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nr. 17
din 4 Iunie 2003
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ROMANIA
01.>>>>Initiativele romānesti de reforma a administratiei
prin folosirea mijloacelor electronice - un model potential
pentru Bulgaria
02.>>>>Indaco la Conferinta Birourilor de Consiliere
pentru Cetateni 2003
03.>>>>Cartiernet, reteaua dintre blocuri
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
04.>>>>The battle of Munich and what it means for
Open Source Software
05.>>>>Free Software Carnival: Latin America Takes
to FLOSS in a Big Way
06.>>>>6,200 Danes use digital signature in tax
statement trial
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
07.>>>>Using ICT to Improve Governance & Transparency
08.>>>>India's president speaks out against Microsoft
09.>>>>Online communities get real
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
10.>>>>Pakistan Government Blocks South Asia Tribune
Web Site
11.>>>>Blogs Opening Iranian Society?
12.>>>>Politicians of the world to unite in e-Parliament
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
13.>>>>OMB: Federal IT security's better but still
not good enough
14.>>>>U.S. Security Plans Threatens EU Privacy-Watchdog
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
15.>>>>E-government is one of the priority areas
of the new eTEN call for proposals
16.>>>>Italy wants to boost the dissemination of
its electronic ID cards
17.>>>>Government preps one-stop hub for e-services
ROMANIA
01.>>>>Initiativele romānesti de reforma a administratiei
prin folosirea mijloacelor electronice - un model potential
pentru Bulgaria
.(MCTI: 29/05/2003)
Īn perioada 29-30 mai 2003 se desfasoara la Sofia un forum national
avānd ca tema principala reforma administratiei de stat din
Bulgaria. Forumul este organizat de Ministerul Administratiei
de Stat al Republicii Bulgaria si beneficiaza de prezenta reprezentantilor
administratiei de la toate nivelurile din statul vecin.
http://www.mcti.ro/mcti0.html?page=1466
02.>>>>Indaco la Conferinta Birourilor de Consiliere pentru
Cetateni 2003
.(Indaco.ro: 29/05/2003)
Indaco Systems participa la conferinta internationala "Consilierea
Cetatenilor si Servicii Informationale intr-o Europa Extinsa",
care se desfasoara in Polonia, in perioada 29-31 mai, organizata
de Asociatia Birourilor de Consiliere pentru Cetateni din Polonia
(ZBPO), in colaborare cu Charities Aid Foundation, UK si Euro
Citizen Action Service (ECAS).
http://www.indaco.ro/resurse/cais2003.html
03.>>>>Cartiernet, reteaua dintre blocuri
.(Capital.ro: 05/06/2003)
In cartierele Bucurestiului, fanii Internetului au creat retele
care reunesc zeci de utilizatori. Viteza de navigare mare la
pretul unei conexiuni dial-up. Acesta pare a fi secretul retelelor
de cartier aflate intr-o continua expansiune.
http://www.capital.ro/sectiune.php?IdOfMagazine=230&IdOfSection=
4&IdOfCathegory=7&view=cathegory&IdOfArticle=9316&view=detail
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
04.>>>>The battle of Munich and what it means for
Open Source Software
.(eGovernment News: 27/05/2003)
The Bavarian city of Munich is likely to migrate its 14,000
workstations to Linux and an open source office suite in a deal
which value is worth double-digit millions of euros. This is
at least the wish of the Social Democratic (SPD) and Green municipal
groups, which hold the majority in the Council of Germany's
third-largest city.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=
showDocument&documentID=1218&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
05.>>>>Free Software Carnival: Latin America Takes to FLOSS
in a Big Way
.(LINUX Journal: 02/06/2003)
Latin America seems like it's a world away, but use of free/libre
and open-source software (FLOSS) there is growing much like
it is in South Asia and, arguably, better. Recently, a study
of FLOSS in Latin America pointed to the contribution of GNOME
(started in 1997 by Mexican developer Miguel de Icaza), Brazil's
Sourceforge-like Codigolivre.org.br portal site, the simple
UTUTO distribution from Argentina and the popular PHP-Nuke content
management system from Francisco Burzi of Venezuela.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6915
06.>>>>6,200 Danes use digital signature in tax statement
trial
.(Europemedia.net: 22/05/2003)
6,200 Danes chose to correct or approve their revised annual
tax statements over the internet using Denmark's official Digital
Signature. The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation,
the institution responsible for the digital signature, is happy
with the figures as people could just as easily have chosen
to use other methods, such as the phone.
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=16441
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
07.>>>>Using ICT to Improve Governance & Transparency
.(Development Gateway: 23/05/2003)
ICTs have come to be recognized as effective tools to facilitate
an environment of transparency and better governance. Efforts
are being made worldwide to incorporate these tools for a host
of purposes, from the dissemination of information about government
schemes, to virtual interfaces between citizens and government
functionaries, and to the provision of Web-based public services,
to mention only a few.
http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/133831/sdm/docview?docid=558636
08.>>>>India's president speaks out against Microsoft
.(Internet Magazine: 30/05/2003)
Open source software offers developing countries the best modernization
opportunities, according to the President of India. President
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam used the opening ceremony at a new International
Institute of Information Technology in Pune to speak out against
Microsoft's proprietary software.
http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=3459
09.>>>>Online communities get real
.(BBC NEWS: 29/05/2003)
Weblogs, e-mail and instant messaging are enabling people to
maintain relationships and pass information in unexpected ways,
say researchers. A study of online communities by UK think-tank
The Work Foundation has found that the web is much more localised,
more honest and less chaotic than original predictions thought.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2946188.stm
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
10.>>>>Pakistan Government Blocks South Asia Tribune
Web Site
.(South Asia Tribune: 30/05/2003)
The Government of Pakistan has blocked the South Asia Tribune
Web Site (http://www.satribune.com) for Internet
users in Pakistan with immediate effect.
The Block on SA Tribune Web Site has been placed by PTCL's Pakistan
Internet Exchange (PIE) which provides full circuit international
Internet bandwidth to customers all over Pakistan on the STM-1
connectivity leased from SingTel via SMW3 Optical Fiber link
from Karachi to New York.
http://www.satribune.com/archives/jun01_06_03/P1_pressrelease.htm
11.>>>>Blogs Opening Iranian Society?
.(Wired News: 28/05/2003)
Just as Westerners use blogs to make contact with others and
share intimate thoughts, Iranians have adopted the medium to
express themselves. But online honesty often requires anonymity
in Iran, where the religious police have broad powers to arrest
those too eager to embrace Western ways. About 1 million Iranians
have access to the Internet, which is largely uncensored but
is monitored by the government.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58976,00.html
12.>>>>Politicians of the world to unite in e-Parliament
.(EUobserver: 26/05/2003)
The world has some 25,000 popularly-elected politicians in democratic
parliaments and they are to unite in the new network "e-parliament"
in an attempt to have their voices heard when global decisions
concerning trade, environment, epidemics and armed conflicts
are taken.
http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?aid=11385
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
13.>>>>OMB: Federal IT security's better but still
not good enough
.(GCN.com: 27/05/2003)
Agencies have made progress in evaluating and securing systems,
but serious and pervasive problems persist and much work remains
to be done, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
OMB released its second report to Congress last month under
the Government Information Security Reform Act.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22217-1.html
14.>>>>U.S. Security Plans Threatens EU Privacy-Watchdog
.(Reuters:23/05/2003)
U.S. plans to set up a system of global electronic surveillance
to fight terrorism in the Internet age threaten the basic privacy
rights of European Union citizens, the EU's top privacy watchdog
told Reuters.
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2806124
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
15.>>>>E-government is one of the priority areas
of the new eTEN call for proposals
.(eGovernment News: 28/05/2003)
The European Commission launched on 20/5/2003 a new Call for
Proposals under the eTEN Programme for projects of common interest
in the field of trans-European telecommunications networks.
The call focuses on projects in the domains of eGovernment,
eHealth, eInclusion, eLearning and Trust and Security services.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=
showDocument&documentID=1230&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
16.>>>>Italy wants to boost the dissemination of its electronic
ID cards
.(eGovernment News: 15/05/2003)
In a move designed to give a decisive push to the diffusion
of the electronic ID card and to increase the take-up of e-government
services, the Italian Ministries of Innovation and Technology
and of the Interior signed on 13/5/2003 an agreement with nine
smart card providers to adopt a new unique standard ensuring
interoperability of the cards distributed across the whole Italian
territory.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=
showDocument&documentID=1074&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
17.>>>>Government preps one-stop hub for e-services
.(The Register: 03/06/2003)
The Online Government Store will bring together the various
e-services scattered across department websites into a central
hub or 'one-stop shop', where citizens could pay their income
tax, buy a TV licence or apply for a passport. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31000.html
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