MANY departments of government in present-day Africa are the outcome of developments which reach back well into pre-independence times. In Malawi the development of the Ministry of Health can be traced to the very beginning of colonial rule, and as a distinct functional unit of central government it is almost as old as the Government itself. It is the purpose of this article to trace this devel...

BACKGROUND In recent years, natural disasters and the accompanying health risks have become more frequent, and rehabilitation work has become an important part of government performance. On one hand, social networks play an important role in participants' therapeutic community participation and physical & mental recovery. On the other hand, therapeutic communities with widespread participation ...

E-Government idea includes fast and improved citizen service from a quantitative and qualitative point of view, as well as the restructuring and reengineering of the providing organization and its services, through the increased usage and exploitation of the capabilities of the information and communication technologies and especially through the facilities and services of the Internet. The esc...

Local Government Authorities (LGAs) are information-intensive organisations. To satisfy their information requirements effective information sharing within and among LGAs is necessary (internally among departments and externally with other authorities). The problem of InterOrganisational Information Sharing (IOIS) has been regarded as inevitable for the public sector. Despite a decade of active...

As the World Wide Web has assumed an increasingly important role in providing government information and services, the need to extend these resources to the portion of the population with disabilities has become readily apparent. In 1998, Congress amended Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require federal government agencies and departments to ensure that their Web sites (as well ...

In order to fully integrate various emergency management information resources for volunteer service, the author proposes a service participation in collection platform based on big data technology. Taking municipal government as an example, current situation of integration is investigated and studied, needs departments are analyzed through interviews questionnaires, problems existing governmen...

This paper discusses the urgency for change and improvements in health policy determined by the exploding demographics and inequities in the health status of First Nation people. A historical overview of health services for First Nation clients was conducted as set out through government legislation and health and social policies. Until WWII ended, the federal government provided assistance to ...

This study examines the traditional approach to software development within the United Kingdom Government and the accreditation process. Initially we look at the Waterfall methodology that has been used for several years. We discuss the pros and cons of Waterfall before moving onto the Agile Scrum methodology. Agile has been adopted by the majority of Government digital departments including th...

In order to answer the question in the title, I will spend a little time simply describing structures within Government Departments in the UK which deal with nutrition, and how they interact with other Government Departments and Divisions and outside agencies. However, there is a simple and short answer to the question. Policy on any issue in a Government Department is determined by Ministers. ...

Scenario building is a technique to stimulate different perspectives and images on the future. This technique allows to better predict the evolution of a certain domain beyond short-term forecasting based on the scenarios developed. The EC co-funded project eGovRTD2020 aims to develop scenarios of e-government in 2020 and beyond. The vision is to transform the EC government landscape into a coh...