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Nearly 70 % of general practitioner (GP)practices across Wales can send hospital referrals electronically via the Welsh Clinical Communications Gateway (WCCG), a national system for the electronic exchange of clinical information that integrates primary and secondary care systems.
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1 February 2012 marked the first anniversary of the introduction of the Virtual eSignature (Virtuālais eParaksts, in Latvian). Although the secure eSignature has been available in Latvia since 2006, its provider Latvia State Radio and Television Centre (LVRTC) considers the year 2011 as the turning point where the product became understandable and widely accessible.
Following the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament's first technical assistance mission to the National Assembly of Seychelles in September 2011, where an assessment of the Assembly's ICT capabilities was taken, a second technical assistance mission took place from 5 to 9 March 2012. The follow-up mission, which falls within the framework of the European Commission funded project “Support to ICT Strategic Planning in the SADC Parliaments”, finalised the assessment report from the first mission while also submitting a draft ICT strategic plan to the legislature for consideration.
This year the European Commission and the Digital Agenda for Europe will be at CeBIT - the world’s largest and most international computer expo – with 3 exciting stands. EU Vice President Neelie Kroes will be there in person on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th of March.
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Two days ago [29 February 2012] the European Commission endorsed a communication that defines a four-year action plan for the 'European Innovation Partnership (EIP) on Active and Healthy Ageing'.
This year, the LSP roadshow will make a stop at the CeBIT to present all five of the LSP projects at the booth of the European Commission. epSOS will be part of the joint booth, showcasing its services and offering insight to the broad public.
Learn how to safely and easily work, travel, face problems and get cured abroad in the EU thanks to the large scale pilots (epSOS, STORK, eCODEX, SPOCS and PEPPOL).
Video produced by the European Commission's Digital Agenda team at the 6th European Ministerial eGovernment Conference & Exhibition in Poznan, November 2011.
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The second edition of the National Congress of Interoperability and Security - CNIS 2012 was held at the National Mint (FNMT), Madrid, on 22 and 23 February 2012, gathering more than six hundred attendees.
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Standardisation organisation OASIS has started working on a document standard for legal documents, it announced on 13 February 2012. OASIS aims to approve Akoma Ntoso, 'a machine readable set of simple technology-neutral electronic representations of parliamentary, legislative and judiciary documents'.
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On 24 February 2012, the Italian province of Savona unveiled its new website, rebuilt on the open source content management system Drupal. The province argues that using free and open source software helps reduce operating costs and at the same time gives the freedom to customise and share the province's applications.
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Improving IT applications for the users is the reason most frequently given by German public administrations to move to open source and open standards, according to a migration guide that is about to be published by OSS Kompetenzzentrum, the government's resource centre on open source software.
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The administration of the city of Munich has now replaced all of the macros that tied it to a proprietary office suite, the city reported on 23 February 2012.
