eGovernment in Norway

["Pim van der Eijk" <pim.vandereijk@oasis-open.org>]

Hello Tor,

Do you or other people on this list know more about the document format promoted by eNorge 2009?  Are they adopting the OASIS Open Document XML format?

The article also mentions a digital ID system.  Does it use SAML?

Regards,

Pim van der Eijk

http://www.andwest.com/blojsom/blog/tatle/agenda/2005/06/27/Norwegian_Minister_Proprietary_Standards_No_Longer_Acceptable_in_Communication_with_Government.html

On presenting his new plan for information technology in Norway - "eNorge 2009 - the digital leap", Norwegian Minister of Modernization Morten Andreas Meyer today at a press conference in Oslo declared "Proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable in communication between citizens and government."

Taking great care not to mention the name Microsoft directly, but rather referring to "the spreadsheet almost everyone use" or saying this is the last time I will present a plan for information technology being broadcast on the net in Windows Media, the Minister sent strong signals in the direction of Redmond to open up or become irrelevant to the Norwegian Government.

The Minister, as part of the plan, has charged all government institutions, both at the national and local level, to by the end of 2005 have worked out a recommendation for the use of open source code in the public sector.

Further by the end of 2006 every body of the public sector in Norway must have in place a plan for the use of open source code and open standards.