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Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World -
June 2009, vol. 3, no. 1
News
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General News
- Canada
- Countries (excluding the United States)
- United States
- Federal Government
- State Government
- Private Sector
Canada
Federal Government
#1
Headline: Minister confirms $500 million for electronic health records
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq has announced an additional $500 million to support electronic health records and says that an electronic health record system "will save time and lives by reducing duplication, improving the management of chronic disease, improving access to care and boosting productivity."
Source:
www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/02/11/e-health-records.html
#2
Headline: New Chief Information Officer appointed
Effective May 4, 2009, Corinne Charette will be the new Chief Information Officer of the Government of Canada.
Source:
www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/cio-dpi/org-eng.asp
Countries (excluding the United States)
Australia
Headline: Parliamentary committee recommends new funding model for cultural institutions
A federal parliamentary committee has recommended that a new funding model be developed for the nation's cultural institutions, including the National Library, which would encourage growth and development of collections.
Source:
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/04/2437997.htm?section=entertainment
Botswana
Headline: Courts go digital
Botswana court records will soon be digitized which will allow members of the public and lawyers to electronically access them and also permit cases to be heard via video conferencing.
The Minister of Defense, Justice and Security says "The changes are meant to provide easy and quick access to judicial information and expedite the pace of trials."
Source:
www.africanews.com/site/Botswana_courts_go_digital/list_messages/23563
India
Headline: Indian Data Center capacity to reach 5.1 million square feet by 2012
A recent report predicts that the total data center capacity in India will increase to 5.1 million square feet by 2012 and is projected to grow 31 percent from 2007 to 2012.
This growth will be driven by increasing domestic requirements from sectors including financial institutions, telecom operators and manufacturing and services which includes small and midsize users.
Isle of Man
Headline: Access to Information Bill to offer more freedom to government information
An Access to Information Bill is being drafted as part of the government's strategic plan for 2007-2011 to provide the public with a statutory right of access to government information.
According to the Chief Minister Tony Brown "...we have already got the code of practice, but I want to get a statutory right on the books."
Source:
www.iomtoday.co.im/news/Bill-aims-to-offer-more.4728619.jp
Government's Code of Practice on Access to Information:
www.gov.im/lib/docs/cso/codeofpractice.pdf
Russia
Headline: Russian Minister: E-Government to curb bureaucracy
According to the Minister of Mass Communications, Igor Shchegolev, the creation of e-Government will eliminate bureaucratic procedures and "An e-Government will rid our citizens of the need to visit different offices."
He adds that "information resources of ministries and agencies are rarely compatible with each other. Some resources do not even provide for inter-agency information exchanges."
A new committee called the "Presidential Council for the Development of the Information Society in Russia" has been established.
Source:
www.futuregov.net/articles/2009/apr/27/russian-minister-e-government-curb-bureaucracy/
United Kingdom
Headline: Government to appoint digital champion
The government has announced it will appoint a high-profile "digital champion" to encourage greater use of technology across the UK.
A recent report revealed that only 42 percent of people in the UK have used the Internet to access government services despite the billions of pounds spent on delivering online public services.
United States
Federal Government
#1
Headline: 2010 Census has data problems
According to senior House Democrats the 2010 census is at high risk because of uncertainty about how its data systems will operate and are calling on President Obama to nominate a census director.
The Government Accountability Office designated the 2010 census as high risk in March 2008 because of the bureau's development problems with, and limited testing of, information technology systems and programs that will be used to collect household data.
Source:
http://fcw.com/articles/2009/02/17/census-problems.aspx
#2
Headline: White House asked to clarify email policy
Congressman Darrell Issa has sent a letter (http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/News/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=460) to the White House calling on President Obama to clarify his administration's policies related to the preservation and retention of emails that fall under the authority of the Presidential Records Act.
The letter addresses concerns that the use of personal email accounts to conduct official business could result in presidential records not being stored in the White House email archiving system.
Initially some staff members created email accounts to conduct official business before their government accounts were operational and a White House spokesperson stated that all staff were told to forward any official correspondence to their White House email accounts and added that private email accounts are no longer being used.
Source:
http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/02/issa_calls_on_white_house_to_c.php
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/19/republican-wants-white-house-e-mail-plan/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10168736-38.html
#3
Headline: New military electronic medical records system to be model for U.S.
The government has announced that it will create a lifetime national electronic medical records system for the military that will serve as a model for broad reform of U.S. healthcare administration.
The system, which is organized by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, would track information of military personnel from active duty through retirement and would also reduce administrative errors.
Source:
www.reuters.com/article/americasRegulatoryNews/idUSN0929824620090409
http://fcw.com/articles/2009/04/09/web-va-dod-erecord.aspx
State Government
Idaho
Headline: New computer system helps refine efficiency
A new computer software system will improve efficiency of police in Payette County by further integrating technology in day-to-day business and make records management and information sharing easier and more efficient.
Payette County Sheriff Chad Huff says "What this will do is it will help us manage cases, share intelligence and information with each other, and we'll be able to monitor crime trends."
Source:
www.ind-ent.com/articles/2009/04/02/news/03.txt
Private Sector
Hewlard Packard
Headline: HP launches business intelligence services
HP has announced a number of new business intelligence services whose goals are
- to help firms improve their corporate governance
- reduce operating costs and
- give firms an integrated view of information across the organization resulting in more informed business decisions.
The three services are:
HP Master Data Management Services (http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/software/bi-services-master-data.html) will permit users to capture and store data from across the enterprise in one silo, offering a single view of what could be complex amounts of information.
HP Information Quality Management Services (http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/software/bi-services-info-quality.html), applies methodology and a quality control framework and will improve the accuracy of data.
HP Information Governance Services (http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/us/en/software/bi-services-info-governance.html), strengthening controls over data.
"With these new services, customers can better connect intelligence across the organisation and make business decisions with higher confidence," said Kristina Robinson, vice president and general manager for business intelligence solutions at HP.
Source:
www.itnews.com.au/News/97871,hp-touts-new-business-intelligence-services.aspx
