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nr. 32
din 17 Septembrie
2003
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ROMANIA
01.>>>>Conferintele anuale ANIAP
02.>>>>La Tirgu Mures, un sistem de transport public
european
03.>>>>Ministerul Agriculturii vorbeste cu ziaristii
prin SMS
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
04.>>>>Nations to Develop Non-Windows Software
05.>>>>Microsoft at the power point
06.>>>>Electronic ID cards as a competitive advantage
for Spain
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
07.>>>>Glitch during primary heightens concern over
voting security
08.>>>>Readability Problems Plague State and Federal
Government Websites
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
09.>>>>Internet TV Channel for Local Government
Launches September 22nd
10.>>>>Survey reveals different attitudes to e-government
in France, Germany
and the UK
11.>>>>Norway: Use of ICT in municipalities, 2002
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
12.>>>>Forging a National Partnership for Cyberspace
Security
13.>>>>PI and EPIC Release 2003 World Privacy Survey
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
14.>>>>Portuguese Government presents its e-procurement
plans
15.>>>>eEurope 2005 Mid-term Review
16.>>>>IT Initiatives Essential in the Western European
Government,
Healthcare, and Education Sectors, IDC Says
ROMANIA
01.>>>>Conferintele anuale ANIAP
.(Agora News: 11/09/2003)
In perioada 5-7 septembrie , la Eforie Nord - Complexul Europa
, s-au
desfasurat lucrarile conferintei anuale ANIAP. Tema acestui
an au
reprezentat-o SISTEMELE INFORMATICE INTEGRATE , componentele
si securitatea
acestora.
http://www.agora.ro/news/articol.shtml?id=64164
02.>>>>La Tirgu Mures, un sistem de transport public european
.(Agora News: 12/09/2003)
Incepand cu 10 septembrie, compania de transport urban Siletina
din Tirgu
Mures, va da in folosinta Sistemul de Informare a Calatorilor
prin GPS si
GPRS, produs si implementat de catre compania Radcom din Bucuresti.
http://www.agora.ro/news/articol.shtml?id=64168
03.>>>>Ministerul Agriculturii vorbeste cu ziaristii prin
SMS
.(BizCity.ro: 16/09/2003)
Ministerul Agriculturii, Padurilor, Apelor si Mediului lanseaza
un nou
serviciu destinat ziaristilor acreditati, prin care Biroul de
presa va
anunta, prin SMS, evenimentele si actiunile desfasurate in cadrul
ministerului, precum si comunicatele si informarile de presa.
Toate
materialele respective vor fi, de asemenea, transmise detaliat,
prin posta
electronica.
http://www.bizcity.ro/?x=artnews&zid=4&resursa=stire&sid=10275
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
04.>>>>Nations to Develop Non-Windows Software
.(Yahoo! News: 05/09/2003)
Japan, China and South Korea have agreed to cooperate in a project
to boost
research and development of software for operating systems other
than
industry leader Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, a Japanese trade
ministry
official said Friday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=10&u=/ap/20030905/ap_on_hi_te/japan_windows_rivals
05.>>>>Microsoft at the power point
.(Economist.com: 11/09/2003)
Worryingly for Microsoft, Munich is not alone in holding that
view. Across
the globe, governments are turning to open-source software which,
unlike
proprietary software, allows users to inspect, modify and freely
redistribute its underlying programming instructions.
http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2054746
06.>>>>Electronic ID cards as a competitive advantage for
Spain
.(eGovernment News: 03/09/2003)
Electronic ID cards will start to be introduced next year in
Spain, with a
pilot scheme due to begin in mid-2004 in the city of Ávila (Castilla
y
León). This is what was recently announced by Mauricio Pastor,
IT manager of
the National Police, who leads the Spanish e-ID card project.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&documentID=1552&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
07.>>>>Glitch during primary heightens concern over
voting security
.(Mercury News: 10/09/2003)
The strange case of an election tally that appears to have popped
up on the
Internet hours before polls closed is casting new doubts about
the
trustworthiness of electronic voting machines.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/6739336.ht
08.>>>>Readability Problems Plague State and Federal Government
Websites
.(Inside Politics: September 2003)
Most state and federal government websites are not fully accessible
to
American citizens because they are written at too high of a
grade level,
according to the fourth annual e-government analysis conducted
by
researchers at Brown University.
http://www.insidepolitics.org/PressRelease03us.html
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
09.>>>>Internet TV Channel for Local Government
Launches September 22nd
.(Local e-Government: 05/09/2003)
eGovernment-Vision.TV, the internet television channel for the
local
authority community will launch with its first programme "Delivering
2005"
on September 22nd at 3pm. The programme series is produced in
association
with the IDeA, SOLACE and Socitm with the support of the Office
of the
Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM).
http://www.localegov.gov.uk/page.cfm?pageid=657&Language=eng
10.>>>>Survey reveals different attitudes to e-government
in France, Germany
and the UK
.(eGovernment News: 04/09/2003)
A survey performed by Taylor-Nelson Sofres (TNS) and recently
published by
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young France provides new insight on
the attitudes and
expectations of French, German and British citizens regarding
e-government.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&documentID=1554&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
11.>>>>Norway: Use of ICT in municipalities, 2002
.(Statistics Norway: 14/07/2003)
87 per cent of all municipalities had their own website and
44 per cent had
an own intranet in 2002. In 51 per cent of the municipalities,
under half of
the staff had access to an e-mail address and a PC.
http://www.ssb.no/iktbrukk_en/
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
12.>>>>Forging a National Partnership for Cyberspace
Security
.(US-CERT: 15/09/2003)
On September 15, 2003, the Department of Homeland Security,
in conjunction
with the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at Carnegie Mellon
University,
announced the creation of the US-CERT. The US-CERT works with
the National
Cyber Security Division (NCSD) to prevent and mitigate cyber
attacks and
reduce cyber vulnerabilities.
http://www.us-cert.gov/index.html
13.>>>>PI and EPIC Release 2003 World Privacy Survey
.(Privacy International: 05/09/2003)
Privacy International and the Electronic Privacy Information
Center released
Privacy and Human Rights 2003 on 5 September. The report reviews
the state
of privacy in 55 countries around the world. Issues covered
include data
protection, surveillance, anti-terrorism efforts and new technologies.
http://www.privacyinternational.org/index.html#news
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
14.>>>>Portuguese Government presents its e-procurement
plans
.(eGovernment News: 05/09/2003)
The Portuguese Government intends to save between 10% and 20%
on public
procurement costs between 2003 and 2006 thanks to the deployment
of
e-procurement systems across government.
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ida/jsps/index.jsp?fuseAction=showDocument&documentID=1556&parent=chapter&preChapterID=0-140-194
15.>>>>eEurope 2005 Mid-term Review
.(eEurope News: 02/09/2003)
The eEurope 2005 Action Plan was launched by EU leaders at Seville
in June
2002. It sets out the targets to be achieved by between 2003
and 2005 to
promote the development of a knowledge-based economy in Europe.
This web
area is part of the public consultation to a mid-term review
of the Action
Plan which is currently underway. Contributions are invited
by email and
should be submitted by 25 September 2003.
http://www.europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/action_plan/mid-term_review/index_en.htm
16.>>>>IT Initiatives Essential in the Western European
Government,
Healthcare, and Education Sectors, IDC Says
.(IDC: 02/09/2003)
According to IDC analysis Western European public sector markets
including
government, healthcare and education organizations are all undergoing
fundamental transformations to grow the satisfaction of their
"customers."
Those developments are expected to be complemented by the implementation
of
modern IT solutions that must fit government, healthcare and
education
agencies characteristics and business needs.
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jhtml;jsessionid=O0WCNHSV53R4YCTFA4FSFEYKMUDYUIWD?containerId=pr2003_08_01_115620
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