State IT systems to be aligned

Can the state's information technology systems talk to each other? The answer is yes, but only just, and this cannot be taken for granted yet.

Communication between the state's IT systems, or interoperability, is the objective of a tender with an initial budget of 27.9 million euros that the Information Society is implementing, with the Digital Governance Ministry's General Secretariat for Information Systems being the owner of the project.

And how important is communication between state IT systems? Here's an example: Today citizens can obtain certificates of birth, marriage, death, family status etc at the touch of a button, thanks to the interoperability of the IT systems of the electronic Single Social Security Entity (e-EFKA) with the Citizens' Registry of the Interior Ministry. The two data systems communicate through web services, making it possible for a...