Newsletter
nr. 50
din 28 Ianuarie 2004
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ROMANIA
01.>>>> Romania, locul 41 la utilizarea Internetului
02.>>>> MCTI to change five laws through one bill
"to align legislation with the EU's"
03.>>>> Plata impozitelor - prin Internet, in sectorul
4
E-DEMOCRACY
04.>>>> eDemocracy project at Tandridge & Sevenoaks
05.>>>> Giving Voters a One-Stop-Shop for Campaign
2004 Information
E-VOTING
06.>>>> Sidebar: Papering Over E-voting Problems
07.>>>> E-voting 'risks fraud'
DIGITAL DIVIDE
08.>>>> Canyon or mirage?
E-GOVERNMENT
09.>>>> Growth of e-government slows across Europe
10.>>>> E-government will not eliminate jobs: Bill
Gates
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
11.>>>> EU makes major upgrades to its Europa web
empire
12.>>>> Study on Freedom of Information Laws Published
DATA PRIVACY
13.>>>> Liikanen on spam: "Regulation alone will
not solve the problem"
LEGAL
14.>>>> First UK Guide On E-Government Legal Issues
Unveiled
15.>>>> Pentagon e-voting plan 'flawed'
ROMANIA
01.>>>> Romania, locul 41 la utilizarea Internetului
...(Gardianul, 27/01/2004)
Romania s-a situat, anul trecut, pe locul 41, dintr-un total
de 60 de state
evaluate de Economist Intelligence Unit, dupa gradul de dezvoltare
si
utilizare a serviciilor electronice, fiind precedata in clasament
de Africa
de Sud si de Venezuela.
http://www.gardianul.ro/articol.php?a=liniafierbinte2004012704.xml
02.>>>> MCTI to change five laws through one bill "to align
legislation with
the EU's"
...(Business Romania: 28/01/2004)
The new draft law gives the regulatory body, ANRC, more power
over the
national fixed-line operator RomTelecom, which controls access
to the local
loop.
http://www.businessromania.com/index.php?x=read
03.>>>> Plata impozitelor - prin Internet, in sectorul
4
...(Romania Libera, 28/01/2004)
Cetatenii care locuiesc in sectorul 4 isi vor putea plati taxele
si
impozitele locale prin Internet. Cei care doresc sa utilizeze
aceasta
modalitate de plata trebuie sa aiba cont deschis la una dintre
sucursalele
Bancii Comerciale Romane.
http://www.romanialibera.ro/editie/index.php?url=articol&tabel=z28012004&idx=91
E-DEMOCRACY
04.>>>> eDemocracy project at Tandridge & Sevenoaks
...(PublicTechnology.net, 12/01/2004)
The project, funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister,
has meant a
new system, which allows the public to view the Council's agendas,
minutes
and reports via the web. Councillors have been asked to test
the new system.
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=441
05.>>>> Giving Voters a One-Stop-Shop for Campaign 2004
Information
...(PRNewswire, 28/01/2004)
Tool to be Major Source of Election Information Through Partnerships
With
the Nation's Largest ISPs and Media Outlets
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=SVBIZINK2.story&
STORY=/www/story/01-28-2004/0002097849&EDATE=WED+Jan+28+2004,+09:30+AM
E-VOTING
06.>>>> Sidebar: Papering Over E-voting Problems
...(ComputerWorld, 26/01/2004)
The politically paranoid got even more nervous last year when
researchers at
Johns Hopkins University analyzed the code inside AccuVote-TS
machines built
by Diebold Inc. and found it flawed His team's research claims
that smart
cards used by voters to access the machines can be counterfeited,
letting
voters "cast multiple ballots without leaving any trace." Furthermore,
security was lax enough to permit precinct workers to fiddle
with the
machines' vote tallies.
http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/story/0,10801,89293,00.html
07.>>>> E-voting 'risks fraud'
...(ZDNet.co.uk, 22/01/2004)
The experts -- three computer science professors and a former
IBM
researcher -- said on Wednesday that creating an e-voting system
that both
guarantees that each person votes once and protects voters'
identities is
impossible with existing Internet technology.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39119276,00.htm
DIGITAL DIVIDE
08.>>>> Canyon or mirage?
...(The Economist, 24/01/2004)
A new paper questions the notion of a worsening digital divide
between rich
and poor. THAT there are more telephones, computers and internet
connections
in rich countries than there are in poor ones is obvious. There
are also
more cars, televisions and air-conditioners.
http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=
2367710&subjectID=348963&emailauth=%2527%2528P21%255EM%252BBRPYL%250A
E-GOVERNMENT
09.>>>> Growth of e-government slows across Europe
...(Consultant News, 28/01/2004)
Whilst the adoption of e-government across Europe continues
to grow, the
pace of this growth slowed between 2002 and 2003,according to
the fourth
results of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's ongoing survey on
the adoption of
electronic Public Services.
http://www.consultant-news.com/Article_Display.asp?ID=1266
10.>>>> E-government will not eliminate jobs: Bill Gates
...(Associated Press, 26/01/2004)
Governments that employ e-government will not eliminate jobs
but will
provide their citizens with a more efficient and transparent
administration,
Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said on Sunday.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_547784,0003.htm
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
11.>>>> EU makes major upgrades to its Europa web
empire
...(PublicTechnology.net, 25/01/2004)
EUROPA, the EU's multilingual internet site, is getting a fundamental
face-lift in 2004 starting with a new-look home page which has
just gone
live. The aim for the EU's transformed website is to capture
new audiences &
will deliver continent-wide eGovernment information to citizens.
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=499
12.>>>> Study on Freedom of Information Laws Published
...(Noticias.info, 24/01/2004)
UNESCO has published a study of freedom of information laws
that examines
best practices in 10 countries. Written by ARTICLE 19 Law Programme
Director
Toby Mendel, "Freedom on Information: A Comparative Legal Survey"
analyses
laws in Bulgaria, India, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa,
Sweden,
Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
http://www.noticias.info/Asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=17685&src=0
DATA PRIVACY
13.>>>> Liikanen on spam: "Regulation alone will
not solve the problem"
...(EurActiv: 28/01/2004)
The Directive on Privacy and electronic communications, which
had to be
transposed by Member States by 31 October 2003, set out an an
'opt-in' ystem
that requires senders to ask for the recipient's prior consent
before
sending unsolicited commercial e-mails. Since then the debate
has been
focusing on the efficiency of these rules (see EurActiv, 12
December 2003,
and 16 December 2003). On 22 January 2004, the Commission adopted
a
Communication that tries to address the shortcomings of a purely
legal
approach to unsolicited e-mails.
http://www.euractiv.com/cgi-bin/cgint.exe?204&OIDN=1507058&-tt=me
LEGAL
14.>>>> First UK Guide On E-Government Legal Issues
Unveiled
...(Managing Information, 23/01/2004)
E-Government: A Practical Guide to the Legal Issues, from the
publisher
Sweet & Maxwell claims to be the first comprehensive text
to cover all legal
issues that central/local government and their advisers need
to consider
when bringing their services online.
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=2329
15.>>>> Pentagon e-voting plan 'flawed'
...(BBC News, 22/01/2004)
The Pentagon has defended its internet voting system after a
critical report
recommended it should be scrapped.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3419775.stm
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