ROMANIA
01.>>>> IBM si Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti
creeaza ''Centrul IBM pentru e-government''
02.>>>> Extinderea sistemului electronic de achizitii
publice
03.>>>> Programul actiunilor ANRC pe internet
04.>>>> Conferinta Sud Est Europeanã pentru
Noua Economie
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
05.>>>> Zayed varsity signs deal on e-government
project
06.>>>> W3C - Microsoft leaves standards group
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
07.>>>> US - UCLA Internet Report - "Surveying
the Digital Future"
08.>>>> Getting e-government
09.>>>> WSIS - An information society for all
and an opportunity for
all to comment
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
10.>>>> Is Africa ready for 3G?
11.>>>> Africa And the Digital Divide
12.>>>> L'instauration du vote par correspondance
électronique
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
13.>>>>Internet privacy and hacking focus of Congress
14.>>>> Engaging Citizens Online for Better Policy-making
15.>>>> EU - Moving towards Consensus on Digital
Rights Management
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
16.>>>> Italian e-Government Must Rise to European
Level
17.>>>> Private and Public Sector Leaders Identify
E - Government
Priorities at Sapient Summit
18.>>>> UAE announces first phase of federal e-Government
project
ROMANIA
01.>>>> IBM si Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti
creeaza ''Centrul IBM pentru e-government''
...(ComputerWorld: 04/04/2003)
Centrul se va concentra pe proiectele de cercetare legate
de e-
government si se va ocupa de problemele cu care se confrunta
sectorul public in cadrul procesului de transformare realizat
de
guvernele actuale.
http://www.computerworld.ro/index.php?cat=articol&aid=672
02.>>>> Extinderea sistemului
electronic de achizitii publice
…(MCTI: 03/04/2003)
"Dorim ca prin dezvoltarea acestui sistem electronic
sa extindem
numarul beneficiarilor rezultatelor acestui sistem, sa ajungem
la
finalizarea a 100000 de tranzactii zilnic si chiar sa permitem
accesul companiilor private ca unitati contractante pe www.e-
licitatie.ro, deoarece avem numeroase cereri în acest
sens."
http://www.mcti.ro/mcti0.html?page=1345
03.>>>> Programul actiunilor ANRC
pe internet
… (ANRC: 03/04/2003)
Autoritatea Nationala de Reglementare in Comunicatii face
public,
prin intermediul paginii sale de Internet, programul detaliat
de
actiuni pentru trimestrele II, III si IV ale anului 2003.
http://www.anrc.ro/ro/3aprilie2003_2.htm
04.>>>> Conferinta Sud Est Europeanã
pentru Noua Economie
…(MCTI: 05/04/2003)
La inceputul acestei luri a avut loc cea de-a 4-a Conferintã
Sud Est
Europeanã pentru Noua Economie. Conferinta a avut si
o sectiune de
eGovernment, care s-a concentrat asupra provocãrilor
pe care la
implicã trecerea la eGovernment.
http://www.mcti.ro/mcti0.html?page=1346
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
05.>>>> Zayed varsity signs deal on e-government
project
...(Gulf News, UAE: 30/03/2003)
Zayed University and the Ministry of Finance and Industry
have
agreed on the first phase of the cooperation programme aimed
at
implementing e-government. ...
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=82642
06.>>>> W3C - Microsoft leaves
standards group
...(ZDNet News: 25/03/2003)
Microsoft has pulled out of a working group within the Web's
leading
standards organisation, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
focused
on establishing rules for how businesses will send and receive
data
to one another via Web services. The company withdrew from
the W3C's
so-called choreography group because it determined that the
scope of
the group did not align well with the work of two Microsoft
researchers.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132448,00.html
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
07.>>>> US - UCLA Internet Report - "Surveying
the Digital Future"
...(QuickLinks: 06/04/03)
The UCLA Internet Project is a comprehensive, year-to-year
examination of the impact of online technology on America.
This work
is part of the World Internet Project.
http://ccp.ucla.edu/pdf/UCLA-Internet-Report-Year-Three.pdf
08.>>>> Getting e-government
...(Electric News Net: 28/03/2003)
Make no mistake, e-government will create a profound change
in your
personal and professional dealings with the State and, importantly,
it will mean major ...
http://www.enn.ie/ffocus.html?code=9353617
09.>>>> WSIS - An information
society for all and an opportunity for
all to comment
…(ITU press release: 25/03/2003)
The results of the second meeting of the preparatory committee
for
the World Summit on the Information Society are now available
on the
WSIS website as the Draft declaration of principles and Draft
action
plan.
http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2003/NP03.html
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
10.>>>> Is Africa ready for 3G?
...(CNET News.com: 02/04/03)
Next-generation cell phone networks are arriving in Africa,
a region
some carriers view as an enormous business opportunity, despite
widespread poverty.
http://news.com.com/2100-1037-995186.html?tag=fd_top
11.>>>> Africa And the Digital
Divide
...(allAfrica.com: 28/03/2003)
The reality, of course, is that while SA, and indeed Africa,
may
dream of leapfrogging into the telecoms technology lead, there's
the
small matter of cutting cloth to needs. That, in the first
place,
means applying solutions appropriate to the country/continent's
needs and pocket, and secondly striving towards bridging the
so-
called digital divide - no easy task, as it's a moving target
where
the stakes are constantly raised.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200303280232.html
12.>>>> L'instauration du vote
par correspondance électronique
...(Courrier de l'Internet citoyen: 03/04/2003)
L'Assemblée nationale a adopté définitivement
le 27 mars une
proposition de loi autorisant l'instauration du vote par
correspondance électronique des Français établis
hors de France pour
les élections du Conseil supérieur des Français
de l'étranger -
CSFE. Le premier test est prévu avant l'été.
http://www.assemblee-nat.fr/12/ta/
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
13.>>>>Internet privacy and hacking focus of Congress
…(ComputerUser.com: 04/04/2003)
Privacy on the Internet is the focus of a new Senate bill
and an
upcoming House joint hearing. In both cases, the concern is
with the
vulnerability of personally identifiable information and the
increasing ease that such information can be obtained by hackers
and
others with ill intent.
http://www.computeruser.com/news/03/04/04/news4.html
14.>>>> Engaging Citizens Online
for Better Policy-making
...(OECD: 25/03/2003)
Today, all OECD Member countries recognise new information
and
communication technologies (ICTs) to be powerful tools for
enhancing
citizen engagement in public policy-making. Despite the limited
experience to date, some initial lessons for online citizen
engagement in policy-making are emerging...
http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00039000/M00039857.pdf
15.>>>> EU - Moving towards Consensus
on Digital Rights Management
...(europa.eu.int: 25/03/03)
Mr Erkki Liikanen, Member of the European Commission, responsible
for Enterprise and the Information Society, Workshop on Digital
Rights Management, Brussels, 25 March 2003. see Information
Society
DG Digital Rights Management and Events.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?
p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=SPEECH/03/163|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
16.>>>> Italian e-Government Must Rise to European
Level
...(Agenzia Giornalistica Italia: 25/03/2003)
Innovation and Technology Minister Lucio Stanca launched his
intention to "Recover levels of efficiency, carry out
better
services for citizens and the private sector, and bring public
administration to the European level as far as quality, efficiency,
and transparency".
http://www.agenziaitalia.it/english/news.pl?doc=200303251503-0138-
RT1-ECO-0-NF11,NF82&page=0&id=agionline-eng.italyonline
17.>>>> Private and Public Sector
Leaders Identify E - Government
Priorities at Sapient Summit
...(Business Wire: 31/03/2003)
Sapient, a leading business and technology consultancy, hosted
a
leadership summit to discuss strategies for achieving true
e-
government ...
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/cb_headline.cgi?
&story_file=bw.033103/230905163&directory=/google&header_file=header.
htm&footer_file=
18.>>>> UAE announces first phase
of federal e-Government project
...(DITNET: 30/03/2003)
The first phase of the federal e-government project will be
followed
by subsequent implementation phases, which will cover the
provision
of the required infrastructure, as well as the development
and
implementation of systems identified within the UAE Federal
e-
Government blueprint.
http://www.dit.net/news/news.php?id=EpuAppkuEuyKOWUzIJ
