Dear
all:
I thought that you might be
interested in the following extract from a speech [1] delivered this week in
Prague to the Microsoft Government Leaders Summit, by Viviane Reding, the new
European Commissioner for the “Information Society” dossier, including large
chunks of their eGov work:
“…Developments in e-government
services provide a good and practical example. Here there is a lot of
activity, but also a lot of duplication of effort. Many issues, such as
identity management and interoperability of systems, are common problems. We
can tackle these issues more efficiently together than alone. I would propose
widescale demonstrators to test and deploy pan-European services. I would also
advocate the creation of platforms and forums for clarifying priorities and
for exchanging good practice.
I’ve already made enquiries into
what this might translate to in practice, but there are some positive
signals.
All the
best,
Peter
[1] page 4 of http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/61&type=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en