Deutschland: Bitkom fordert Einrichtung einer zentralen staatlichen Stelle für Geodaten
EU-Rat will biometrische Merkmale in Personalausweisen
UK: ODPM consults on future of local services inspection
Responses to the consultation should be sent to the ODPM by 3 March 2006 and a summary of responses will be published by 1 June. The local services inspectorate will be established by 2008.
UK: Scottish public sector ICT sees big change with launch of 'Scots Connect'
Speaking in Edinburgh at the launch of Scots Connect, Permanent Secretary John Elvidge said: "Scots Connect is an new initiative from the Executive. Working with private sector partners Objective and LogicaCMG the Executive has developed ICT systems which are robust, reliable and ideally suited to the needs of the public sector. We now want public sector agencies to consider if these systems meet their own needs. By adopting these existing systems agencies can avoid costly work on developing their own ICT solutions and achieve significant savings.
EU: New declaration on eGovernment
Europe sets out the principles behind its eGovernment strategy for the next five years.
Speaking at the EU Conference on Transforming Public Services, Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, outlined the four key social and economic challenges that will help to form the basis for the new EU eGovernment Action Plan, to be announced next year.
