On 16 June 2016 the Parliament adopted on second reading amendments to the Electronic Government Act in Bulgaria and approved the establishment of an e-Government State Agency. The agency will be subordinate to the Council of Ministers and will be responsible for the e-Government development.
The proposed draft rules regulate the activities, functions, and structure of the agency and its administrative units.
It is envisaged that the Chairman of the Agency will be a primary budget-spending authority and will be assisted by Vice-Chairmen.
It is proposed that the agency’s Chairman is to implement the state policy in the following areas:
e-Governance;
electronic certification services;
electronic identification;
network and information security;
spatial data infrastructure;
public open data.
The Consultation is open until 01.10.2016 and invites for participation all interested parties from the state administration. The full text of the draft rules of procedure of the “e-Governance” state agency and information on how to participate in the consultation could be found here. (available in Bulgarian language only)