Issue 18 - August 2007
Issue 18
August 2007
MFAT signs onto GSN
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) are among the latest agencies to sign on to the Government Shared Network (GSN) bringing the number of agencies registered so far up to eight... continue reading
DRIVING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE: The Development Goals at work
On Wednesday 19 September the State Services Commission is holding a one day conference ‘Driving Government Performance – The Development Goals at Work’.
The conference will focus on alignment of customer-centric services with the Development Goals for the State Services... continue reading
Spam law passed
Parliament has passed a new law to fight spam. The Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 aims to prevent New Zealand becoming a haven for spammers by prohibiting unsolicited commercial electronic messages and requiring senders of commercial electronic messages to include accurate sender information and a functional unsubscribe facility... continue reading
Security rating
The State Services Commission’s (SSC) All-of-government Operations unit has earned an ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Maturity Score that is greater than the Australian and New Zealand average for Security Management.
SSC operates various all-of-government e-government operational systems and services. ITIL is a methodology which enables organisations to implement best practices and improvements to their IT services.... continue reading
Google Earth New Zealand
Tourism New Zealand has become the first tourism authority in the world to develop an official layer for Google Earth.
Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to provide in-depth, easily accessible geographic information.... continue reading
Celebrants online
The Department of Internal Affairs is providing a new online service to help people choose a marriage or civil union celebrant.
Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Brian Clarke, says the online service is a quick and easy way of getting the name of a genuine celebrant.... continue reading
