Posts : egovernance

Crowdsourcing Public Works

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.

 

Online Store of GOK Unrepealed Acts

Ravi_D - 31-MAR-2010

Found this online store, linking soft-copies of un-repealed acts of GOK. Yes, I did rub my eyes to make sure I wasn't dreaming. 

Not sure where to post it, category or Tags to use. Admins, feel free to classify this post as you deem fit.

http://164.100.80.70/acts/ACTS%20E/dept.htm

For the record, got to this website thru' 'Acts & Rules' link on GOK-UDD Home Page

Online RTI anyone?

nijavaada - 29-SEP-2009

Has anyone filed an online RTI app yet? Any particular uniqueness in its flow?

Any experiences? Does it work?! At least as good as the conventional RTI?

New feature - search Bengaluru related sarkaari websites

tech - 16-SEP-2009

No big deal this, but we have put up a new feature wherein you can search through all well known Bengaluru related public websites. Its essentially a list of all sarkaari websites pointed out by the geeks of Praja.in put inside a "custom search" widget that will search only this universe of 25-30 websites.

Revolution in transparency in governance in US

sanchitnis - 19-AUG-2009

As you may be aware, Obama started a priority Open Government Initiative with website at Data.gov.

E-gov and Karnataka's Municipal Reforms Cell

silkboard - 13-AUG-2009

Recently, I saw some job ads from this much ignored body called Municipal Reforms Cell (MRC in short).  MRC was created back in 2005 to drive e-governance related reforms in Urban Local Bodies

E-Tracking of BBMP complaints

Rithesh - 21-JUL-2009

 BBMP plans to computerize its control room and introduce e-tracking of all grievances. 

1-800-call-bbmp for complaints - virtual BangaloreOne

silkboard - 15-JUL-2009

Wish there was a single BBMP helpline. 1800-call-bbmp like thing. Flow could be like this

BBMP Site needs to be user friendly

psaram42 - 14-JUN-2009

While complimenting the BBMP for their effort in computerizing their working on to the computer and the web, their web site needs attention urgently.

Are Government websites reliable in their static contents/updations?

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 19-MAY-2009

Dear All

Many of us have experienced difficulty in obtaining correct/uptodate information from Government websites.  This has led to a number of questions:

- Why were such portals launched

- Were the websites designed and developed 'in house' or 'outsourced', if so,  

- at what cost?