In July, 2010, I was invited to be the Advisor in the reference group for the ‘Open Data Study’ – commissioned, by the Transparency & Accountability Initiative, c/o Open Society Foundation, UK. Under the initiative, apart from a report on Open Data Study, two … Continue reading
Recently we launched the new version of the Knowledge Management portal in NISR named ‘Knownet’. It has evolved from – almost one year – old version of the portal and builds upon the feedback and suggestions from the staff. One … Continue reading
Not long ago, I had shared an announcement with my colleagues in the National Statistics Office (NSO) that I’m currently working with, “Data.WorldBank.org Launched Today on Drupal”. In that announcement, more than the ‘Data’ part, I was excited for the … Continue reading
While working on developing the Lanka Interoperability Framework (LIFe) – an eGovernment Interoperability Framework (eGIF) for Sri Lanka – the opportunity to teach at the oldest University in Sri Lanka was God sent! Though, it was for a very short … Continue reading
Mobile phones demonstrate the concept of interoperability very easily, especially – the lack of it – on the handset side. From services perspective, the presence of interoperability is quite evident. Calls or SMS services can be accessed from almost all … Continue reading
Knowledge Management is no more a fad. Many organizations now have a better understanding of it and the benefits that can be derived. However, I have noticed that, it is still perceived to be a complex practice to implement. There is … Continue reading
While working with the Interoperability Frameworks for e-government services at country level, one theoretical issue that I’m faced with is, the debate on methodology for attaining interoperability in e-government context. For some, it is the National Enterprise Architecture (NEA) and … Continue reading
In one of the social networking sites I saw a banner flashed by one gentleman on his home page – wittily enough – campaigning for a popular Indian cricket commentator (Harsha Bhogle) for the post of India’s President during India’s … Continue reading
In the context of various information management systems running in governments, the expectations to have ‘single version of truth’ is not something new. For better planning, organizing, controlling and leading, having access to timely and correct (non-conflicting) data/information is very … Continue reading
Although the growth in the telecenter ‘numbers’ came as bits and pieces from different projects, the evolution of their ‘role’ was organic in nature. It grew out of the needs of the communities and eventually leveled the differences in their origin. … Continue reading