Agency for Public Management and eGovernment

Agency for Public Management and eGovernment

Direktoratet for forvaltning og informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi
Agency overview
Formed	January 1, 2008
Preceding agency	Statskonsult Norge.no Norwegian eProcurement Secretariat
Jurisdiction	Government of Norway
Headquarters	Oslo
Employees	100
Annual budget	NOK 113 million (2008)
Agency executive	Hans Christian Holte
Parent agency	Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
Website	www.difi.no

The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Norwegian: Direktoratet for forvaltning og informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi) or Difi^[1] is a government agency subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform.

Responsibilities

It is responsible for help the public sector achieve quality, efficiency, user friendlyness, openness and participation, as well as helping the public sector be organized and led in a good way with good intersectoral cooperation. It provides management consulting for the public sector and operates several websites on behalf of the Government.^[2]

History

The agency was created on January 1, 2008 and is based in Oslo and Leikanger. It was created after a merger of Statskonsult, the Norwegian eProcurement Secretariat and Norge.no.

Director from the start was Hans Christian Holte. He left the position in summer 2013 to become director of the Norwegian Tax Administration.^[3]Utheim, Midtsjø (30 October 2013) Ingelin Killengreen was hired as interim director with start December 2013.^[4]

References

1. http://www.dagensit.no/article2420543.ece
2. Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (2007-12-27). "About DIFI".
3. "Hans Christian Holte blir ny skattedirektør" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 26 April 2013.
4. Killengreen skal lede Difi E24 Næringsliv. Retrieved 20 November 2013 (Norwegian)