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  • "Recht auf Internet" in Verfassung Chiles

    Zwei Abgeordnete der regierenden Sozialdemokraten haben am Donnerstag in Valparaiso vorgeschlagen, ein "Grundrecht auf Internet" in der chilenischen Verfassung zu verankern.

    "Die Internet-Verbindung sollte, so wie der Zugang zu Trinkwasser oder elektrischem Strom, als Menschenrecht angesehen werden, das die soziale Kluft in Chile verringert", sagte der Parlamentarier Esteban Valenzuela nach Angaben der spanischen Nachrichtenagentur EFE.

  • 70 Prozent der Unternehmen Chiles machen Steuererklärung online

    Etwa 70 Prozent der chilenischen Unternehmen haben im letzten Jahr ihre Steuererklärung über das Internet eingereicht. In den USA liegt der entsprechende Prozentsatz erst bei 40 Prozent und in Argentinien bei nur 15 Prozent, meldet die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters.

  • Chile inspired by Canadian e-government models

    Claudio Orrego, mayor of Peñalolén, Chile, recently gave a talk in Ottawa on potential future collaboration with Canada on a digital democracy project in Chile.

    Claudio Orrego, mayor of Peñalolén, Chile, recently gave a talk in Ottawa on potential future collaboration with Canada on a digital democracy project in Chile. Orrego, also a former minister of housing and head of Chile's Committee for Modernization, started up a single telecentre in 1997 with the goal of providing IT skills to those without access to computers. Since its inception, the first centre, which started with a little seed money from Canada's International Development Research Centre, has become self-sustaining and grown into a network of 16 locations. The idea for the centre, called El Encuentro, was inspired by Canada's approach to providing community access to the Internet and its Strategis portal to promote e-business.

  • Chile: President: Govt will continue IT emphasis

    Chile's President Ricardo Lagos is confident the country will continue to improve IT in the public arena, he said in a news conference on Tuesday.

    Lagos emphasized Chile's achievements in the e-government arena and pointed out that over 300 procedures can now be done through the internet. The president also stated that 95% of Chile's annual tax declarations are now submitted online, while 80% of income taxes are paid through the web.

  • Chile: Temuco: Dictaron Seminario Sobre Gobierno Electrónico

    Con el propósito de transferir a los funcionarios municipales y gubernamentales y profesionales universitarios locales las mejores prácticas e iniciativas que se han llevado a cabo en Europa en el tema del gobierno electrónico, es que se presentó en Temuco, Tino Schuppan, licenciado, Magíster y Doctor en Administración Pública en Alemania.

  • Chilean Treasury Implements Taxpayer Portal

    Portal Can Leverage Reusable Services to Support Numerous Government Initiatives and Facilitate Payment of All Individual and Corporate Taxes

    BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS - News), the world's leading application infrastructure software company, today announced that the General Treasury of the Republic of Chile has built and deployed a taxpayer portal on BEA WebLogic Platform(TM) 8.1.

  • Chileans step out of line, pay taxes on line

    Almost 70 percent of Chilean companies and self-employed individuals filed their taxes on-line last year, through a government Web site.

    And every month 70 percent of Chilean businesses file electronically $650 million worth of sales and withholding tax declarations.

  • CL: E-government project advances 10% in 3 years

    Roughly 10% of almost 200 public sector institutions in Chile are fully integrated into the e-government project, a plan to centralize information and cut down on paperwork, Marcos Vázquez, Spanish consultancy everis' public sector associate, told BNamericas.

    Three years ago, Chile launched a new program called PISEE -the government integrated electronic platform system - intended to electronically integrate all government institutions, allowing a more centralized and efficient information process.

    The platform is for paperwork from getting a birth certificate to starting up a company. In Chile, activities such as buying a house or getting a job may require getting several documents from different government offices - which can be a highly bureaucratic and time-consuming task.

  • CL: Smart city and use of technology

    Smart cities or intelligent cities have been talked about for years, something that is becoming closer to our daily lives.

    The concept of smart cities was coined at the beginning of this century, primarily as an evolution of what was already known as digital cities, where information and communication technologies are implemented in a friendly manner to users. So that technology can be used efficiently and that it can contribute in improving the quality of life of the largest number of people.

  • How TelePresence Improves Public Health Care in Chile

    The hospitals in Talcahuano (Las Higueras), San Carlosand Linares have inaugurated Cisco TelePresence units -- the high-definition video technology that allows them to interact with their patients via tele-consultations, examinations and interviews. The TelePresence technology also helps them find solutions for cardiovascular pathologies, the main public health problem facing Chilean society that has resulted in great human and economic impact.

    This HD video communication solution enables the hospitals in Linares and San Carlos to connect with specialists in Las Higueras Hospital in Talcahuano and carry out remote specialized consultations -- as a result accelerating the process of attending to patients.

  • Internet Evolution Video Travelogue Chronicles the Internet's Rise in Chile

    Web Wide World video documents government efforts to bridge digital/social divide; government procurement portal provides transparency and fights corruption

    The Chilean government is a powerful catalyst in promoting e-government and Web-based transparency, with 98 percent of citizens filing taxes online and the launch of a government procurement portal used by 85,000 would-be contractors, according to Internet Evolution's newest Web Wide World video travelogue documenting Chile's use of Web technologies.

  • Public innovation lab among key digital initiatives for Chile govt

    The establishment of a public innovation laboratory is among the key digital initiatives for the Chilean government in the 2014-18 period, Juan José Soto, the administration's executive coordinator of modernization and digital government, told BNamericas.

    The innovation lab will be operational in 2015, and will focus on the creation of products or solutions that resolve challenges in the public sector, which could be via technological solutions or processes.

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