1.

Development and activities of administration structures of informatics

1.1.

Five years of State Information Systems Department (Arvo Ott)

1.2.

The first year of the Estonian Informatics Centre (Imre Siil)

1.3.

Activities of the Council of Informatics in the development of the Estonian information policy (Imre Siil)

1.4.

Data protection supervisory institution (Hillar Aarelaid)

1.5.

Principles of Estonian information policy

1.6.

An action plan for the Estonian information policy (Jaak Tepandi)

1.7.

Euroinformatics (Arvo Ott)

2.

Information technology in public administration agencies (Ivar Odrats)

2.1.

Introduction

2.2.

The need for computer workplaces in PAAs

2.3.

Informatics experts in PAAs

2.4.

Hardware and local area networks

2.4.1.

Minicomputers

2.4.2.

Microcomputers

2.4.3.

Local area networks

2.4.4.

Peripheral devices

2.4.5.

Access to wide area networks

2.5.

Software

2.5.1.

Structure of software data

2.5.2.

Workplace software

2.5.2.1.

General purpose office packages

2.5.2.2.

Specialised software packages

2.5.3.

System software for microcomputers

2.5.4.

System software for minicomputers

2.5.5.

Local area network software

3.

Financing of information technology and public procurement of IT means

3.1.

IT costs in the 1998 draft national budget (Ivar Odrats)

3.2.

Use of IT budgets in 1996 and 1997 (Ivar Odrats)

3.3.

Public procurement tenders at the Estonian Informatics Centre in 1997 (Marko Tiirik)

4.

Databanks in PAAs

4.1.

Overview of databatabase development in PAAs (Urmas Einberg)

4.2.

Compliance of documents in the main and national registers with the Act on Databanks (Urmas Einberg)

4.3.

National Register of Databanks and its information requirements (Kaidi Oone)

4.4.

The most important national registers

4.4.1.

Construction Register (Valentina Konks)

4.4.2.

Enterprise register (Tiit Ranne)

4.4.3.

Building Register (Avo Petermann)

4.4.4.

Real Estate Information System

4.4.4.1.

Land Register (Sander Annus)

4.4.4.2.

Real Estate Register (Tarvo Trei)

4.4.5.

Population Register (Peeter Küüts)

4.4.6.

Register of Legal Acts (Riina Vende)

4.4.7.

Commercial Register, Register of Non-Profit Organisations and Foundations, Commercial Pledge Register, Central Business Register (Tiit Ranne, Viljar Peep)

5.

Legislation in the Field of Information Technology

5.1.

What processes have taken place in the IT legislature in 1997? (Kaidi Oone)

5.2.

What has been achieved by the Committee for Development of Legislative Acts Related to Digital Documents? (Kaidi Oone)

6.

Data Security in PAAs

6.1.

The Estonian National Concept of Information Security (Valdo Praust)

7.

Standardisation in Information Technology

7.1.

International procedures and models of information technology standardisation (Taavi Valdlo)

8.

Internet in PAAs

8.1.

Internet information resources in PAAs (Uuno Vallner)

9.

Contact persons in PAAs

9.1.

Persons to contact on informatics matters in PAAs (Katrin Edasi)