quiz: Latest Arrivals-30: Slater, Don and Jo Tacchi (2004):
Research on ICT Innovations on Poverty Reduction, New Delhi, United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for Communication and Information, 101 pp

Research on ICT Innovations for Poverty Reduction,* according to the
website, "presents comparative research findings of local
initiatives spread across a series of sites in South Asia. The sites
include a range of community media and ICT applications from Uva in
Sri Lanka, Tansen in Nepal, Sitakund in Bangaldesh, Baduria and
Darjeeling (West Bengal), Seelampur (New Delhi), Budikote (Karnataka)
and Chennai, Cuddalore and Kancheepuram (Tamil Nadu) in India."

Dr D.C.Misra
May 16, 2005

__________________________________________________________________

*Slater, Don and Jo Tacchi (2004): Research on ICT Innovations on
Poverty Reduction, New Delhi, United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),  Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for
Communication and Information, 101 pp, available
http://cirac.qut.edu.au/ictpr/downloads/research.pdf (accessed: May
16, 2005).

Cyber Quiz: List-96:Ten Most Popular Hand-held Devices in the U.S
_________________________________________________________________
1.RIM Blackberry 7230 (T-Mobile)
2.PalmOne Treo 650 (CDMA)
3.PalmOne Tungsten T5
4.Dell Axim X30 (64MB, 624Mhz processor)
5.PalmOne Treo 650 (Cingular, GSM/GPRS)
6.Sony Ericsson P910a
7.PalmOne Tungsten E2
8.HP iPaq Pocket PC h6315
9.Motorola MPx220
10.Dell Axim X50v
_________________________________________________________________
Source: Sunday Hindustan Times, New Delhi, May 15, 2005, p-14.

Dr D.C.Misra
May 15, 2005.