Travel site to take off The UK's Department or Transport (DfT) is set to launch a comprehensive travel information portal, which is being touted as a world first. The Transport Direct web site, which will be available at www.transport.info, aims to provide easy-to-use travel information and ticketing services for any journey within the UK, including trips by car, air, train, tram, tube, bus and ferry.
FRANCE The French parliament has adopted a law amending the 2003 budget that, among other provisions, establishes a legal basis for offering financial incentives to households submitting their income tax returns online.
n collaboration with HP and WISekey, Geneva announced the activation of an eVoting system pro- vided with biological features to be used with physically challenged people.
The society of standards and the National Association for eCommerce in Spain announced the formation of a technical committee to unify standards and terminologies for the "Digital City".
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