Norway
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The main driver for ICT use in Norway was and remains internal efficiency through automation of administrative processes. Nonetheless, public sector reform has been a main driver of the development of e-government which is seen as an instrument for ...
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Norway.no was established in 2005 as a public agency and is known in the country for its management of the Norwegian public sector portal (www.norge.no). Before this, the agency had been developed as a project under the jurisdiction of the former ...
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In common with most OECD countries, a real understanding of user demand has not yet become a major driver for e-government in Norway. Despite Norway’s high Internet penetration and the readiness of the population to use the Internet, limited efforts ...
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In order to set the development of e-government in a broader context, this section provides basic economic statistics for the public sector along with indications on the general institutional and public governance arrangements under which ...
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In Norway the structure of responsibility for e-government reflects the decentralised structure of government and its limited role as an e-government co-ordinator. Central government responsibility for ICT development and co-ordination has varied ...
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Norway has a well-established central e-government vision (eNorway) and strategy, which build on the wider vision for the modernisation of the public sector. However, when it comes to the implementation of e-government, an earlier plan (24/7 ...
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The Norwegian Mapping Authority (NMA) is the lead agency in terms of standardisation and technological activity related to geographic information in Norway. The case of this agency illustrates how government agencies can be transformed when they ...
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While standardisation efforts in Norway have fluctuated in terms of focus and intensity, standardisation has now emerged as a key priority in the e-government agenda. Frameworks for standards for interoperability and management of some data exist ...
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With eNorway, the government has been successful in setting up a framework for measuring progress in the development of the information society. As yet however, there is no whole- fgovernment framework for monitoring progress and assessing the ...
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Norway has long been active in using ICT in the public sector, which has provided it with an important tool for achieving gains in government efficiency, for improving the quality of public services and for modernising government. Norway’s efforts ...
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Norway’s early application of ICT to back office functions of government (e.g. financial and public record and payroll systems) has brought changes and benefits in terms of back office management that are now mainstreamed in government and provide ...
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While there are few legislative and regulatory barriers to e-government in Norway, the OECD survey of Norway indicates budgetary barriers as the single most important barrier to the use of ICT in government. Norway has succeeded in providing a legal ...
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To start with the end of a long process: from 1 January 2003, the government’s special measures for regional development are being decentralised as a “lump sum” to politically elected bodies at regional level. With this reform, the issues of ...
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