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Germany publishes English version of quality of life report
In June, the German federal government published an English version of its Government Report on Wellbeing in Germany ('Gut leben in Deutschland'). The interactive report is a benchmark for successful…
NEWSCreated: 04/09/2017
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: 27/06/2017
German parliament approves law enforcing eIDAS
On 21 June, the German parliament (Bundestag) accepted the government’s eIDAS implementation act, confirming the enforcement of rules on electronic identification and trust services for electronic…
NEWSCreated: 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: 31/05/2017
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: 03/05/2017
Germany unveils security requirements for govt browsers
Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has published the minimum requirements for web browsers to be used on workstations of the federal government, in order to achieve a minimum…
NEWSCreated: 29/04/2017
Germany wants to simplify eGovernment services
Germany is aiming to make eGovernment services and online business transactions simpler, and more secure. One way to achieve this is to create trust services, electronic signatures and registered…
NEWSCreated: 28/04/2017
Study: Germany behind in eGovernment
Germany has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to eGovernment, a study by the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) shows. The number and quality of eGovernment services is low…
NEWSCreated: 28/02/2017
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: 27/02/2017
Germany and Italy to cooperate on standardisation
The governments of Italy and Germany will intensify their cooperation on ICT standardisation, the two agreed on 18 January at a conference in Berlin. The countries want to advance the digital single…
NEWSCreated: 26/01/2017
German government IT Summit focuses on education
The German IT Gipfel, an annual conference bringing together government and ICT service providers, this year promoted digital education. In her keynote address, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel…
NEWSCreated: 01/12/2016
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: 01/12/2016