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PARIS, October 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Canary Islands Government continues to employ Open Source technology through Bonita Open Solution to provide citizens with quick access to online procedures in collaboration with Bull Spain and BonitaSoft. The Directorate General of Telecommunications and New Technologies of the Canary Islands (Spain), Bull, and BonitaSoft have worked together to provide the Canary Islands e-government with business process automation capabilities...

DULLES, Va., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on 27 years of experience in supporting federal government employees, Compusearch today launched PRISM 7.0 to help acquisition and grants professionals meet White House and Congressional goals of creating more transparency, visibility and control of taxpayer dollars. "Compusearch is committed to ensuring the large incoming acquisition workforce, as well experienced employees, have what they need to be successful. We spent the last 2 years...

MONTREAL, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ - Speedware, a provider of IT modernization solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Task Based Informatics Professional Services (TBIPS) Supply Arrangement and Standing Offer to provide specialized IT professional services to the Federal Government of Canada. TBIPS was established by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) to facilitate the delivery of task-based Information Management and Information Technology professional...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania has been recognized as one of the top states in the nation for its use of digital technologies to better serve citizens, save money and achieve policy goals, according to the Center for Digital Government's 2010 Digital States Survey. "Three years ago, Governor Rendell placed the Office of Administration in charge of overseeing the strategic direction of the commonwealth's IT operations," said Secretary of Administration...

New site consolidates open government contests into one place; provides universal, no-cost platform for citizens to participate in challenges. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The White House today launched the new Challenge.gov, an online tool for federal agencies provided by the U.S. General Services Administration that allows agencies to post contests aimed at increasing public participation with the government. As part of President Obama's call for an open, transparent...

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The Inaugural General Assembly of the World e-Governments Organization is to be held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea from September 6 through 8 under the auspices of the United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG) of UNDESA. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100823/HKM001LOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100823/HKM001LOGO ) The Inaugural General Assembly, hosted by the city of Seoul, is to...

CARSON CITY, Nev., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dafoe Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: DAFX) today announced the signing of a letter of intent to acquire 100 percent of Agkha Intelli-Tec, a dynamic, rapidly growing Dubai-based Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) and digital security solutions provider in exchange for approximately 59 percent ownership of Dafoe Corp. Agkha's technologies assist in fraud prevention, check security, electronic airline boarding passes, RFID technology,...

PITTSBURGH, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivisimo, a leader in information optimization, today announced the top 10 ways its Information Optimization platform has saved taxpayers $300 million by helping the federal government become more efficient and improve national security. Over the past few years, federal agencies, including federally funded organizations, have saved hundreds of millions of dollars and improved America's security posture by being able to quickly surf through mountains of...

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Bermuda, famed for its 220 days of sunshine per annum, is welcoming the arrival of the cloud. Lagan, the global leader in government to citizen (G2C) technology, today announces it has been awarded the contract to implement a pilot program utilizing cloud-based enterprise case management software for the Government of Bermuda. The program will go live in the summer. Announcing the trial, David Atwood, Director E-Government, Bermuda, said, "'At Your...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and LONDON, July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Omidyar Network today announced $2.275M in grants to three non-profit organizations that strive to create more transparent and accountable governments. Global Voices, mySociety and The XYZ Show are the latest grantees to gain support from Omidyar Network for their use of technology in furthering government transparency. Global Voices, the online citizen-media platform, will receive $1.2M for strategic expansion, including a program to...