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ROMANIA
01.>>>> Acord privind guvernarea electronică
02.>>>>Sondaj MCTI privind utilizarea Internetului
in Romania
03.>>>> Peste 1000 de companii au fost autorizate
de ANRC pentru a
furniza servicii sau retele de comunicatii electronice
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
04.>>>>Coming into full bloom: technologies for
the future
05.>>>>Government opens up to idea of free Open
Source software
06.>>>> Returns are in on Md.'s election IT
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
07.>>>> Muscat Municipality to hold symposium
on e-government
08.>>>> IT has failed to help the common
man: experts
09.>>>> New research finds that Irish local government
websites are not
user-friendly enough
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
10.>>>> Spanish government websites rate poorly
on accessibility
11.>>>> UK gets set for major e-voting trial
12.>>>> Slovakia launches its e-government portal
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
13.>>>> States share data on cyberthreats
14.>>>> First responders get homeland security
network
15.>>>> The UK government secures electronic information
exchange
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
16.>>>> EU Phare twinning project helps to produce
a local e-government
strategy in Slovenia
17.>>>> E-business legal portal for SMEs
18.>>>> Dubai e-Government to boost services
ROMANIA
01.>>>> Acord privind guvernarea electronică
... (Revista Presei: 05/05/2003)
O declaratie ministerială referitoare la sustinerea serviciilor
oferite
de guvernarea electronică în întreaga Europă si la aplicarea
unor
standarde comune la nivel continental a fost adoptată în cadrul
conferintei "Societatea Informatională: Instrumente ale guvernării
electronice în Uniunea Europeană si în tările Sud-Est Europene",
documentul fiind semnat din partea României de ministrul comunicatiilor
si tehnologiei informatiei, Dan Nica.
http://www.revistapresei.ro/RO/articol.cfm?Sectiune=7zile&ID=44877
02.>>>>Sondaj MCTI privind utilizarea Internetului in Romania
... (Agora News: 06/05/2003)
Incepand cu luna martie 2003 MCTI a realizat, prin intermediul
paginii
sale web www.mcti.ro, un sondaj de opinie cu privire la locurile
de unde
romanii acceseaza cel mai des Internetul.
http://news.agora.ro/articol.shtml?id=62355
03.>>>> Peste 1000 de companii au fost autorizate de ANRC
pentru a
furniza servicii sau retele de comunicatii electronice
... (ANRC: 06/05/2003)
Pana marti, 6 mai, un numar de 1207 de companii au notificat
ANRC in
vederea obtinerii Autorizatiei Generale pentru furnizarea
serviciilor
sau a retelelor de comunicatii electronice. Din numarul total
al
companiilor care au inaintat dosare de notificare catre ANRC,
1034 au
primit certificate tip confirmand dreptul acestora de a intra
pe piata
in calitate de furnizori de servicii sau retelele de comunicatii
electronice.
http://www.anrc.ro/ro/6mai2003.htm
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
04.>>>>Coming into full bloom: technologies for
the future
... (GCN.com: 05/05/2003)
Which technologies are going to define government IT for the
next few
years? GCN takes a look at products, trends and standards
likely to take
root in five key areas: Web applications, security, communications,
storage and microprocessing.
http://www.gcn.com/22_10/news/21963-1.html
05.>>>>Government opens up to idea of free Open Source
software
... (The New Zeeland Herald: 29/04/2003)
The Open Source movement has received a boost from a Government
report
describing the software as "generally a viable alternative"
to
commercial software.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3451601
06.>>>> Returns are in on Md.'s election IT
... (GCN.com: 28/04/2003)
This month at E-Town, the FOSE 2003 trade show's virtual Main
Street for
e-government services, two Maryland counties described how
they switched
from lever-style and punch-card voting to direct-record electronic
devices.
http://www.gcn.com/22_9/statelocal/21844-1.html
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
07.>>>> Muscat Municipality to hold symposium
on e-government
... (Times of Oman: 05/05/2003)
A three-day symposium on 'e-government opportunities and challenges',
will be held at Al Bustan Palace Hotel from May 10, it was
announced
here yesterday. The event is being organised by the municipality
along
with the Arab Urban Development Institute in collaboration
with the
World Bank and the California Institute for Smart Communities.
http://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=31229&pn=business
08.>>>> IT has failed to help the common man: experts
... (The Economic Times: 20/01/2003)
Though more developments are happening in the field of information
technology in India compared to the rest of the world put
together, its
benefits have failed to trickle down to ordinary people, say
IT experts.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?arti
d=34939191
09.>>>> New research finds that Irish local government
websites are not
user-friendly enough
... (eGovernment News: 23/04/2003)
A new report was recently published on the usability of county
council
websites in the Republic of Ireland. The survey, carried out
by research
firm Ennis Information Age Services (EIAS), consisted in an
outline
usability and accessibility evaluation on the websites of
12 county
councils, selected for their representative geographical spread,
and
complemented with a test on speed of response to email enquiries
by 34
local authorities (city and county councils).
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&doc
umentID=1032&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
10.>>>> Spanish government websites rate poorly
on accessibility
... (eGovernment News: 30/04/2003)
Most Spanish public sector websites are insufficiently accessible
to
users with disabilities, according to new research. Emergia,
a
consultancy specialised in website accessibility, assessed
the
compliance of 21 central, regional and local government websites
with a
series of 9 basic accessibility criteria.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&doc
umentID=1051&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
11.>>>> UK gets set for major e-voting trial
... (ElectricNews.net: 25/04/2003)
More UK voters would go to the polls if they could do so virtually,
using tools such as text messaging and digital television,
according to
new research.
http://www.electricnews.net/news.html?code=9356141
12.>>>> Slovakia launches its e-government portal
... (eGovernment News: 24/04/2003)
The Slovak Republic's Government Office launched on 22/04/03
a national
public information portal Obcan.sk (Citizen.sk), dedicated
to improving
communication between the country's public administration
and its
citizens.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&doc
umentID=1039&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
13.>>>> States share data on cyberthreats
... (GCN.com: 21/04/2003)
A dozen states have banded together to pool their data about
critical
infrastructure threats. William F. Pelgrin, director of the
New York
State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure
Coordination,
is heading up the multistate information sharing and analysis
center,
which conducted its first exercise in February.
http://www.gcn.com/22_8/statelocal/21729-1.html
14.>>>> First responders get homeland security network
... (GCN.com: 28/04/2003)
The Justice Department and FBI are expanding their sensitive
but
unclassified law enforcement networks to share homeland security
data
across levels of government.
http://www.gcn.com/22_9/news/21878-1.html
15.>>>> The UK government secures electronic information
exchange
... (eGovernment News: 30/04/2003)
The Office of the e-Envoy announced on 29/4/2003 the launch
of a "key
building block" for enabling government departments to securely
exchange
information and transact online. It has indeed set up a new
piece of the
national e-government infrastructure, known as the National
Government
Root, and which allows authenticating and encrypting electronic
transmissions within and across government.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&doc
umentID=1050&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
16.>>>> EU Phare twinning project helps to produce
a local e-government
strategy in Slovenia
... (eGovernment News: 25/04/2003)
The Slovene Ministry of Information Society has positively
assessed the
results of an EU-Phare twinning project on e-government that
concluded
in March 2003. Under the six-month project, the Swedish Association
of
Local Authorities provided advice, expertise and a methodological
framework to local Slovenian experts for the development of
a local
e-government strategy for Slovenia.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&doc
umentID=1045&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
17.>>>> E-business legal portal for SMEs
... (EUROPA Enterprise News: 22 April 2003)
Enterprise Europe, Brussels, - A 12-language on-line information
service
on legal aspects of e-business has been launched by the Enterprise
DG,
in co-operation with Euro Info Centres.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/library/enterprise-europe/news-upda
tes/new-economy/2003/20030422.htm
18.>>>> Dubai e-Government to boost services
... (Gulf News: 04/05/2003)
Dubai e-Government's advisory board on community outreach
and marketing
will launch a pilot project involving five key government
departments to
cross-promote e-government services and activities.
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=86404
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