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Norway: award for digital monitoring of sick leave
The digitalisation of the sick leave notification and monitoring processes, developed by Norway’s public welfare organisation (NAV), won this year’s Digitaliseringskonferansen award. In Norway, the…
NEWSCreated: 27/06/2017Updated Date: 27/06/2017
European IT security talents preparing for contest
Teams of budding IT security specialist have begun preparing for the European Cyber Security Challenge (ECSC). The 150 winners from national competitions will gather for the final tournament, to be…
NEWSCreated: 31/05/2017Updated Date: 31/05/2017
Norway’s Difi co-finances 14 digitisation projects
Norway’s Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Difi) is helping to fund 14 eGovernment projects with a total of NOK 111 million (about EUR 12 million). Projects include eHealth, social welfare…
NEWSCreated: 03/05/2017Updated Date: 03/05/2017
Norway working on first IT procurement frameworks
Norway’s government procurement centre (ANS) and the Agency for Public Management and e-Government (Difi) are preparing the country’s first procurement frameworks related to IT. The first call, on…
NEWSCreated: 27/02/2017Updated Date: 27/02/2017
Difi: Technology streamlines public administration
Study ranks technology among top government efficiency measures The use of technology is one of the main factors in increasing government efficiency, concludes Norway’s Agency for Public Management…
NEWSCreated: 01/12/2016Updated Date: 01/12/2016
Norway: Communities should share eGovernment services
Norway’s central government agencies and municipalities with advanced eGovernment services should help smaller communities to provide these services to their citizens, says Marit Lofnes Mellingen…
NEWSCreated: 04/11/2016Updated Date: 04/11/2016
One million Norwegians have a government mailbox
This summer, 23-year old Solveig Boland from Løten (Norway) created the millionth government mailbox account, the Norwegian government reports. Ms Boland opened her account to obtain documents…
NEWSCreated: 29/08/2016Updated Date: 29/08/2016
Digital Agenda Norway: user-friendly eGovernment
Norway wants to make its eGovernment services more user-friendly, writes Jan Tore Sanner, the minister responsible for government modernisation, in a report to parliament on the Digital Agenda for…
NEWSCreated: 26/04/2016Updated Date: 26/04/2016
Norway studies UK eGovernment service design
Citizens to be involved in planning of new eGovernment services Norway’s Agency for Public Management and eGovernment, DIFI, is considering mimicking the United Kingdom’s approach to creating…
NEWSCreated: 21/04/2016Updated Date: 21/04/2016
Study: Cross-border eGov services low on agenda
Cross-border eGovernment services score low on national policy agendas, according to a study on cross-border cooperation between the Nordic countries. Well-organised, national eID infrastructures are…
NEWSCreated: 21/04/2016Updated Date: 21/04/2016
Next phase for Norway’s government simplification
Pilot project successful In February, Norway will start its main evaluation of actions to simplify Norway’s public administration, focussing on removing cumbersome work-flows and rules that steal time…
NEWSCreated: 05/02/2016Updated Date: 05/02/2016
Norway ‘Mistakes Conference’ showcases innovation
On Tuesday 1 December, the second edition of the ‘Feiltrinn’ (mistakes or missteps) conference will take place in Oslo, Norway. The focus of this one-day conference is government modernisation, writes…
NEWSCreated: 27/11/2015Updated Date: 27/11/2015