| eGovernment techniques
within the
Public Administration, Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer states in the 'eGovernment goes
Europe' conference. The EU Services Directive, due to take effect at the end of 2009,
requires the standardisation of technologies. The European Commission’s Jean-François
Junger agrees that standard-setting at the European level will be important for the
future of eGovernment.
The Austrian eGovernment site,
HELP
, is enhanced in
May 2008
by a handy directory of
the names, addresses and phone numbers of officials throughout the federal
administration, i.e. the Federal Chancellor’s Office, the Presidential Chancery and four
federal ministries. Alternatively, the directory could also be searched by ‘organisational
units’.
In
April 2008,
Austria’s new
eAuktion
site is
set, aiming at revolutionising local authority
procurement and cut costs. Boroughs are able to put their building, supply and service
needs up for electronic auction via a new portal, which also permitted further bargaining
before a contract is signed. The new site promotes transparency in local government
procurement, with expected average savings to local taxpayers being estimated at
10 %.
In
March 2008,
at
http://egovlabs.gv.at/
, an eGovernment Open Source platform, is
established and provides a ‘source forge’ for the development and
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