2009-Q4 Report - eGov WG

Date submitted: 29 Jan 2010

Officer positions:

Participation (numbers below reflect numbers as of 31 Dec 2009):

Total participants: 41 (8 more since Q3)
- Voting: 18 (6 more since Q3)
- Non-voting: 23 (2 more since Q3)
Total email list subscribers: 58 (12 more since mid-Nov 2009)

Meetings:

Published meeting frequency: monthly (moves to fortnightly in critical project stages)
Teleconferences held this quarter: 4
- Quorate teleconferences: 1
Physical meetings this quarter: 0
- Quorate physical meetings: 0

Deliverables:

Deadlines in the next quarter:

Expiration of group leadership positions: (e.g. annual chair election)
Deadlines listed in the group charter: (e.g. duration expiration)
Group-imposed deadlines: (e.g. date by which a report was intended to be published)

Other comments:

Deployment profiles remain the main interest of the majority of the group, and the group is shaping up to be a group of representatives of government deployers or vendors engaged in that process.
Norway (DIFI) interested in attributes with Digital Certs and identifiers in eProcurement which the group as a whole not really interested in doing, but P3WG is at least trying to accommodate some of this, coming from a policy angle.
Emerging concern around level of active participation vs. passive observers. The 80/20 rule is apparent so far. Persistent non attendees with voting status have been asked to step down to non voting status as quorum on the calls is now a problem.