e-Government Solutions Solutions Technologies for e-Japan Strategy II Program KAWAMOTO Junzo Toshiba Solutions' Approach to e-Japan Strategy II Program MATSUSHITA Kunihiko / NAKANO Kenichi Japan's central government ministries have already deployed basic electronic government services such as electronic forms and electronic bidding. The central government initiated the e-Japan Strategy II Program, aiming to leverage the level of administrative services and make public management more efficient. It then introduced the Electronic Government Deployment Program, to improve the convenience of citizens and the level of administrative services, innovate business processes with information technology, and provide a common environment. In addition, the central government is also promoting the consolidation of general affairs application programs, a review of the government's 36 legacy systems, outsourcing, and enterprise architecture (EA). On the local government side, attention is being focused on topics such as shared service centers, strategic outsourcing, and public accounting reform. Toshiba Solutions Corp. is establishing related solutions and technologies in order to contribute to these goals. Solutions toward Citizen-Focused Government Services KANO Haruhide / TAKATSU Masaki / TANAKA Yasunari One of the main objectives of e-government is to improve government services. The key application systems for this objective are e-form systems. Toshiba Solutions Corp. has developed a Portable Document Format (PDF)-based e-form core system, which has been introduced by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and is now in operation there. This system has also been introduced by several prefectural governments with an enhancement for public certification authority for residents. In the future, we intend to utilize digital terrestrial broadcasting, the cellular phone network, etc. to expand the means of accessing the system. Solutions for Enhancing Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Transparency of Public Administration KAKEFUDA Hideaki / SUGA Nobuhide / UEDA Nariaki One of the most important purposes of the e-government initiative in the e-Japan Strategy II program is to establish efficient, effective, and transparent public administration by utilizing information technology capabilities in various work processes at national and local government agencies. To meet the requirements for efficient work processes in the public sector, Toshiba Solutions Corp. has developed a set of solutions. These include a new financial management system, an e-procurement system, and an e-document management system. e-Government and Universal Design NAKAHARA Michihiro / SAKAI Masaaki / HIRANO Sayaka Web applications are the mainstay of e-government. On the one hand, archive systems for document control and accounting systems for financial affairs are prepared for e-government staff, while on the other hand, various electronic application forms are made available for residents. In either case, the systems employ monitor screens for information input and output. The screen displays must be designed for ease of use so that everybody, including those with visual disabilities, can understand what to do at once. Such ease of use is referred to as "Web-accessibility." Although the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines help to secure considerable Web-accessibility, Toshiba is aiming for a higher level of accessibility through enhanced universal design taking broader conditions in terms of sight and color into consideration. e-Government and Security Technologies KITAORI Shoji / NAKAMURA Hiroshi / KOMOTO Takafumi Security technologies are a key aspect of the establishment of e-government.The ISO/IEC15408 specifications of the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission define how to develop systems in a secure manner, whereas information security management systems (ISMS) specify how an organization is to keep its information assets secure. Toshiba Solutions Corp. has developed system development methodologies focusing on information technology security with respect to ISO/IEC15408 and ISMS.A public key infrastructure (PKI) smart card issuing system has also been developed as a typical example of application systems utilizing our security technologies. Efforts to Build Enterprise Architecture and System Configuration Techniques for e-Government YOSHIDA Kazuki / IINO Shigehito As a concept of Enterprise Architecture (EA) is being applied to the e-government strategic plan, Toshiba Solutions Corp. is preparing to be ready to answer e-government requirement concerning EA. We have been working in the field of research and development of methodology which clarifies the relations among EA, Toshiba Solutions' conventional method a.k.a. Integrated System Development Standard (ISDS), and OMG's Model Driven Architecture (MDA).In the meanwhile, we have applied the EA framework to the sample application system. In the future, we will tackle the problems remained, such as effective use of Performance Reference Model (PRM), preparation of notations and tools, and accumulation of reference models and their applications. |