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The Public Management Ministry plans to either abolish or simplify 15 percent of the administrative procedures, or 3,202 processes, handled by the central and local governments, a ministry source said Sunday.

To streamline such procedures, relevant laws and ordinances are to be revised by the end of fiscal 2005, the source said.

Read more: Japan: 15% of govt procedures to be ended or simplified

Die japanische National Tax Agency hat ihr Online-Angebot für das Einreichen von Steuererklärungen vorerst abgeschaltet.

Read more: Datenschutzpanne bei japanischer Steuerbehörde

Eine japanische Stadt will Pionierrolle spielen

Total Information Awareness hieß ein Programm, für das die Darpa, die Forschungsbehörde des Pentagon, verschiedene Projekte entwickeln wollte. Das Programm ging dem Kongress aber zu weit und er drehte für viele der geplanten Projekte den Geldhahn zu (Kongress streicht Gelder für Pentagon-Überwachungsprojekt). Der Titel des Programms aber scheint für die Fortentwicklung und Umsetzung der Überwachungstechnologie weiterhin maßgeblich zu sein (Die überwachte Stadt). Eine japanische Gemeinde will nun weltweit als Pionier Premiere feiern und alle Schulkinder mit GPS lokalisieren.

Read more: Japan: Schulkinder an die elektronische Leine

The Public Management Ministry said Friday it estimated that it would be possible to cut 6,000 central government bureaucrats off the payrolls, saving about 2 billion yen a year, as the result of a project to establish an e-government.

The cuts would be made possible by an integrated system that manages the personnel affairs and salaries of central bureaucrats, which will be introduced by the end of fiscal 2007, the ministry said.

Read more: Japan: Ministry: E-govt can cut 6,000 bureaucrats

The Basic Residential Registers Network System, or Juki Net as it is more commonly known, went into full-fledged operation on Aug. 25.

Launched the previous August, it offers a nationwide computer network for centralized management of residents' information. Since it is an online system, an organization controlled by the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications is able to make available personal information on all Japanese citizens for administrative use by ministries and other government departments. The data includes the person's name, address and an 11-digit identification number.

Read more: Japan: Akira Otsuka:Better technology needed to protect privacy

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