Newsletter September 2023 #2

CIO for the US President on Connecting the state

Clare Martorana is the senior lecturer at this year's Connecting the state, which is leading IT for the President of the United States.

This year's conference title is Digital Society, divided into the subcategories Digital Leadership, Digital Iceland and Digital Security. This year's conference is held in collaboration with a meeting of the Nordic Council of Ministers, where Iceland is chair.

Connecting the state 2023 conference program

Ticket sales are fully on-going, with tickets priced at 4,900 isk., and for tickets in the hall and streaming services, this is the same. Note that a limited number of tickets are available for those who wish to attend events in Kaldalón, Harpa.

Ticket sales to Connecting the state

Welcome to the Icelandic Transport Authority

The number of agencies in Iceland.is is increasing rapidly this semester, but now the Icelandic Transportation Authority has joined the group. It is a great strength to have a large service institution like the Icelandic Transportation Authority.

New website for Icelandic Transport Authority

Welcome to NTÍ

Icelandic Natural Catastrophe Insurance also added its website to the Ísland community, and we warmly welcome them to the group.

New website for Icelandic Natural Catastrophe Insurance

Iceland a model for other nations

The AWS Institute visited Digital Iceland this spring to learn more about the progress made in digital matters. It looked specifically at what lies behind this success and scrutinised two successful projects.

Digital Iceland: How central governments can transform public services - AWS Public Sector

How Iceland put residents first when designing new digital service - AWS Public Sector

Iceland’s advice to other governments for successful digital transformation - AWS Public Sector

Iceland.is for the Open Access Government

Interest in Iceland's success in the digital space comes from many places, but the Open Access Government published an account of the success on the day. The Open Access Government is the leading online platform in its field, reaching upwards of 700 thousand people every month.

Article in Open Access Government

Digital Iceland team to visit

Digital Iceland invited team representatives to visit this morning to review the upcoming projects. Twenty teams belong to the framework agreement of Digital Iceland from 14 companies that count close to 100 people when all are activated.

Amongst the projects of Digital Iceland:

• Decision on estate exchange

• Displaying the rights to P-card in Ísland.is app and My pages

• Ownership of machinery and equipment

• Renewal of driving licences

• Ísland.is app - finances

• My pages: Finance, movements during the period

• My pages: Healthcare and dentist iteration

• My page: My intellectual property rights

• My pages: Study summary from INNU

• My page: Permission of healthcare practitioners

• Electronic inheritance report

• My pages: Information on the purchase of life and pharmaceutical certificates

• Electronic registration of real estate purchase contracts

• Consultation portal - updated user interface

• Digital driving licence confirmation at Vínbúðin

• Digital fishing map

• Notification of occupational accidents

• Applications for residence permits

• Application for renewal of residence permits iteration

• Application for old-age pension

• Application for maternity/paternity leave: Permanent foster care and a residence grant

• Application to a university

• Application for citizenship iteration

• Application for authentication

• Passport application

• Application for a tachograph card

• Information website on university studies in Iceland

• Icelandic Natural Disaster Insurance website.is

• Website Rights Watch for Disabled People in Iceland.is

• Icelandic Transport.is website

• Icelandic Insurance website.