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CZ: Data Boxes - Government to save 20 million Czech crowns a year
3 February 2012
- Czech Republic
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Following a recent agreement between the Ministry of the Interior and Czech Post, as from April 2012 the cost of sending a single message to a Data Box will drop from CZK 15.04 without VAT (approx. €0.59) to CZK 11.68 without VAT (approx. €0.46). This is expected to save the government ...
BE: Portal on PSI re-use launched
2 February 2012
- Belgium
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The Belgian Federal Agency for Administrative Simplification (ASA/DAV) recently deployed a Public Sector Information (PSI) portal. It allows users to find a wide range of information and data which has been issued by the federal public services and can be re-used by third parties for commercial ...
LT: National SNOMED CT Terminology Management Centre established
1 February 2012
- Lithuania
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On 2 January 2012, the newly created National SNOMED CT Terminology Management Centre at the Lithuanian Medical Library officially started its activities.
EU: "Open source not yet very popular in healthcare organisations"
31 January 2012
- United Kingdom
- Pan european
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The use of free and open source software is not yet very common in Europe's healthcare organisations, says Thomas Karopka, chair of the International Medical Informatics Association. However, several online and offline networks of healthcare specialists interested in this type of software are ...
EU: Open Forum Europe: Cloud computing a way out of vendor lock-in
31 January 2012
- Pan european
- EU Institutions
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European public administrations can avoid being locked-in by IT vendors when moving to cloud computing that is firmly based on principles of transparency, open access and open standards, says Open Forum Europe (OFE), an organisation advocating the use of open standards in ICT.
ES: ‘Datos.gob.es’ wins award for most user friendly PSI portal in EU
31 January 2012
- Spain
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On 24 January 2012, the Spanish website 'Datos.gob.es' received the LAPSI Award for the most user friendly public sector information (PSI) portal design in the EU.
EU: Draft guide on ICT standards and procurement aims to reduce vendor lock-in
30 January 2012
- EU Institutions
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"The appropriate use of standards will help alleviate lock-in", says a draft guideline prepared for the European Commission, on the link between ICT standardisation and public procurement. The draft text was published on 21 December 2011.
EU: Open source software assists European citizens to petition the EU
30 January 2012
- EU Institutions
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OCS (OnLine Collection Software), the European Commission's open source software written for the European Citizens' Initiative, will make it easier for citizens to bring legislative proposals to the Commission, European officials said at a conference in Brussels on 26 January 2012.
FI: Social and health care IT projects are performing well
26 January 2012
- Finland
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A recently released audit report by the National Audit Office of Finland covering the period 2003-2009 reveals that IT projects in the field of social services and healthcare did not achieve satisfying performance results. However, many of the shortcomings mentioned in the report have already ...
EU: Telecentre-Europe organises Get Online Week 2012
24 January 2012
- Pan european
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Get Online Week 2012 is a campaign organised by Telecentre-Europe between 26 and 30 March 2012, supported by the European Commission and a number of international organisations.
