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Tale of CWG website - 112 Crore spent? kbsyed61 - 10-OCT-2010
We all boast of being keepers and makers of world's back office solutions and IT systems. The list includes designing the Boeing's dream-liner to Bosch's washer-dryer. Recently concluded Soccer world cup's IT systems were supposed to have been supported by Mahindra Satyam team. Compare to this when we step down on our local website's, are left with disappointments and nothing else. |
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murali772 - 8-SEP-2010
A perennial complaint across cities about auto rickshaws is addressable through this proposed SMS facility. This will be more effective than a few manned auto help centres near bus and train stations since its reach will cover the entire city. |
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Right to Information act (RTI) and transparency psaram42 - 16-AUG-2010
In this age of the internet and exponential growth of the web, the RTI act 2005 should have been at best, a history by now. It is amazing to read the RTI 2005 document available on the web. It creates posts like Chief Information Commissioner and what not, for providing the so called information. I admit I could not, nor was I interested in reading this kind of document. |
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nithinsujir - 13-APR-2010
I came across this article on slashdot (a tech site). It's an excellent idea that is working for a lot of communities. http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/04/crowdsourcing-the-dpw.html Is this something that can work in Bangalore? This a great way to report issues such that they are visible to everyone. The reports that are in the newspaper are easily forgotten. But this way it will remain until fixed. We will also be able to guage the responsiveness of our local governments. Discuss.
Thanks, Nithin.
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Challenges facing Digital-isation of India murali772 - 22-JUL-2015
Infosys, country's second largest software services firm, has not made any profit on government projects because of red-tapism and other issues, its co-founder N R Narayana Murthy said today. |
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Crowd-sourcing info by Police Commissioner thro twitter murali772 - 17-JAN-2015
Tweets by Shri M N Reddi, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City - @CPBlr (twitter handle)
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Can genuine Public Consultation happen through government web-sites? murali772 - 6-DEC-2014
Within a week, every citizen of Bengaluru can voice his or her opinion on how the city's administration should be restructured, through an interactive web-site, as part of an unprecedented series of public consultations on the issue.
Citizens can log on and state their opinions on whether the city should be bifurc
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Metropolitan Planning Committee : Reality its controlled by Politically elected people only Sanjeev - 16-SEP-2014
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Data in Government offices - How safe are they? Vasanth - 24-SEP-2013
Today morning I had suprise visitors to my home from Bescom. Two men in a scooter, one person ready to remove the electric fuse at home. They came and suddenly asked for the receipt of last month's electricity bill. I had kept it somewhere and had to search all over home. |
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Now you can file RTI online including paymemt of Fees for Central Government/Departments! kbsyed61 - 20-AUG-2013
One more step towards greater accountability and transparency. Source - Times Of India |
