UK: Waverley's website gets top marks for air quality
Waverley Borough Council's website has recently been rated as one of the top five nationally when it comes to providing information about the borough's air quality.Air Quality Management magazine examined all 428 local authority websites across the country to judge their air quality web pages. They assessed each site on two key factors, awarding marks out of five for quality of information and ease of use. In particular they looked at whether the air quality pages of the site are welcoming and logical, how much information is carried and whether this is kept up to date. They also judged the site on how easy it would be for a casual 'surfer' to find the air quality pages.
USA: GAO gives e-Rulemaking team an 'attaboy'
The Government Accountability Office has given high marks to federal officials in charge of the governmentwide e-rulemaking initiative, saying they embraced many industry-standard best practices for managing projects.The team, spearheaded by the Environmental Protection Agency, is especially adept at creating a collaborative environment, giving a fair hearing to suggestions from other participating agencies, GAO said.
USA: Uncle Sam Comes Knocking
The U.S. government's interest in having banks help it form networks of federated identity, thus allowing vetted, shared user-credentials between government and private industry, is obvious. So far, only four banks-Wells Fargo, Wachovia, National City and an unidentified bank-have signed on, though more are expected to join Uncle Sam's E-Authentication Federation. The looming question: What's in it for banks?Modernization Tops Priorities of Bulgarian Administrative Reform
Council of MinistersThe government adopted the organizational rules and regulations of the new Ministry of Public Administration and Administrative Reform (MPAAR), thus defining its organization, work and staff.
The document also stipulates the minister's powers and relations with other state bodies, as well as the structure and functions of the ministry.
Österreich: Hochdruck bei Aufbau des Blaulichtfunks
Angesichts der bevorstehenden EU-Präsidentschaft soll das Tetra-Digitalfunknetz möglichst schnell in Betrieb genommen werden.In Großbritannien ist es bereits Realität, in Wien wird angesichts der bevorstehenden EU-Präsidentschaft Österreichs mit Hochdruck am Aufbau gearbeitet:
Das digitale Bündelfunksystem Tetra ermöglicht die abhörsichere Kommunikation zwischen Blaulicht-Organisationen. Dabei erlaubt die Tetra-Technologie [Terrestrial Trunked Radio] nicht nur die Übertragung von Sprache, sondern auch von Daten.