Main eGovernment infrastructure components

Last updated: October 2011

Portals

National Administration Portal of Liechtenstein (LLV eGovernment Portal)

The administrative portal became operational on 4 September 2004. Its technical and administrative responsibility lies with the Office of Human and Administrative Resources, while content responsibility lies with the relevant government offices. The portal covers all matters related to citizen-state and business-state interaction. Related topics include among other legal matters and legislation texts, employment, taxation, all forms of declaration towards the State. Regarding its structure, the portal is comprised of three major sections:

• Life topics
• Public Authorities
• Online counter.

On 1 April 2007, a section dedicated to the Government of Liechtenstein was introduced on the National Administration Portal . Available under www.regierung.li, that section provides comprehensive information on the organisation and responsibilities of the various governmental departments, as well as information on the members of government.

The LLV eGovernment portal also offers a broad range of online applications, namely:

• Business names index for enterprises
• Geospatial Data Infrastructure (GDI)
• Tax declaration
• Online calculator for price increase estimation
• Report and application service.

Online services offered by the portal were enhanced in January 2007 by a new electronic telephone book service, featuring online search facilities for the internal telephone numbers of the Public Administration. The service offers up-to-date online information (updated on a daily basis) which can be retrieved using a variety of search methods. Alternatively, the complete phone book (updated on a weekly basis) can be downloaded in PDF format. In June 2007, the Newsletter Service of the National Administration Portal of Liechtenstein was enhanced to provide information on government reports, applications to the Diet, Diet protocols and draft legislation. In addition, the newsletter provides information in the areas of workplace, health promotion and on the hiking trails network in Liechtenstein.

In October 2008, a completely revised LLV central form repository and management system available to the entire public administration was released within the scope of a major important, strategic project with technical and content-related components, as well as central versatile usable basic services. In 2009 the integration of the applicant’s signature and the complex business logic was implemented, as planned in project phase 2.

Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein

In January 2002, the public launch of the Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein took place. The portal provides, amongst other, general information on government, economy, education and tourism.

Network

Current status

Public sector bodies participate in a communication network based, among others, on fibre optics technology, interconnecting authorities spread over 32 distinct locations in the country.

eIdentification/eAuthentication

Current status

In April 2006, a final report on the introduction of a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) was prepared under the supervision of the Office of Human and Administrative Resources. Part of the new infrastructure, among other, are the electronic certificates by means of electronic identity cards (June 2009). To this end, the National Electronic ID-card with a qualified electronic certificate is the primary document for identifying citizens and residents. The ID-card is to be used in any form of business, governmental or private communications (identification document), as well as a travel document. Issued by the National Immigration and Passport Office, it provides advanced electronic functions facilitating secure authentication, legally binding digital signature for public and private online services. In October 2006, Liechtenstein launched the issuance of biometric passports. An integrated microchip is used to hold the owner’s data, such as height, signature and a passport photograph in JPEG format. The stored data can be accessed through special reading devices implementing ‘Basic Access Control’ infrastructure.

eProcurement

Current status

There is no specific infrastructure on eProcurement apart from online information and a number of downloadable forms.

Knowledge Management

National Archives

The National Archives collection provides facilities to search online and obtain document related to history and documentation related to the principality’s history and documentation.

Law Database LILEX

The Constitution and the entire volume of Liechtenstein legislation are available for downloading free of charge from the law data base LILEX. The data base, updated on a monthly basis, allows a full text search of the National Law Gazette.