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- Ministry of Justice Takes e-Government to the Next Level With Web Services
- Many governments today implement government-to-government (G2G) and government-to-employee (G2E) solutions to help improve operational efficiencies within or between agencies. The Austrian Ministry of Justice faced the challenge of connecting multiple application service providers to proprietary government databases to improve public online access to judicial records. By partnering with the BundesRechen-Zentrum...
- Tags: Web, Web Service, IBM Corp., E-government, Application Service Providers (ASPs), Web Services, Government, Web Hosting, Channel Management, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
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- An eGovernment Platform Based on Service-Oriented Architecture
- Within this expansive regional Spanish government there were wide differences in the criteria for using new technologies as a means of bringing the government closer to the citizens. There was no integration between the different technologies and simple tasks were taking a long time, due to manual processes and duplication...
- Tags: BEA WebLogic, BEA Systems Inc., SOA, Government, Middleware, Application Servers, E-government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Vertical Industries, Software, Web Services
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- E-Government Services for Everyone
- The state of Baden-Wurttemberg wanted to use an innovative service portal to implement e-government instead of e-bureaucracy. Added value for citizens and potential for future functionality needed to be part of the package, alongside security, performance, and scalability. A high-performance portal solution via BEA WebLogic Server integrates local government and...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., High-performance, Portals, E-government, Web Technology, Data Management, Leadership, Internet, Government, Management
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- eGovernment Platform Based on a Service-Oriented Architecture
- Each Basque Government agency operated its own portal environment using custom applications. This created an inconsistent, fragmented Internet service and led to confusion among citizens and enterprises. It also meant effort was duplicated. BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 and BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1 were deployed as the foundation for a new,...
- Tags: BEA WebLogic, BEA Systems Inc., SOA, E-government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Government, Software
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- Inter-Agency Collaboration Simplifies Reporting Obligations in Norway
- Three Norwegian government agencies - the Tax Directorate, the Bronnoysund Register Centre, and Statistics Norway - cooperated to establish a common electronic reporting channel for businesses to file government forms. Developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework and the Accenture eGovernment Accelerator, and standardized on products in Microsoft Windows Server System,...
- Tags: Norway, Microsoft Corp., Inter-Agency Collaboration, E-government, Government
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- Effective Application Management Strategies for Government Agencies
- Despite limited budgets and staff, demands on government agencies are endless. Increasingly, Internet portals and other online systems help satisfy those demands by delivering essential information and services quickly and efficiently. As public reliance on e-government Web applications grows, however, problems with application performance and availability are quickly noticed. This...
- Tags: Agency, Application Management, Computer Associates International Inc., E-government, It Services, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Marketing
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- City Council Supports E-Government Services and Enhances Operational Efficiency
- Wolfsburg City Council delivers a range of public services to around 122,000 local people. To enhance relationships with citizens, it decided to develop a new online portal for e-government services, but this could not be deployed effectively on the council's ageing IT infrastructure. To address this issue, Wolfsburg City Council...
- Tags: Council, Microsoft Corp., Wolfsburg City Council, E-government, E-mail Servers, Open Source, Government, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Staffordshire Connects Delivers Improved Public Services
- Determined to demonstrate true collaborative working in the cause of better service to local citizens in the county of Staffordshire, United Kingdom, the county council, eight district councils, and the unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent all contributed funds to set up the Staffordshire e-Government Partnership under the name Staffordshire Connects. The...
- Tags: County, Oracle Corp., Council, Staffordshire, E-government, Purchasing & Procurement, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Government, Business Operations, Software
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- UK Local Authorities Drive National CRM Programme With an IT Investment of Just £7,000
- The National CRM Programme is an e-government initiative helping local authorities across the UK deliver better service to citizens. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets hosts the service, and with the help of Microsoft Gold Partner Silversands, implemented a collaboration tool based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. From here, comprehensive...
- Tags: Information Technology, IT Investment, Authority, Microsoft Corp., CRM, National CRM Programme, E-government, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Government, Marketing, Management, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Romania Drives New Applications to Portal With E-Government Interoperability Engine
- The government of Romania has added new interoperability capacity to its e-government portal and National Electronic System NES to support a large range of applications. The NES was built by the General Inspectorate for Communications and Information Technology in 2003 in partnership with Microsoft. The solution employs the Microsoft .NET...
- Tags: Solution, Microsoft Corp., Romania, E-government, Portals, Government, Internet
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- Novell Case Study: Programma Modernisering GBA - ICTU
- ICTU, established in 2001 by the Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, is a government agency responsible for promoting and developing the Dutch state's use of information and communication technology. The Dutch government has tasked ICTU with building a modernised citizen registration system called Gemeentelijke BasisAdministratie GBA. Programma...
- Tags: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, E-government, Open Source, Servers, Government, Hardware
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- Novell Case Study: State of Utah
- The State of Utah has embarked on an ambitious plan to centralize IT management of all its state agencies. A critical part of this consolidation is the creation of a global directory to automate user management. In the past, IT personnel had time-consuming manual processes to provision new users and...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Utah, E-government, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Servers, Government, Marketing, Management, Hardware
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- Unix, Red Hat Linux and Oracle Hosting, APLAWS Pathfinder Project
- The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ODPM funded 25 Local Government Online LGOL Pathfinder projects in 2001 and 2002, with the aim of exploring and developing new ways of implementing e-government. One of the projects made use of Accessible and Personalised Local Authority Web Sites APLAWS. On completion of...
- Tags: Linux, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Linux, Database Management, Unix, E-government, Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Open Source, Operating Systems, Government, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- PCs and the Internet Enhance Rural Economies and Improve Quality of Life in the Republic of Korea
- From Finland to Malaysia, nations that want to understand the impact of digital inclusion and other e-Government strategies have been flocking to the Republic of Korea. One of the world's most wired nations, Korea is also a leader in using Information and Communications Technology ICT to make government more efficient,...
- Tags: Internet, PC, Korea, E-government, Government, Desktops, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Hardware, Networking
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- Baltic Government Agency Delivers Citizens' Digital Signature Project in Just Nine Months
- The Latvian government set an ambitious target of implementing a digital e-signature infrastructure in just nine months, and Microsoft Services led a project team to deliver the solution for Latvian Post. The government chose Windows Server 2003 and the Microsoft .NET Framework development system over Oracle. The solution went live...
- Tags: Digital Signature, Agency, Microsoft Corp., Government, E-government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Portal Muenchen Betriebs-GmbH & Co. KG Implements a Total Portal Solution
- Portal Muenchen Betriebs-GmbH & Co. KG is a nonprofit organization initiated by the City Council of Munich in 2002 to develop and maintain www.muenchen.de. The Web portal was based on older technology and needed a major redesign to allow it to offer new functions and reach out to new users....
- Tags: Site, IBM Corp., Portal Muenchen Betriebs-GmbH & Co. KG, E-government, Portals, Web Technology, Smb/Sme, Business Services, Utility Computing, Servers, Government, Internet, Hardware
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- Informatikzentrum Niedersachsen Implements Virtual Directory to Research and Gather Information
- Informatikzentrum Niedersachsen izn is the service provider for IT technologies for the German state of Lower Saxony. The company wanted to lower Saxony's state administration Saxony by implementing future oriented IT technologies for e-government. The challenge was to build a statewide directory service as administrative information base, providing a standardized...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Network, Information Technology, Environment, E-government, Business Services, Strategy, Government, Management
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- 10 Million New Belgian Electronic ID Cards: A Success!
- Since quite some time Belgian citizens are used to carry ID cards. Quite recently the Belgian government have decided to get their ten million citizens securely on-line and promote the citizen's digital signature through the introduction of a renewed national mandatory electronic ID card. This concept of a citizen eID...
- Tags: Citizen, E-government, Digital Signatures, Government, Security
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- Local Authority Gets Wired for Improved Network Performance
- When Northampton Borough Council realised that the performance of its network was being threatened by a legacy cabling infrastructure, it embarked on a major upgrade. The project, which was completed with help from Computacenter, has delivered a number of benefits - the council's network is now one hundred times faster,...
- Tags: Wired Inc., Network, Council, Authority, Computacenter, E-government, Networking, Government
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- Computacenter Case Study: Surrey County Council
- When Surrey County Council began its foray into e-government, it identified the need for an upgrade of its non-standardised desktop environment. In addition to its e-government objectives, the council also wanted to reduce the total cost of ownership of the infrastructure. A lack of internal resources led Surrey County Council...
- Tags: Computacenter, E-government, Government
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