Informatics is now eleven years old. The publication was revised two years back with an increase in the number of pages and enhanced focus on the e-governance related ICT activities being carried out in various parts of the Country. The revised lay out and enhanced coverage of the bulletin has been well appreciated by the readers.
The two news sections of Informatics viz. ‘Cyber Governance’ and ‘Happenings’ comprise of assortment of news items related to e-governance projects, workshops, seminars, training programmes, new websites, portals etc. Since Informatics gets published quarterly, sometimes the news items gets published so late that they lose their value.
In the age of Internet, it will not be fair on our part, if we do not make use of this dynamic medium of communication to facilitate instant access to news by our readers so that it serves its due purpose. Hence, we have launched an online extension of Informatics to carry the latest news from our centers all over the country.
‘Informatics - News Online’ shall be a part of the existing website of Informatics (http://informatics.nic.in ) and shall initially have two news sections (Cyber Governance and Happenings). All Correspondents of the Informatics shall be provided with the authorization and facility to directly upload e-governance news of their region on the website. Every fortnight, a summary of the latest news submitted to the website shall be compiled and sent through email to all the readers who would subscribe to the service.
I look forward to your kind co-operation & suggestions to make this venture a success.