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Social networking sites, user-generated media, global e-activitism, e-government services are changing the way people, companies and governments interact, thus also influencing cultures and societies around the world.

This brings both opportunities and risks for Europe. For example, our rich cultural heritage and vibrant industries are important assets in today's global and digitised world. Europe must tap these assets, help its industries evolve and ensure that all Europeans benefit.

21st century government is enabled by technology - policy is inspired by it, business changed is delivered by it, customer and corporate service are dependent on it, and democratic engagement is exploring it. By also transforming the relationship between citizen and government through eGovernment, ICTs can make public services more personalised, accessible and efficient.

This means that:

Taxpayers benefit from efficiency gains;
Citizens, business and the voluntary and community sector benefit from the better regulation, reduced paperwork and lower costs from a leaner, modern, more effective public sector;
Public servants have better tools to undertake their jobs and the opportunity to provide a better service as a result;
Policy makers will be better able to achieve intended outcomes in practice;
Managers are able to free resources from back office to the front-line;
Citizens feel more engaged with the processes of democratic government.

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	I. Government

	a. ICT in Public Administrations

			Communication COM (2003) 567 final: The role of eGovernment for Europe's future - the use of information and communication technologies in public administrations combined with organisational changes and new skills

	b. Public Sector Information

			Freedom of Information Act 2000

			Re-use of Public Sector Information Directive - 2003/98/EC

			The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005

			Commission Decision 2006/291/EC of 7 April 2006 on the re-use of Commission information

			Spacial Information Directive - 2007/2/EC (INSPIRE)

			Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information Repeals Directive 90/313/EEC

			Environmental Information Regulations 2004

	c. Disclosure of Information

			Access to Health Records 1990

			Official Secrets Act 1989

	d. Electronic Public Procurement

			Communication on an Action plan for the implementation of the legal framework for electronic public procurement

			Commission Regulation (EC) No 1564/2005 on establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in public procurement

			Commission Directive 2005/51/EC amending Annex XX to Directive 2004/17/EC and Annex VIII to Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on public procurement

			Commission Regulation adopted on 28 November 2007 amending Regulation (EC) N° 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) and Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement procedures, as regards the revision of the CPV (Common Procurement Vocabulary).

			Public Procurement Directive - 2004/18/EC

			The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 No 5

			The Public Contracts Regulation 2006 No 6

			The Government Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Amendment) Regulations 2007

	e. Interoperability

			Communication COM (2003) 410: Interoperability of Information Society Services