Hong Kong — The convergence of biometrics, global operational standards and the integration of public and private services are forging government identity technology ahead in the Asia Pacific region.
The Korea Customs Service (KCS) plans to expand its exports of UNI-PASS, an electronics customs clearance system, to Latin America, Asia, and Africa in the near futur
The Internet has always been pushing modern life into far-reaching homes with its powerfully penetrating influence. It often results in either work-at-home or Internet-based workplace situations.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS) and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) have been staging a joint campaign to build up a creative and dynamic information culture since 1988.
Everybody is talking about smart lately. Apart from its lexical definition, smart became the hottest keyword today as it is widely used for different industries and products such as smartphones, smart TVs, smart work, and smart management. The Korean government has also decided to keep up with the latest trend to evolve into a smart government.
"To meet citizens' growing demands for online communication and effectively cope with rising demand for green IT services and green growth, the city government is actively pushing ahead with the e-government vision," said Song Jung-hee, Assistant Mayor for Information Technology (CIO) of Seoul Metropolitan Government.
June 23 marked the day when the whole world found out how advanced Korea's IT was. The Korean government had the honor of winning the 'Global e-Government System 2010' award at the 2010 United Nations Public Service Day, which was held at the AXA Convention Center in Barcelona, Spain for 3 days.
Korea's e-government system is reputed to be a representative model for all similar products, and government officials from overseas are visiting Korea to check its progress every year, SK C&C CEO
Inter-ministry cooperation, the Digital New Deal, the Green New Deal, the Software New Deal, ubiquitous IT convergence, and total control systems are the new ingredients to be placed in the pot in 2009.
The Ministry of Information and Communication pushes hard to support the expansion of E-Government Systems overseas. Government sectors, supporting organizations, and software companies together formed a support group to earn contracts and the very first group will be dispatched to Vietnam and Indonesia.
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