Free Software will be effective from May – Correo del Sur

 
 

 
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION. National authorities met in Sucre to coordinate actions in the implementation of both plans.

 

 
 PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO MIGRATE

 

Free Software will be effective from May

 

Electronic Government will also be implemented for proceedings

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As of May, all public institutions of the country should migrate from proprietary system to free software and begin implementing Electronic Government, as confirmed authorities of the Ministry of Development Planning and the Agency for Development of the Information Society in Bolivia (ADSIB), which met yesterday in Sucre.
 In compliance with the General Law of Telecommunications, Information Technology and Communication and Supreme Decree 1793, the Ministry of Development Planning in coordination with several institutions, including the ADSIB, over the past 15 months advanced in the plan Implementation of Free Software and Open Standards for the executive bodies, legislative, judicial and electoral; besides the implementation plan of the Electronic Government at all levels of government.
 “Concretely been working on developing a portal for online transactions that will allow tomorrow to citizens access to all information of procedures offered by the State to the public and will also allow in a short time digitally perform procedures, “the director of the Electronic Government, Diego Pimentel.
 According to the Supreme Decree 1793, both plans will take effect from May 2015, for which all public institutions are obliged to make computing transformation.
 “We’re starting to sign some agreements with ELAPAS with the Departmental Assembly, among others, so they can go migrating to free software programs and once the plans are implemented in Bolivia, there will be an institution to continue with proprietary programs, “said Sen. Nelida Sifuentes, promoter of the project.
 Also, the senator said that on Monday March 2nd from 18:00 in the Andean University, Ambassador of Ecuador Ricardo Ulcuango, make an explanation of technological advancement at the University of Technology Experimental Research at the City Knowledge Yachay of that country.