Norway - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in Norway.
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eGovernment - Norway - Archive
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Archived articles and resources about egovernment activities in Norway.
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The Norwegian Approach to increasing Public Sector Open Data
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Paper presented by Heather Broomfield, Erlend Klakegg Bergheim at the Open Government Data Camp 2011.
- Public consultation for a white paper on the development of eHealth services
- ePractice.eu, 13 April 2012. Country Norway; Domain eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, ePrescribing, Health portals, Homecare & Telecare Services, Hospital information systems, ICT and lifestyle management, ICT for disease prevention and health promotion, ICT for patient safety, Policy, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "The Ministry of Health and Care Services (Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet, in Norwegian) is conducting a public consultation for a new white paper on eHealth in Norway. Input can be submitted through a blog which will remain open until 1 June 2012..."
- Country-wide implementation of ePrescriptions a success
- ePractice.eu, 22 November 2011. Country Norway; Domain eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, ePrescribing, ICT for patient safety, Patient summary, Policy, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "Nearly 300,000 ePrescriptions have been issued in Norway since their introduction on 18 October 2011.
ePrescriptions are being gradually rolled out throughout the country and full adoption is expected by 2013. 32 municipalities and 60 pharmacies are currently involved in the ePrescription programme, which is responsible for establishing a national, fully electronic information chain for prescription drugs and medical supplies in Norway..."
- Online access to tax rolls through ID port/MinID
- ePractice.eu, 28 October 2011. Country Norway; Domain eGovernment; Topic eIdentity and eSecurity, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure. "On 21 October 2011, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance published the tax rolls for 2010. The Parliament decided that this year this information should be made accessible on the website of the Tax Administration - Skatteetaten.no - only, after logging on the authentication portal 'ID port/MinID' with one of the following eID solutions: MinID, Buypass ID or Commfides e-ID.
The tax rolls are records of a taxpayer's (natural or legal persons) name, year of birth (or year of creation for companies), zip code, city, taxation municipality, net income, net assets and assessed tax amount..."
- Momentum building for open government data in Norway - in pdf format (57kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). by Olav Anders Øvrebø, Journalist and Lecturer. European PSI Platform, 2010. "Abstract - This report summarises and discusses recent Norwegian initiatives to make government data available for reuse, highlighting recommendations from independent reports and the government's own proposals..."
- eID solution MinID achieves record usage
- ePractice.eu, 12 September 2011. Country Norway; Domain eGovernment; Topic eIdentity and eSecurity, eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, User-centric Services. "The usage of Norway's eIdentity (eID) solution MinID has reached a record high, both in the number of its registered users and in the number of times it was used, it was announced on 19 August 2011.
In June 2011 there were a record 2.6 million MinID users, making it Norway's most popular eID solution ever. By August, MinID had already been used over 15 million times for Government services during 2011, which is more than during the whole of 2010. .."
- Open source-based problem-reporting website launched nationwide
- ePractice.eu, 4 April 2011. Country Norway; Domain eGovernment; Topic Services for Citizens, Open Source, Regional and Local, User-centric Services. "FiksGataMi, an open source-based service to report faults and problems to local authorities, was launched nationwide on 7 March 2011. FiksGataMi is a new website that enables citizens to report and discuss faults and problems in their local communities, such as graffiti, unauthorised dumping of rubbish, holes in the road or defective street lighting. The citizen does not need to be concerned about which public agency needs to be contacted, since FiksGataMi will automatically send an email to the local authority responsible for the particular geographical location. All Norway's municipalities are covered by the service..."
- Report identifies huge potential in increasing the ICT cooperation between municipalities
- ePractice.eu, 29 March 2011. Country Norway; Domain eGovernment; Topic Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking, Services for Businesses, Services for Citizens, Policy, Regional and Local. "A report commissioned by the Norwegian government has concluded that increasing ICT cooperation in the municipal sector and between central and local governments could lead to substantial benefits, it was announced in March 2011..."
- Launch of eHealth blog
- ePractice.eu, 3 March 2011. Country Norway; Domain eHealth; Topic Health portals. "A new blog site, Ehelsebloggen, has been created to support debate in Norwegian on the digitisation of healthcare, it was announced on 11 February 2011..."
- FixMyStreet in Norway
- by Tom Steinberg. MySociety.org, 7 March 2011. Norway now has a FixMyStreet online reporting service called Fiksgatami, which covers nearly every corner of Norway's 300,000 square kilometers. Problems reported anywhere within Norway will be correctly directed to any of the 400+ responsible municipalities...
- All regions and nearly all municipalities now use open source
- ePractice.eu, 3 December 2010. Country Norway; Domain eGovernment; Topic Open Source, Policy, Regional and Local. "Public administrations in Norway are increasingly turning to open source, says Martin Bekkelund, business developer at Friprog, the country's open source competence centre. This year, all nineteen county administrations are using open source in some form, compared to 76 percent in 2005..."
- Further testing of digital prescriptions use
- ePractice.eu, 9 December 2010. Country Norway; Domain eHealth; Topic ePrescribing, ICT for patient safety, Policy. "In mid-September 2010, the Norwegian Directorate of Health began testing the use of digital prescriptions in the medical practices and pharmacies of the Larvik municipality (Vestfold County). Digital prescriptions are expected to contribute to the safer use of medicines, simpler procedures and socio-economic benefits..."
- Electronic database of public mail records proves highly successful
- ePractice.eu, 29 October 2010. Country Norway; Domain eGovernment; Topic eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Services for Businesses, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, Open Source, User-centric Services. "Over 8,800 requests for access to public documents were made to the electronic database of public mail records (Offentleg elektronisk postjournal - OEP, in Norwegian)in September 2010, while 1 416 disclosure requests were sent through the old test system 'Electronic Mail Records' (EMR)..."
- Digital prescription takes first steps
- ePractice.eu, 12 August 2010. Country Norway; Domain eHealth; Topic ePrescribing, ICT for patient safety, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "Since 4 May 2010, as part of the pilot project 'MineResepter.no' ('MyPrescription') the Norwegian municipality of Os (county of Hordaland, south western Norway) has been the first in the country to drop paper prescriptions..."
- Citizens have their say in development of new eGovernment portal
- ePractice.eu, 29 July 2010. Country Norway; Domain eGovernment; Topic eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, User-centric Services. "The Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI) has started developing an improved version of Norwegian eGovernment portal 'Noreg.no' (Norway.no, in English). It is inviting the public to provide their input into this process through the dedicated blog at 'beta.norge.no'..."
- Online access to the mail records of central administration
- ePractice.eu, 8 June 2010. Country Norway; Domain eGovernment; Topic eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Services for Businesses, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, Open Source, Policy, User-centric Services. "Launched on 18 May 2010, the electronic database of public mail records (Offentleg elektronisk postjournal - OEP, in Norwegian) grants online access to certain documents of the central administration to anyone interested in obtaining them; the OEP constitutes the first initiative of this kind worldwide..."
This category last updated: 19 April 2012