TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
04.>>>> DNA Database
05.>>>> Iraqi Dead Counted, Not Forgotten
06.>>>> FBI Says Trilogy Program Is Complete
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
07.>>>>"e-Government and the European Union"
08.>>>> Another View: Do Web Sites Put Agencies'
Best Faces Forward?
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
09.>>>> On the Web, Everyone's a Pollster
10.>>>> Iraq Blog: Hubbub Over a Headlock
11.>>>> Online Journalists Jailed in Cuba
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
12.>>>> Does Cyberterrorism Pose a True Threat?
13.>>>> Al-Jazeera domain hijacked
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
14.>>>> Privacy Groups Fight Government Data Mining
15.>>>> Pakistan Creates Cyber Crime Wing
16.>>>> Oregon House Panel to Consider Open-Source
Software Bill
ROMANIA
01.>>>> Romsys în finala competitiei europene
eHealth Awards
...(Revista Presei: 27.03.2003)
Sistemul REMSSy (Regional Emergency Medical Services System),
realizat de
catre Romsys, s-a calificat alaturi de cele mai valoroase
proiecte de
informatica medicala din întreaga Europa în cursa
pentru premiile eHealth
2003 Awards. Competitia face parte din proiectul eEurope Awards
al Uniunii
Europene si se va desfasura în perioada 2003-2005.
http://www.revistapresei.ro/RO/articol.cfm?Sectiune=7zile&ID=42646
02.>>>> ANIAP lanseaza un concurs
de web-site-uri ale comunitatilor din
Romania pe modelul EURO-CREST
...(Agora News: 31/03/2003)
ANIAP a anuntat in data de 29 martie 2003 proiectul COMUNITATEA
VIRTUALA,
concurs de situri Web ale localitatilor si comunitatilor.
Concursului are
loc ca urmare a apelului lansat de Asociatia Golden Crest
in cooperare cu
Comisia Europeana si Retelele Europene de IT cum ar fi TeleCities.
http://news.agora.ro/articol.shtml?id=61870
03.>>>> 24 aprilie 2003- Data
limita pentru înscrierea de proiecte în cadrul
programului IST
...(MCTI: 27/03/2003)
Programul IST, ca parte a Programului Cadru 6 (FP6), beneficiaza
de un
buget total de 3625 milioane de euro. Din aceste fonduri,
1070 milioane au
fost alocate primei cereri de proiecte care are ca termen
limita data 24
aprilie 2003. Printre obiectivele startegice ale primei cereri
de propuneri
se numara interfetele modale, interconectarea companiilor
si a guvernelor,
eHealth, eSafety, largirea spectrului de frecvente (Broadband
for all),
sisteme mobile si wireless dincolo de 3G etc. Instrumentele
programului IST
sunt: proiectele integrate, retelele de excelenta, proiectele
de cercetare,
care vizeaza o chestiune specifica, actiunile de cordonare
si sustinere,
primele doua fiind considerate elemente esentiale pentru atingerea
obiectivelor strategice ale Programului Cadru 6.
http://www.mcti.ro/mcti0.html?page=1341
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS
04.>>>> DNA Database
...(Beyond2000.com: 19/03/2003)
The disappearance of a child is every parent's worst fear
and, tragically,
millions of children go missing worldwide every year. With
this in mind,
Texas has become the first US state to establish its own missing
persons DNA
database.
http://beyond2000.com/news/Mar_03/story_1429.html
05.>>>> Iraqi Dead Counted, Not
Forgotten
...(Wired News: 28/03/2003)
A website keeping a running tally of civilian deaths in the
Iraq war is
attracting a lot of traffic, and appears to be emerging as
an authoritative
source of information on the gruesome subject.
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,58241,00.html
06.>>>> FBI Says Trilogy Program
Is Complete
...(Internet News: )
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller said Friday the agency has
completed a key
component of its modernization program, the costly, oft-criticized
Trilogy
network. The $458 million project, which has been plagued
by cost overruns,
is expected to allow FBI agents to receive multi-media case
files at their
desks and to link various law enforcement agency databases.
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2172131
EVENTS, OPINIONS, ANALYSES
07.>>>> "e-Government and the European Union"
...(RAPID: 24/03/2003)
The speech of Mr Erkki Liikanen Member of the European Commission,
responsible for Enterprise and the Information Society at
The Internet and
the City Conference "Local eGovernment in the Information
Society"
Barcelona, 21 March 2003
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=SPEECH/03/150|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=
08.>>>>Another View: Do Web Sites
Put Agencies' Best Faces Forward?
...(GCN.com: 24/03/2003)
Here is one unmistakable sign that it truly is a new day in
government: A
growing number of citizens in search of reliable health information,
printable tax forms or Social Security information are likely
to go to a
computer to get what they need. The number of Americans who
have visited
government Web sites has jumped by more than 70 percent in
the past two
years, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
http://www.gcn.com/22_6/opinion/21422-1.html
ACCESS, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND E-DEMOCRACY
09.>>>> On the Web, Everyone's a Pollster
...(Wired News: 13/03/2003)
Last weekend, Wood set up a website called What Britain Thinks.
The site
poses three conflict scenarios, and asks visitors to vote
on which they
agree with by sending a text message to a corresponding phone
number.
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,58028,00.html
10.>>>> Iraq Blog: Hubbub Over
a Headlock
...(Wired News: 26/03/2003)
Because of their personal nature, the vast majority of blogs
draw a limited
audience. But after the war broke out, Pax's site was featured
in hundreds
of news stories, including pieces by MSNBC, the BBC, The New
York Times and
The Washington Post.
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,58206,00.html
11.>>>> Online Journalists Jailed
in Cuba
...(Wired News: 22/03/2003)
The Cuban government has jailed 10 independent journalists
-- most of whom
publish articles on Internet news sites -- as part of a larger
crackdown
against political opposition on the island.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,58159,00.html
PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY
12.>>>> Does Cyberterrorism Pose a True Threat?
...(IDG News Service, 14/03/2003)
The cyberterrorism threat is overstated: Terrorists won't
strike the
Internet because bombs are more effective, an expert panel
agreed Friday. "I
don't see a cyberattack as a terror attack of choice. Dropping
ATM networks
and shutting down e-mail is not terrorism. If I can't get
to my e-mail for a
day I am not terrorized. We are many years away from somebody
being able to
launch large-scale electronic attacks that have the effects
of a bomb,"
Schneier said.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109819,00.asp
13.>>>> Al-Jazeera domain hijacked
...(IDG News Service: 28/03/2003)
The bad news continued yesterday for Al-Jazeera. A hacker
hijacked the
network's domain, www.aljazeera.net, pointing visitors to
another site that
displayed a pro-war message.
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/hacking/story/0,10801,79823,00.html
LEGISLATION AND POLICY MAKING
14.>>>> Privacy Groups Fight Government Data Mining
...(IDG News Service, 25/03/2003)
A coalition of privacy groups called on the U.S. Congress
to halt creation
of a federal database of airline-passenger profiles until
more details are
available, such as who would be included in th e database
and how it would
be operated.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109985,00.asp
15.>>>> Pakistan Creates Cyber
Crime Wing
...(Wired News: 13/03/2003)
A Pakistani security agency has launched a special wing to
combat cyber
crimes in part because the country had to rely on U.S. investigators
to
trace e-mails sent by the kidnappers of American journalist
Daniel Pearl a
year ago.
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,58033,00.html
16.>>>> Oregon House Panel to
Consider Open-Source Software Bill
...(Linux Today: 26/03/2003)
A new bill would make Oregon the first state to take a formal
stance against
the hefty fees and technological limitations of software produced
by large
corporations such as Microsoft.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1048683492194250.xml
