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  • UK to lead EU smart card scheme

    A Europe wide centre of excellence for smart cards is to be set up in Sheffield later this month

    The European Commission and the UK's e-Government Unit are to launch a range of key smart card initiatives in Sheffield on 18 and 19 May 2005.

    The Commission will unveil its European Centre of Excellence for SmartCards at the two day event hosted by Sheffield City Council and will issue findings from its EU Information Society smart card scheme. Ian Watmore, the UK head of e-government, is to speak at the event and will present details of the latest smart card developments from Whitehall's perspective.

  • UK tops IT spend table

    The biggest spender on public sector IT in Europe is none other than the UK, new research shows

    The UK spends more on public sector IT than any other European country, according to research published on 31 May 2005.

  • UK urged to act on EU plans

    New European taskforce on IT competitiveness depends on action from member states

    A European Commission taskforce examining barriers to the IT sector’s global competitiveness will achieve little without real activity from member states, say UK business groups.

    The taskforce comprises industry, business and academic representatives and has been set up to complement the i2010 initiative to make Europe the world’s leading knowledge economy.

  • UK: Birmingham Europe's Top 'e-City'

    City number one for eGovernment in European benchmarking study

    Birmingham is the most advanced city in Europe in provision of eGovernment, according to a new report.

    The city has come top of a benchmarking survey of e-goverance initiatives in 35 European cities across 12 EU Member States.

  • UK: Birmingham is Europe's top e-city, study says

    British cities come out top in European study of egovernment provision

    Birmingham has the most advanced egovernment in Europe, according to a study by the Spanish university of Zaragoza.

    The study rated 35 European cities on the breadth and depth of the online services they provide, the level of e-democracy that has been developed, and how much elected officials use it to communicate.

  • UK: New deal will cut costs of e-Government take-up campaign fulfilment

    The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has set in motion its latest initiative aimed at reducing Government costs in printing services by £23 million per annum. This will be useful to those planning e-Government take-up campaigns, where a great deal of expenditure will be needed on direct mail and direct mailbox delivery items.

    OGC has invited potential print service suppliers to apply for inclusion under the supply contract via a Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), a requirement under European procurement law.

  • UK: OGC comments on EU directive on consolidated public procurement

    The Office of Government Commerce has published important information on the new EU directive on consolidated public procurement and how it may affect the UK Government's Efficiency programme.

  • UK: Sheffield designs CRM for Europe

    The council is working with other local authorities in Europe to create a new Customer Relationship Management system

    Sheffield City Council is developing an open source Customer Relationship Management platform intended for use in local authorities across Europe.

    The council is partnering with other authorities in Europe under the EU funded Citizens Advanced Relationship Management (Carmen) scheme to set up the platform.

  • UK: Top E-uropean award for Liverpool City Council

    Liverpool City Council's transformation of services is grabbing European attention.

    In a field of top private and public sector organisations, Liverpool scooped a major local government award at the annual European Forum for Quality Management, in Berlin.

  • UK: Top tips for Freedom of Information

    The information commissioner has set out 10 ways in which public sector organisations can improve their handling of freedom of information requests

    UK information commissioner Richard Thomas has issued 10 "top tips" to help government organisations meet their obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.

  • Ukraine, EU sign new EUR 25 mln program to support digital economy

    The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the European Union signed a new program for supporting e-governance and digital economy in Ukraine in the amount of EUR 25 million, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has stated.

    “The Government and the EU have just signed a new program for supporting e-governance and digital economy in Ukraine worth EUR 25 million. Digitalization is, first of all, a victory over corruption,” the prime minister said at a press briefing on February 11.

  • Urban networks: Cities should cooperate globally to pool resources, share ideas and explore the best ways to address common challenges

    Cities should cooperate globally to pool resources, share ideas and explore the best ways to address common challenges

    We are used to seeing global governance and big tech companies as the main components of innovation and industrial transformation. However, the role of cities is also crucial if we want to ensure that the transformation process is inclusive, balanced and centered on the quality of life of citizens. After all, it is in the cities that barriers to the flow of elements such as knowledge, technology, talent and capital are broken down and the integration of science and technology with economic and social governance is facilitated.

  • US: Massachusetts: Look beyond borders for collaborative opportunities

    Massachusetts will be home to the third EU-US eHealth Marketplace and Conference Oct. 22-23 at the Seaport World Trade Center. This conference is being held as part of Connected Health Week and will allow participants from around the world to connect with global health innovators, public officials and business leaders to learn perspectives on the economy as well as the benefits of collaborating between our countries.

    Last year marked the first EU-US eHealth Marketplace and Conference, which stemmed from our work through NIMAC, an informal group formed in 2009 to spur international collaboration, as well as through the European Connected Health Alliance. These transatlantic connections established Massachusetts as the gateway to the United States for European nations and expanding opportunities for research and business growth here and in Europe.

  • US: Smart cities - better world, says A-to-Be

    Smart city adoption in the US has been sluggish, thinks Jason Wall of A-to-Be USA. But there is still time to learn lessons from the European experience...

    US cities lag behind Europe regarding the implementation of smart cities. Culturally, between America’s complicated procurement system, and lack of experience with public private partnerships (P3), cities have not had the right structure to implement all of the technologies the world has to offer.

  • Use eGovernment to lower cost of procurement, says EU Commission

    European governments must make greater use of the internet in the way they work or risk increasing the cost of doing business and alienating the young, the European Commission has said.

    The Commission has launched a plan and some pilot projects aimed at encouraging governments across the trading bloc to make more use of internet technologies to streamline services, standardise processes and ensure public use of and engagement with government.

    "This is about more than good government," said the EU Commissioner responsible for the Commission's Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes. "Effective and efficient public administration is the first pillar of the broader competitiveness Europe needs."

  • Viviane Reding stellt Strategie für ein digitales Europa vor

    Die Generation der Digital Natives droht verloren zu gehen

    EU-Kommissarin Viviane Reding hat ihre Strategie für ein digitales Europa vorgestellt. Sie setzt auf schnelle Internetzugänge, Glasfaser- statt Kupfernetze, UMTS und LTE, mobile Bezahlsysteme, Cloud-Computing sowie einen einfachen und nutzerfreundlichen Zugang zu digitalen Inhalten.

  • Vorzüge der Dienstleistungsrichtlinie für EU Unternehmen sind noch zu erreichen

    Mehr als ein Jahr nach der Frist für die Umsetzung der Dienstleistungsrichtlinie wird der grenzüberschreitende Handel mit Dienstleistungen immer noch durch fehlende Informationen und unnötige Verwaltungslasten gehindert, so die Abgeordneten in einem Bericht, den das Plenum am Dienstag angenommen hat.

    Ziel der 2006 verabschiedeten der Dienstleistungsrichtlinie ist es, den Markt für die Dienstleister in der Europäischen Union zu öffnen und das grenzüberschreitende Angebot von Dienstleitungen zu vereinfachen. Die Frist für die Umsetzung der Richtlinie durch die Mitgliedstaaten ist Ende 2009 ausgelaufen.

  • Web 3.0 für Europa

    Die Europäische Kommission sieht Europa auf dem Gebiet der sozialen Vernetzung auf dem Vormarsch: Der Weg zum Web 3.0 sei geebnet, meint EU-Kommissarin Reding.

    Die Europäische Kommission zieht eine Halbzeitbilanz zu ihrer Agenda "Programm i2010", die zur Entwicklung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien ins Leben gerufen wurde. In dieser sollen Maßnahmen diskutiert werden, die eine lückenlose Vernetzung der europäischen Informationsgesellschaft ermöglichen.

  • Webcasting for Europe

    An e-government technology developed in the UK is to be tested across EU member states in an e-participation project

    The Public-i webcasting service has been selected to form the basis of eParticipate, an 18 month European wide validation project, it was announced on 22 April 2005.

  • Western European eGov spending to reach $40bn by 2004

    Central government IT spending will grow 6.3 per cent in 2004, while local government IT spending will increase by 6.8 per cent, thus bringing total government IT spending in Western Europe to $40bn, according to a new report by researh firm IDC.
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