Transcript Information Dissemination

Information Dissemination
EENet
Maria Ristkok
Rhodes, 2004
Public Information Act
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Most information has been made
available electronically by the website
according to the Public Information Act:
http://www.legaltext.ee/text/en/X40095K2.htm
Public Information Act
Statutes
o Positions in state agencies
o Job descriptions of state officials
o The given names, surnames, areas in
specialisation, telephone numbers
and e-mail addresses of the officials
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Public Information Act
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Reports on work results
Names and e-mail addresses of the
members of the supervisery board
Management reports and income and
expense statements
Budgets and draft budgets and the
reports on implementation thereof
Public Information Act
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Information concerning the receipt of
state budget revenues
Draft concepts
Development plans
Information concerning public
procurements
Information concerning the use of
assets and budgetary funds
Public Information Act
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Information concerning the office
hours of heads of state agencies
Salary rates and the procedure for
payment of additional remuneration
The document registry
What information is made available to
the public by EENet
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Public Document Registry
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letters, data communication agreements,
equipment agreements, other agreements &
contracts, communication construction
projects, decrees, acts etc with the stage of
completing
Statute and structure
What information is made available to
the public by EENet
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EENet's Supervisery board
list of members, registry of the minutes with
the whole texts
Documents organizing the work of EENet
 Annual work plans
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What information is made available to
the public by EENet
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Customers
description of organisations that qualify as
customers of EENet + registry of data
communication agreements
Services
 User Surveys
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What information is made available to
the public by EENet
Annual management reports and income
and expense statements
 Budgets and draft budgets
 Staff
contact data - phone, e-mail address
position in EENet
 Salary rates
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What information is made available to
the public by EENet
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Weekly progress reports
Reports are a useful source for compiling
news and historical facts, as well making the
work of EENet transparent for the public
(customers, funders & others)
Statistics about communication channels
backbone monitoring
What information is made available to
the public by EENet
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News
History of academic networking in Estonia
Domain registration under .ee
Conferences
Cooperation
Helpdesk about computers and network (FAQ,
WWW, hardware and free software etc)
How information is made available
Electronically
 On paper
 Telecommunication media
 Multimedia
 Mass media
 Face to face
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What tools are used
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Electronic tools
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Website
Mailing lists
security list
list of connectivity breaks
lists of technical and administrative
contact persons
e-mails
What tools are used
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Multimedia
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Video transmission of public meetings
e.g for the 10th anniversary of the
Internet in Estonia, 10th anniversary
of EENet etc
Video conferences
e.g meetings of the board etc
What tools are used
 Mass
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media
Interviews on the radio
Interviews on TV
Articles in the newspapers and
magazines (including enewspapers and e-magazines)
What tools are used
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Correspondence
• Paper documents
Official letters are responded in 30 days in
writing. All the letters get the response in
100%
• Digitally signed documents
EENet accepts and promotes the usage of
digitally signed documents to avoid delays
(snail mail)
What tools are used
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Telecommunication
• Staff available by phone all the day
round
• Fax copies
Fax copies like e-mails are not
considered to be as authentic
documents
What tools are used
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Face to face contacts
• Office open for customers all the day
round
• Info days & public meetings
e.g for the 10th anniversary of the
Internet in Estonia, the 10th
anniversary of EENet etc
What tools are used
User Surveys
(both electronically and on paper)
Customers are informed about the
new services through the User
Survey
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What tools are used
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General mark of its existence
• EENet’s logo on the websites of
customers
Users of EENet’s web hosting have
to publish EENet’s logo on their
websites
Some original ways of information
dissemination
Customers:
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User Surveys
Reflections (questions, additional
information from users) are a good start for
further communication and correspondence
Courses on web design, DNS, IPv6, Grid etc
Info days & public meetings
Some original ways of information
dissemination
End-users:
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Computer drawing (photo design) competition
for students
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