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eGovernment Forschung seit 2001 | eGovernment Research since 2001
Ensuring that patients are loyal toward targeted online services comes down to whether they perceive the service to be useful and that the service is easy to use, report Spanish researchers.

Their study shows that patients' "e-loyalty" is linked to acceptance of novel technology via satisfaction, indicating that a positive attitude toward online services leads to user satisfaction and use.

Read more: ES: Ease of use, usefulness keep patients e-happy

The autonomous region of Galicia will invest €915 000 to promote the use of free and open source software to enterprises, public administrations and public organisations, as it was announced in mid-May 2012 by the regional government. The Galicia region will also launch a feasibility study on the use of free office tools for its entire staff.

Galicia is a member of Cenatic, Spain’s national resource centre on open source and open standards. Cenatic signed in May 2012 a cooperation agreement with Agasol, an association of the region's free and open source IT service providers.

Read more: ES: Galicia region to promote the use of open source software

The Government of the Navarra Region in Spain has decided to share its 'Justice Management system’ (Avantius), a document management system (DMS) tailored to judicial documents. The system is already used in courts in Navarra and Cantabria. Two more autonomous regions, the Regions of Galicia and La Rioja, are considering its use.

It has, however, not yet been decided if the system will be published under an open source licence or not. The Navarra Government is considering several options for sharing the software in question.

The ‘Justice Management’ system was presented to Spain's Minister of Justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, when he met with the regional government in Pamplona in March 2012.

Read more: ES: Navarra region shares its court records’ management system

From July 2012, software applications written by or for public authorities and public organisations in the Basque Country will by default be made available as open source, according to a decree of the autonomous region's government. The law also requires public administrations to re-use software made available by other government institutions.

Modernising public administration requires a massive use of technology, which makes investments sustainable, as well as openness and re-use essential, said the Regional Minister of Justice and Public Administration, Idoia Mendia in a Spanish newspaper, on 14 May 2012.

Read more: ES: Basque Country's administration to make its software available as open source

Two autonomous regions of Spain have recently made strides towards promoting open-source software for governmental use.

The government of the autonomous Basque Country in Spain decreed earlier this month that all software applications written by or for public authorities and public organizations will be made available to others as open-source by default, according to a post on Joinup, an European Commission platform to share knowledge and experiences on e-Government topics among public administration employees.

Read more: Open-Source Software for Governments in Spain

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