Hey
I'd like to participate in today's Skype discussion on Open Data. My skype
id is "evad.mu". Thanks!
Cheers,
EVad.
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 3:23 AM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> At 14:07 27-05-2015, Daniel Laeng wrote:
>
>> My skype ID appears to be "zipzipuk" (I can't remember why). I'll be
>> ready to join at 20:50.
>>
>
> I sent a request.
>
> When I say "discovery service", I'm willing to be pragmatic: I'm happy
>> with a prominent web page with a (maintained!) list of Government Open Data
>> with links to offsite download pages for each. Having an open list of Open
>> Data feels like the first step of Open Data.
>>
>
> I'll suggest that we go with "web page with a maintained list of Open
> Government Data". We could discuss about the "discovery service" on
> Thursday.
>
> I think several government departments are starting to scan their paper
>> based records into PDFs. Yes, this is difficult to parse, but I'd love to
>> see them making these available.
>>
>
> "The computerisation of various governmental agencies dates back to 1989"
>
> "The computerisation of various governmental agencies has constantly been
> on the increase since then. To date, there are around 60 departmental
> systems already operational and some 40 major projects under
> implementation.
> These back office applications are a major building block of the
> e-Government
> programme."
>
> From
> http://www.the-report.net/mauritius/jun2012/111-q-a-mr-kemraz-mohee-general-manager-of-state-informatics-limited
>
> "SIL approaches e-government from the bottom up, and we have implemented
> many operational systems and applications."
>
> From a 2013 report:
>
> "The MICT is currently examining a proposal of Rs 140 million from
> Microsoft
> for the supply of licenses valid for a period of 3.5 years up to June
> 2016."
>
> There would be some data in machine-readable format as the above says that
> various governmental agencies have been computerised.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
>
>
>
>
Received on Thu May 28 2015 - 14:32:23 PST