A new t-government service will offer multimedia services via land digital on home television to provide on-line civil service information and services. Innovations and Technology Minister Lucio Stanca, in the context of the "land digital" project already approved by the Committee of Information Society Ministers, has announced the setting aside of seven million euro for co-funding of e-government information applications, based on "land digital" and destined for the public. The Minister has also provided for the setting up of a centre responsible for land digital to assist local administrations in setting up the new technology. Stanca explained. "at the moment most of the innovative means of on-line access to civil service information is based on web technology and therefore means the user must have a pc with an internet connection. For this reason there are large sections of the population excluded from such services. An interesting prospect for overcoming this limitation is interactive digital television which will allow easy access to services by means of the television with the possibility of development linked to the potential capacity of bringing government services to weaker sections of the population". The National Centre for information technology in public administration (CNIPA) has already been entrusted with the creation of a project to put some of the services of the "National Citizen Portal" (www.italia.gov.it) on land digital channels, where already Internet users can download over 1,000 forms and reach almost 8,000 public services linked to 160 guides and 126 events. The Bordoni Foundation will add another three million euro to the seven already put aside by the Communications Ministry. Stanca confirmed, "with this funding, we will be able to develop the widespread use of t-government and experiment with technologically advanced solutions".
Quelle: Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, 24.04.2004
