Jos Horikx on Mon, 18 Jun 2001 08:58:22 +0200 (CEST) |
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Re: [Nettime-nl] Microsoft en Den Haag |
At 17:36 13-6-01 +0200, Frithjof Kalf citeerde o.a.: >van de Telegraaf website: >Digitale Hagenaars tegen deal met Microsoft >door Hotze Zijlstra > AMSTERDAM - Het nieuws dat de gemeente Den Haag haar digitale toekomst in >handen legt van Microsoft, roept onder de inwoners reacties en vragen op. >"De keuze voor Microsoft is veel meer dan alleen de keuze voor een >leverancier", aldus de Haagse bewonersorganisatie De Digitale Hofstad. "Het >is vooral een politieke keuze." In de NRC van afgelopen zaterdag stond een ingezonden brief van de wethouder media- en informatiebeleid waarin hij de keuze van de gemeente Den-Haag verdedigde door te stellen dat Microsoft een van de beste verdedigers is van XML als wereldstandaard waarmee bij uitstek platformonafhankelijke gegevensuitwisseling mogelijk wordt gemaakt (ik kan er niks aan doen, zo staat het er) Zoeken op Google naar Wilbert Stolte en XML levert de volgende link op: http://www.microsoft.com/europe/industry/government/news/2218.htm maar daar staat intussen: "Sorry, there is no Microsoft.com web page matching your request." De cache van Google zegt in dat griezelige postmoderne ambtenarentaaltje het volgende (en als dit soort webpagina's verdwijnen moeten ze maar eens bewaard blijven, zalk maar zeggen...) "Government News E-government initiatives presented at Major Cities conference Microsoft presented its new strategic initiatives for electronic government to delegates at the Major Cities of Europe IT Users Group conference in Nice, France, 15-17 May. Dr Eduardo Mendoza, director of Microsoft Consulting Services Europe, outlined the new approaches that are set to revolutionise government services: * Electronic Government Framework - software that speaks the language of government. An open initiative in which governments and the IT industry work together to simplify the adoption of electronic government. It will drive the rapid and consistent adoption of XML and XSL to standardise the specification of information schema, business services and co-operation models. * Government Portal - architecture for integrated electronic government. A single point of access for service delivery to citizens and businesses, the framework incorporates new standards and ensures that portal services can be accessed from various devices. It is supported by strategic partnerships with web content providers, system integrators, application solution providers and data centres. * Digital Communities - economic development, education and social innovation powered by technology. - Services designed on the architecture provided by the Government Portal to provide access to local government services and improve local authorities' ability to manage their relationship with citizens. The initiatives will allow organisations to adapt new processes quickly and easily and to provide new services that can be accessed anytime and from anywhere. "It's no longer end-to-end but end-to-multiple end because of the range of devices we'll see in the future," said Dr Mendoza. Dietmar Pfähler of SAP also outlined a vision of the digital community where the city provides an umbrella under which citizens can access public and private portal services based on their personal life situation. Municipalities and local businesses should work in partnership, he said, "because if they don't everyone will buy their books from Amazon.com; they won't buy them from the local bookshop." The 116 conference delegates representing local authorities from 23 countries met on the French Riviera to hear presentations from industry partners and local authority colleagues from across Europe. Jörg Wiegand of Bremerhaven, Germany, outlined his city's Concept IT 2000 project which involves getting all citizens online with free email and access to the 'City Web'. WILBERT STOLTE, the Hague's deputy mayor for media affairs and information technology, presented a similarly ambitious 10-year programme to get every household in the Dutch capital connected to the city's Residentie.net via computers or interactive teletext. "Once city residents get bitten by the Internet, city life will never be the same," he said. Several cities outlined initiatives to issue citizens with a multifunctional smart-card to access municipal services, to use as a bus pass or parking permit, and to purchase products at local shops. The city of Bremen, Germany, is developing a citizen card in co-operation with the banking sector. Featuring an integrated digital signature function, the card aims modernise the public administration and boost e-commerce, said the city's Harald Krause. Antoinette Mousalli of the London borough of Lewisham provided an update of the EC-sponsored GALA (Global Access to Local Applications and services) project which aims to integrate community information services within Europe and involves local authorities in Barcelona, Bologna, Cologne, Gothenburg and London. ICL is the industry partner responsible for defining the overall technical architecture. 29 May 2000" ______________________________________________________ * Verspreid via nettime-nl. Commercieel gebruik niet * toegestaan zonder toestemming. <nettime-nl> is een * open en ongemodereerde mailinglist over net-kritiek. * Meer info, archief & anderstalige edities: * http://www.nettime.org/. * Contact: Menno Grootveld (rabotnik@xs4all.nl).