Gulf News: Bahrain Speeds Up E-government Drive

“‘Bahrain’s vision of e-government is a very powerful one: to
get the citizens to access government services from anywhere and at
any time in the most secure manner,’ said Sheikh Ahmed Ateyatalla
Al Khalifa, under-secretary of Bahrain’s Central Informatics
Organisation (CIO), which is overseeing the e-government
venture…

“Bahrain has reposed a major vote of confidence in Linux by
using the open source software as the engine to drive its future
on-line services. IBM is providing the support, while its regional
partner, Gulf Business Machines, is doing the project
implementation…”

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