Vivek Kundra and other District of Columbia government employees talk about promoting more transparent government & more efficient delivery of government services through their use of Google Apps. He has been recognized for his work in developing programs to spur open source and crowd sourced applications using publicly accessible Web services from the District of Columbia with an initiative called Apps for Democracy, which he created with iStrategyLabs.
His efforts to use cloud-based Web applications in the District government have been considered innovative within government.
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Vivek Kundra on Google Apps and transparent government
Friday, March 6th, 2009Meltdown effect: 20,000 Indians return losing jobs abroad
Thursday, February 26th, 200926 Feb 2009, 1348 hrs IST, PTI
NEW DELHI: About 20,000 Indians have returned home after losing their jobs overseas due to the global economic crisis, the government said on Thursday.
Though the exact number of people who have returned is not available, there are reports which indicate that between 16,000 to 20,000 Indians have come back here after the economic slowdown, overseas Indian affairs minister Vyalar Ravi told the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour.
To a supplementary, the minister said that the number of incidents of overseas employers keeping passport of Indian employees have come down by 50%. But he did not provide the period when this reduction has been witnessed.
He said the government is aware that some employers keep the employees’ visas with themselves and do not renew these in time, rendering them illegal immigrants. The government is holding talks with foreign countries on the issue.
The UAE has issued direction to employers not to keep the visa of their employees, he added.
The Minister also said there is a need to make changes in the Immigration Act, which was last amended in 1983.
On the issue of migrant workers, he said the government has taken a number of initiatives, including signing of bilateral agreements to protect their interests.
Asked how many Indians are in jails abroad, he said the government does not have the figure, but it is very vigilant and would collect the information.
World in Numbers: Top H1B Sponsors 2008
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009- Infosys Technologies Limited 4559
- Wipro Limited 2678
- Satyam Computer Services Limited 1917
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1539
- Microsoft Corp 1037
- Accenture Llp 731
- Cognizant Tech Solutions Us Corp 467
- Cisco Systems Inc 422
- Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited 403
- IBM India Private Limited 381
- Intel Corp 351
- Ernst & Young Llp 321
- Patni Americas Inc 296
- Terra Infotech Inc 281
- Qualcomm Incorporated 255
- Mphasis Corporation 251
- Kpmg Llp 245
- Prince Georges County Public Schs 239
- Baltimore City Public Sch System 229
- Deloitte Consulting Llp 218
- Goldman Sachs & Co 211
- Everest Business Solutions Inc 208
- Verinon Technology Solutions Ltd 208
- Google Inc 207
- East Baton Rouge Parish School Sys 205
7 mistakes to avoid when applying for that tech job
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Among other things: Be specific about your skill set, but don’t list technologies that were popular 15 years ago unless they relate to the job you’re applying for.