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Governikus References (English) Governikus References (June 2005) Federal level Federal Aviation Office (Luftfahrtbundesamt, LBA) in Braunschweig: use of Governikus for the transmission of notifications about cosmological radiation (regarding x-ray exposition of flight personnel) German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR) in Cologne: Grant Information System of the Federal Government (‘profi’) - enhancement of online components based on Governikus Federal Nature Conservancy (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN) in Bonn: CITES - Application of authorization for the import and export of protected animals and plants (CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) German Patent and Trademark Office (Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, DPMA) in Munich: As part of the project 'BundOnline2005', a Governikus based online application for patents had been tested at the DPMA. At present state, functional enhancements and integration into the ‘Virtual Mailbox’ (VPS) take place. Federal Finance Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) in Munich: Electronic court mailbox for exchanging unstructured messages in a legally binding way between courts and third parties Federal Administration Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht, BVerwG) in Leipzig: Electronic administration and court mailbox (EGVP) Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des Innern, BMI) in Berlin: Governikus federal licence; basic data security component for the ‘Virtual Mailbox’ Federal Insurance Institution for Employees (Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte, BfA) in Berlin: project work for electronic communication between the Insurance Office and other health care bodies and institutes (hospitals, rehab clinics etc.) German Emission Trading Office at the Federal Environmental Agency (Deutsche Emissionshandelsstelle, DEHSt, beim Umweltbundesamt) in Berlin: electronic application and allocation process of emission certificates (according to the Kyoto protocol and EU commitments) State (“Länder”) level Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia: online dunning procedures “OptiMahn” and “ProfiMahn” based on Governikus (in cooperation with ABIT AG) Baden-Wuerttemberg: e-procurement with “Vergabe@Governikus” at the Logistic Centre of the Baden- Wuerttemberg Police in Heilbronn; a pilot project for a state-wide procurement solution (in cooperation with Administration Intelligence AG) Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (state): bremer-online-service portal (www.bremen.de) among others with applications like: online register information (e.g. commercial register), “eVergabe” as core component for electronic purchase management (in cooperation with Administration Intelligence AG) and the project “Virtual Mailbox” (secure communication between senatorial departments via Govello) Residents’ Registration Office Berlin: secure data transfer with Governikus Committee for Automated Information Processing on Federal, Federal State and Municipal Level (KoopA ADV): realisation of the OSCI library in Java and .NET Lower Saxony: “Vergabe@Governikus” (procurement solution), pilot project at the Information Centre Lower Saxony (IZN) and the Police in Lower Saxony bremen online services GmbH & Co. KG | Am Fallturm 9 | 28359 Bremen | Germany | Tel. +49 (0) 421 – 20495-0 | Fax 20495-11 | [email protected] North Rhine-Westphalia: exemplary e-government project “Citizens’ Portal for Occupational Health and Safety in North Rhine-Westphalia” and “Virtual Post Office” based on Governikus; Electronic Court Mailbox for the upper administrative court (of North Rhine-Westphalia) in Münster together with the administrative court in Minden – a pilot project for the whole federal state; electronic applications (ELAN) for work promotion benefits and subsequent reporting procedures (ABBA) Thuringia – E-Government Portal for the Federal State: direct connection between various processes and a complete electronic workflow, guarantee of transmission security, return communication via Govello Local level Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (city): bremer-online-service portal (www.bremen.de) with e.g. online building application and application for certificates of the civil registry office (incl. e-payment ) Bremerhaven: realization and operation of the e-government platform “Citizens Net – Online Services” based on Governikus Duisburg-Moers: consulting for the development of XMeld conform electronic registration Düsseldorf: “eVergabe” (procurement solution, in cooperation with Administration Intelligence AG), use of Govello for secure and legally binding data transmission via Internet Hagen: Virtual City Hall based on Governikus (integration of the server by Lucom to make standard forms available) Oldenburg: integration of Governikus into already existing authority specific processes Project MOIN (Online Registry Services in Lower Saxony): development and realisation of an e-government platform for registration based on Governikus and including open interfaces to various authority specific processes. Fully automated confirmation of registry requests (data centres involved: HannIT, ITEBO GmbH, Communal Data Processing Oldenburg (KDO), Communal Data Processing Centre South Lower Saxony (KDS), KOSYNUS ® GmbH, state capital Hanover, City of Salzgitter; central associations involved: Lower Saxon Cities’ and Communities’ Alliance (NSGB), Lower Saxon Association of Cities (NST), Lower Saxon Districts’ Association (NLT)) Regional Network E-Government Bremen - Lower Saxony (RegNet): legally binding, internal communication of authorities based on Governikus, conception of community-crossing online services. Projects are connected to the “Innovative Citizens’ Services in the Inter-communal Network”, supported by the Regional Working Committee Bremen/Lower Saxony (RAG) Saarbrücken: digital request for, making available and payment of land register plans. Integration of digital signatures in the internal workflow. Ulm: integration of the Governikus Signature Component in applications by Form Solutions (signable PDF forms), mailbox manager (pull backend) and test-running the Intermediate Wolfsburg: integration of Governikus into already existing motor vehicle registration procedure with interface to SAP European projects CERTISERV - certi fied communication for secure eGovernment serv ices in Europe: EU funded project within the eTEN programme. Validation of the CERTISERV services portfolio. eGov.Hanse - e-government in the Hanse Passage Regions. EU aided project within the INTERREG III C programme “Hanse Passage”. Organisation of a process of knowledge transfer within the regions of Hanse Passage: requirements, activities and experiences. eLINK – support for integration of OSCI-library into European-wide designed middleware eLINK for the EU Commission’s IDA (Interchange of Data between Administrations). bremen online services GmbH & Co. KG | Am Fallturm 9 | 28359 Bremen | Germany | Tel. +49 (0) 421 – 20495-0 | Fax 20495-11 | [email protected] .
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