official acknowledgement
of
receipt
, and registered mails delivered by the system have legal status. To subscribe to
the service, a user needs to have a digital signature. The system is compatible with the
Citizen Card. The official electronic delivery service is meant to gradually replace all paper-
based notifications from public authorities to citizens and businesses. The specification of
the Delivery Service has recently been extended and now includes the option to generate
paper-based deliveries (e.g. by automated printing). This provides a single interface for the
administration, but also alternative means of delivery for citizens and businesses.
Directory Services
The eGovernment strategy of the Federal Government intends to achieve a comprehensive
representation of all Public Administration procedures in electronic form. This includes the
transactions between the government and citizens (G2C), as well as internal transactions
between pubic authorities themselves (G2G). Within the framework of these procedures,
the responsibilities and the rights of persons, and those of organisational units constitute
important parameters. The directory service makes this information available electronically
in a standardised manner and enables accessing it through well-defined application
interfaces. Directory Services serve as the infrastructure upon which various internal and
external information services can be built. A central directory service and data model was
developed for the Austrian Government for use on the
‘LDAP.gv.at’
domain.
In the future, a
directory service (LDAP)
will deliver an overview of all public authorities and
their areas of responsibility. This service will contain all relevant contact information and
descriptions which can be queried in a standard search. It is also possible to access this
information from the public authority directory on ‘HELP.gv.at’.
Keeping the directory as complete as possible requires the cooperation of all public
authorities, which have to deliver up-to-date data on a regular basis. The directory takes on
special importance with regard to the service guidelines of the EU by allowing the
responsible federal, city or municipal authority to be searched for and found.
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