About: eGovernment Archives
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European forum to address obstacles to e-business
The European e-business interoperability forum
kicks off its activities on 18 February with the aim of lifting
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Survey shows overall satisfaction with public e-services, but usage stats appear to be low
The European Commission revealed on 1 December the results of a large-scale survey on the use and quality of public government online services.
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e-Forum Summit to discuss new EU e-government analysis
The EU's e-government-related activities are "very fragmented", says a new analysis to be unveiled at the forthcoming e-Forum Summit in Valencia, Spain.
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First pan-European e-government survey due out in September
The first pan-European benchmarking study on e-government sites and service users will be made public in September.
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Survey: Eastern Europe overtakes South and North in e-gov developments
Eastern Europe in general has overtaken several Southern and Northern European countries in ICT use in the public sector and e-government, a new survey reveals.
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Europe vows to speed up rollout of eGovernment
The Commission welcomed on 9 July the pledge by 30 European ministers to accelerate the rollout of eGovernment; proposed new programme on cross-border interoperability.
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Winners of eEurope Awards announced
The three top prize winners for the eEurope Awards for eGovernment Applications were announced on 7 July by Information Society Commissioner Erkki Liikanen.
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Italy targets eEurope
Italy wants eGovernment to be a "top priority" for its six-month EU Presidency.
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Italy to host eGovernment conference
The Italian city of Como will host an eGovernment Ministerial Conference and Exhibition on 7-8 July.
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Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey to join IDA
The Commission has proposed that Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey follow the 10 future EU members in joining the Union's programme for the exchange of data with EU Member States' administrations (IDA).
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Partnership deal to promote ‘eCitizenship for All’
Under a partnership agreement, TeleCities and Deloitte & Touche have joined forces to create an European eDatabase for promoting eGovernment across the Union.
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Microsoft continues global e-government conquest
Microsoft will team up with Beijing for e-government developments now that China has signed up to participate in the US software company's Government Security Programme.
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eGovernment study shows good progress, need to focus on services for citizens
EU Member States have made a lot of progress in providing online public services, but more for businesses than for citizens. This is the conclusion of a benchmarking study undertaken by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young on behalf of the European Commission.
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Nine more candidate countries to join IDA
On 20 November, the Commission decided that from 1 January 2003 the administrations of nine more candidate countries will be able to exchange data with EU Member States' administrations.
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E-government: large potential still to be tapped
E-government: large potential still to be tapped While many companies already take the internet for granted, the state and particularly public administrations are still in the process of finding ways to tap the potential offered by information and communications technologies (ICT). …
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eGovernment conference deems linguistic diversity and close contact with citizens as vital
The eGovernment conference held on 19-20 September concluded that e-government services must "cater for the EU's linguistic diversity" and be delivered "as close as possible to the customer".
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Technicalities: E-Government for E-Europe
Technicalities: E-Government for E-Europe With their sights set on EU accession, countries across the region have high ambitions for e-government. Unfortunately, they are missing much bigger problems at ground level. Among the many commitments made by would-be members of the EU is the creation of e-government …
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EU administrations urged to share open source software resources
According to a new report for the Commission, published in June 2002, EU administrations should share software on an open source licensing basis to cut soaring eGovernment information technology costs.
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EMF organises successful e-business conference
The 'Regulating & Facilitating eBusiness' conference on 25-26 June offered a review of the key legal and policy aspects affecting e-business.
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EU wants focussed agenda at World Summit on Information Society
In a speech on 1 July the EU Presidency, on behalf of the EU, stated that the main topics on the agenda of the Summit should be e-government, e-learning and e-inclusion.
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New study shows the EU is making progress on eGovernment
A study, carried out for the Commission by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in April 2002, shows the availability and interactivity of public services on the Internet have risen by 10% points to 55% since October 2001.
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Commission presents eEurope 2005 Action Plan
On 28 May the Commission presented an eEurope 2005 Action Plan, due to be adopted by the European Council in Seville on 21-22 June 2002.
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MEPs call for e-democracy and e-citizenship
55 Members of the European Parliament have tabled a motion for a Resolution to introduce e-democracy in the EU.
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Commission presents draft Decision on cybercrime
The European Commission has adopted a draft Council framework decision on "attacks against information systems". The proposal addresses new forms of criminal activity against information systems, such as hacking, viruses and denial of service attacks (DoS).