E-Governance: 30/12/09

GOVT WEBSITES TO CONFORM WITH GLOBAL NET STANDARDS
Margao
The Times of India

In a bid to boost e-governance and enhance uniformity, usability and functionality of government websites in the state, the department of information technology has made 56 government websites to conform to the standards incorporated in the guidelines for Indian government websites as mandated by the World Wide Web Consortium (WWWC).

The guidelines incorporated in the central secretariat manual of office procedure (CSMOP) were ratified by the government few months ago.

Confirming the same, director of information technology Pravin Chandelkar told TOI on Tuesday that efforts are on to get all government websites in the state to strictly adhere to the guidelines prescribing procedures for the management of government websites.

"The exercise is taking long as the IT department has been handling the task of approaching various departments and helping them technically with loading of contents. The task becomes a bit difficult as many departments do not have citizens' charters while a lot many have not made their presence felt on cyberspace," he said.