Russia: $1B Government Internet Program Launched
The Russian government has approved an electronic governance program developed by the Ministry of IT and Communications and the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. The $1.3-billion program will allow the ten government services most frequently used by the public, such a ordering a passport, obtaining a driver's license and registering real estate, to be carried out online by 2010.More here.
Within the program, every federal and regional agency is to have a telephone service center, where the public will be able to receive information by phone, and a modernized website with detailed descriptions of the services available. A Russian federal portal will be formed in 2008. By the second stage of the program, in 2009, people will be able to file forms over the Internet using electronic signatures.
posted by Fergie @ 8/17/2007 12:44:00 PM
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