Information Policy

E-Government Training Center created in Azerbaijan

E-government Training Center has been established in Azerbaijan by Cabinet Ministers’ Decision #389 from 17 December.

The Center will operate on the basis of self-financing in the system of the Ministry of Communications & High Technologies (RYTN). The Ministry is commissioned to form the management bodies of the E-Government Training Center, while the State Committee for Property Issues to ensure the state registration of the Center.

Source: http://abc.az/eng/news_21_12_2015_92990.html

There’s now an official HTTP status code for legal takedowns: 451

HTTP status codes are a core part of helping your browser understand what to do with a page. You’re probably familiar with 404 — page not found — but there are a plethora of others, like 302, which help tell your browser a page has moved.

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has finally created a standard for when a page has been taken down due to legal reasons. The new status code, 451, indicates that a host has received a legal demand to deny access to a resource.

World-leading Digital Governments Met in Tallinn

The second summit of the Digital 5 (D5), the global network of some of the most digitally advanced governments in the world, was held in Tallinn in November to create better procurement for public sector IT solutions and to ensure digital trust.

The UK and Estonia launched TechLink, a brand new platform to build partnerships between the two countries in technology, innovation and science during the D5 Summit.

WSIS+10: In Internet Governance, Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Byron Holland is the CEO of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, which manages the .ca domain.

A decade ago, a landmark summit was held in Geneva and Tunis to discuss how the digital divide between the developing and developed world could be bridged. This week representatives from more than 190 nations are meeting in New York to assess the progress made since the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), and those discussions could influence Internet governance for the foreseeable future.

EU works on new e-government plan

Five-year effort will be geared to making digital transactions for public services the norm throughout Europe

The European Commission has begun to work on a five year e-government action plan for the EU as part of its Digital Single Market strategy.

Andrus Ansip, EU vice president in charge of the Digital Single Market, has outlined a set of principles which reflect several priorities of the UK government’s digital transformation programme - and emphasise the interoperability of member states’ services.