Summary of the remit

Public services must be continually developed to meet new needs and expectations. eGovernment is an important part of this development. To strengthen the development of eGovernment and create good opportunities for inter-agency coordination, a delegation for eGovernment is being established.

The first task of the Delegation, to propose a strategy for the government agencies work on eGovernment, has been submitted to the Government on 19 October 2009. 

The Delegation is subsequently required to coordinate the IT-based development projects of government agencies and to follow up their impact on citizens, business operators and public admini­stration employees. A further task of the Delegation is to coordinate specific IT standardisation issues and assist the Government in the international work in this area.

The eGovernment Delegation has received an additional mandate on public information and social media. The Delegation is instructed to promote and coordinate the agencies’ efforts to improve the conditions for the re-use of documents. These efforts are to be based on the Act on the re-use of public sector documents proposed in the Government Bill Public administration for democracy, participation and growth (Govt. Bill 2009/10:175). Within the framework of its remit to develop instructions, the Delegation is also to draft guidelines for government agencies’ use of social media.

Every year, the Delegation is to submit interim reports to the Government, containing background material and proposals. A final report is to be submitted by 31 December 2014 at the latest.