Latest e-government Stories

Strengthening Public Financial Management Through Transparency in Timor-Leste to highlight 25th Annual ICGFM International Conference Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) May 13, 2011 FreeBalance, a For Profit Social Enterprise (FOPSE) software company that helps governments around the world to leverage robust Government Resource Planning (GRP) technology to accelerate country growth, continues to promote customer Public Financial Management (PFM) success milestones. FreeBalance will be...

Winvale is now positioned to better support GSA's fleet of over 217,000 vehicles and to help GSA provide vehicle tracking and telematics services to the over 75 other participating federal agencies in the GSA Fleet Management Program. Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 29, 2011 Winvale, a leading value added reseller of technology solutions to government agencies, announced today that it has won a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement to provide the General Services Administration (GSA) with...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ForeSee Results today issued its quarterly report on the American Customer Satisfaction Index's (ACSI) E-Government Satisfaction Index, which indicates that good federal government websites save the government money and foster democracy. The research quantifies a direct cause-and-effect relationship between highly satisfied citizens and cost savings for the government. Highly satisfied visitors to federal government websites save the federal...

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ariel Way, Inc., (PK: AWYI) www.arielway.com, today announced that its subsidiary G4 Government Solutions, Inc. ("G4") has been awarded a five-year Federal Supply IT Schedule 70 Contract by the U.S. General Services Administration ("GSA"). The G4 Government Solutions GSA IT Schedule 70 (GS-35F-0344X) gives Federal agencies as well as State and Local Governments the ability to purchase information technology equipment, software and services from G4...

Rocket America to power troops abroad with newly acquired GSA Contract. Tampa, FL (Vocus/PRWEB) April 06, 2011 GSA Application Services is pleased to announce that Rocket Electric Company has been awarded a GSA Schedule 56 contract and are now certified to provide goods & services to the Federal government. Rocket Electric is placing its extensive battery selection on GSA Advantage!®, the government's electronic ordering system (http://www.gsaadvantage.gov). Federal...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation released two policy papers that call on community and elected leaders to adopt sensible strategies to expand government transparency, make public records and civic data more open and accessible to the public, and create local online hubs that provide maps for a community's information resources. Government Transparency: Six...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ForeSee Results today released the 2010 year-end E-Government Transparency Index, which confirms that online transparency is a key driver of online satisfaction and overall trust in government for many of the websites tracking it. The research also shows that e-government transparency has improved slightly since last quarter and is up almost half a point to 76.2 on the study's 100-point scale. Participation in the Index is up 35% this...

Middle East's first group on Government 2.0 to roll out public discussions that are viewable and shareable online. Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 16, 2011 Digital Daya ('digital influence'), a strategic consultancy that empowers world leaders to leverage the new media of the Internet, has announced the formation of a new LinkedIn group entitled 'Gov 2.0 - Technology, Initiatives and Innovations.' Because of digital communication and the ascent of social networking, the world of...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ForeSee Results today released the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) E-Government Satisfaction Index, showing that citizen satisfaction with federal government websites remains near its all-time high. Satisfaction with e-government slips slightly to 75.0 (on the ACSI's 100-point scale) but remains near the all-time high set in the third quarter of 2010. Of the 30 quarters that ACSI has been measuring e-government, three of the top...

BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FreeWave Technologies, (http://www.freewave.com), manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, today announced that its reseller, MicroBee Systems, Inc. (http://www.microbee-systems.com) of Huntsville, Alabama has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Information Technology (IT) Schedule 70 Contract. The contract will allow MicroBee Systems to sell...