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  • AU: Turnbull's Digital Transformation Office: will it learn from the UK experience?

    Late in January, Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull created the “Digital Transformation Office”, designed to give a measure of coherence to various initiatives the minister has espoused since coming to office.

    The DTO's heritage dates back to August 2013, just prior to the election, when Turnbull set forth his “Policy for E-Government and the Digital Economy”. Its main policy measures were:

    • To work with the private sector on digital identity, digital mail, and government payment systems;
    • Accelerate the rollout of “government 2.0”, with a focus on open data initiatives, online engagement, and departmental transparency;
    • Cut down ICT duplication and fragmentation, with more shared services among small agencies;
    • Promote whole-of-government ICT goals while acknowledging “the decentralised Australian Public Service and differences in scale and capabilities across agencies”.

  • Auditors to sunrise e-government

    The National Audit Office, the official auditor of UK government agencies, is to publish a report on the accessibility of government web and other electronic services early in the New Year, E-Government Bulletin has learned.

  • Authentication: Banks set to confirm UK security standard

    Means of authenticating online transactions will be established next month

    UK banks plan to establish a standard for physically authenticating online transactions early next month, allowing them to create greater consumer confidence in internet security.

    The growing threat of identity fraud is forcing banks to find stronger means of securing their customers' accounts, such as providing a physical device that can generate unique codes to secure online transactions.

  • Bangladesh e-Gov CIRT signs agreement with Cyber Wales in the United Kingdom

    The state-run Bangladesh e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-Gov CIRT) and Cyber Wales in the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) recently to mark the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s Independence Day.

    The MoU will help reinforce the bilateral relations in various fields including economic, investment, protection against cyber-attacks and advisory, and pave the way for further cooperation with BGD e-GOV CIRT and Cyber Wales.

  • Bericht: Internet-Verweigerung in Großbritannien nimmt zu

    Die Zahl der Bürger in Großbritannien, die kein Interesse an einem Internet-Zugang im häuslichen Bereich haben, nimmt laut einem BBC-Bericht, der sich auf Zahlen des Marktforschungsunternehmens Point Topic stützt, offenbar zu. Demnach ist in 44 Prozent (11,2 Millionen) der britischen Haushalte derzeit nicht einmal eine schmalbandige Internet-Anbindung vorhanden. Und die Zahl derer, die auch gar keinen Zugang haben wollen, ist Point Topic zufolge deutlich angestiegen: Hätten im Jahr 2005 noch rund 50 Prozent der Befragten erklärt, auch in Zukunft auf Internet verzichten zu wollen, sei dieser Wert im Jahr 2006 auf mehr als 70 Prozent geklettert.

  • Big Brother's message to the government

    We all know that the e-transformation of government is vital if politicians are to (re-)establish credibility with anyone born after 1970 (and most of us born before 1960!). But, we equally know that the e-generation does not just want any old e-government, it wants services that live up to the latest developments in pervasive digital media events (PDMEs) - such as Big Brother. What can the e-government sherpas who are scaling this organisational Everest learn from the PDME kings and queens at Endemol, Granada and the BBC?

  • Biometric passport pics: UKPS tells public (again) to keep mouth shut on camera

    The UK Passport Service(UKPS) is reminding the public to make sure that photos supplied with their passport applications meet international requirements announced last summer for biometric identification.

    Passport photos need to meet more stringent, internationally agreed standards to enable facial recognition technology to work properly. The requirements were agreed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in 2003 and will enable the production of new, more secure biometric 'ePassports' as well as the use of facial recognition technology to counter passport fraud and for enhanced checks at international border controls.

  • Biometrische Daten auf britischen Ausweisen ab 2007 geplant

    In Großbritannien sorgt dieser Tage die geplante Wiedereinführung der Ausweispflicht für großen Unmut bei Datenschützern und Bürgerrechtlern. Am morgigen Montag wird das Unterhaus über eine entsprechende Gesetzesänderung beraten. Ab 2007, so sieht es das neue Gesetz vor, sollen biometrische Daten wie Fingerabdrücke, Gesichtsmerkmale oder Iris-Scan von allen britischen Bürgern auf den neuen Personalausweisen gespeichert sein.

  • Bislang geheime Datenbank erfasst in Großbritannien alle Ein- und Ausreisen

    In Großbritannien baut die Regierung im Rahmen des 2005 gestarteten Programms e-borders eine Datenbank auf, in der auch die Reisedaten aller Briten gesammelt und für 10 Jahre vorrätig gehalten werden. Nach dem Vorbild des US-Visit-Programms sollen damit alle Reisebewegungen lückenlos erfasst werden. Wie die Times berichtet, werden Namen, Adressen, Telefonnummern, Reservierungen, Reiserouten und Kreditkarteninformationen aller Reisenden gespeichert, die Großbritannien verlassen oder einreisen. Dabei handelt es sich jährlich um insgesamt 250 Millionen Reisen.

  • Blair misses e-commerce targets

    The UK government has failed to achieve its target of having the worlds best environment for e-commerce by the end of 2002, according to a new report from the office of the e-envoy. Despite the stuttering attempts of the New Labour policy makers the report, 'The Worlds Most Effective Policies for the E-Economy', categorically states that those targets have not been met and it is specifically down to the lack of Governmental and citizen uptake.

  • Blair plant 1,6 Mrd. für Anbindungen

    Eine Milliarde Pfund für die Versorgung öffentlicher Einrichtungen mit Breitband-Anschlüssen innert dreier Jahre | Gesamt sechs Milliarden für Kommunikationsinfrastruktur | BT will täglich ein Wählamt für ADSL aufrüsten

  • Blair pledges to bring UK up to speed online

    Prime Minister Tony Blair will today admit the UK is unlikely to achieve its target of becoming the world leader in e-commerce this year.

  • Blair promises public sector boost for broadband

    Tony Blair has pledged £6bn of public money to deliver high-speed Internet access to every school and doctor's surgery by 2006.

  • Blair promises to ring-fence IT funds for public services

    Public sector IT chiefs have welcomed the Government's commitment to ensure that its £6bn IT injection for the sector will not be diverted to meet pressing, front-line needs.

  • Blair's £6bn broadband promise

    Tony Blair has delivered a boost to the online industry by pledging £6bn of public money to deliver high-speed internet access to every school and doctor's surgery by 2006.

  • Boldyn picks Airspan for private-5G smart-city project in Sunderland, UK

    Airspan Networks, with $95 million in fresh equity funding, has said it has been selected by Boldyn Networks to supply the private radio network (RAN) infrastructure for the city of Sunderland’s smart-city 5G project in the UK. The US vendor’s AirSpeed 1900 outdoor small cells have been incorporated already into existing street furniture around the city, it said.

    The open RAN units are providing “high-performance and high-capacity connectivity” across Sunderland, it said. UK-headquartered Boldyn Networks, which bought private networking specialist Edzcom from Spanish tower company Cellnex in March, amid a string of acquisitions, was appointed to manage networking elements in the Sunderland smart-city project in 2022, when it was still BAI Communications.

  • Breitband-Anschluss de luxe: 2 GBit/s in Großbritannien

    Breitbandanschluss über TV-Set-Top-Box

    Im britischen Shoreditch in East London wurde ein Pilotprojekt gestartet, das den Einwohnern einen extrem schnellen Internetzugang mit 2 GBit/s ins Haus bringt. Digital Bridge bringt neben dem Internetzugang auch noch Digital-TV und Telefonanschluss mit.

  • Breitbandpolitik der britischen Regierung unter Beschuss

    Der britischen Regierung fehle eine zielführende Strategie zum Breitbandausbau und die gegenwärtige Politik vertiefe die digitale Spaltung des Landes nur weiter – zu diesem Schluss kommt nach einer sechsmonatigen Untersuchung der Telekommunikationsausschuss des britischen Oberhauses.

    Nach dem Willen der Londoner Regierung sollen bis 2015 die Flächendeckung mit 2-Mbit/s-Anschlüssen erreicht und für 90 Prozent der Haushalte 30 Mbit/s und mehr verfügbar sein. Den Ausbau soll in erster Linie die private Wirtschaft schultern, doch um Investoren auch in die weniger lukrativen suburbanen und ländlichen Regionen zu locken, stellt das zuständige Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) den einzelnen Gebietskörperschaften insgesamt Beihilfen in Höhe von 530 Millionen Pfund (rund 675 Millionen Euro) zur Verfügung.

  • Britain lags behind in the telemedicine revolution

    It saves lives and money, and patients like it. So why isn't the NHS taking it up?

    NHS savings of £1bn a year, a 40 per cent reduction in hospital admissions and improved patient care are some of the benefits promised by telemedicine, according to medical experts who describe it as the future of healthcare. Patients will benefit from faster life-saving treatments for a range of illnesses from strokes to diabetes, regardless of where they are.

    Despite the revolutionary potential of telemedicine – the use of information and communication technology to assess, diagnose and monitor patients who are thousands of miles from a doctor or consultant – both here and abroad, Britain is failing to exploit the advantages, a new report warns.

  • Britain outpaces the United States in e-democracy

    Electronic tools stimulate citizen interest, involvement -- and accountability

    Mary Reid, an elected representative from Great Britain, showed two photos of rooms where public hearings are held in that country. One picture displayed a typical layout where councilors sit at wide desks facing a central desk and another offered a fisheye view from the chairman's position.

    "And the question is, 'Where is the public?' " she said. "Well, they're actually sitting up in that gallery behind the green barrier that's really there above the council members. And my question is: What message is this giving to the citizen about public participation?"

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