Agency for Public Management and eGovernment

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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 is a governmnet agency subordinate the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform. 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 Governmnet.^[1]

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.

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