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Overview July 1999: Lithuania

On mid of 1998, Lithuania has reorganised its Ministry of Communication and Informatics, splitting it up into a Department of Information and Informatics , that operates under Ministry of Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities, and a Department of Telecommunications that is part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications:

Viceminister Renaldas GUDAUSKAS is the Head of the Department of Information and Informatics. He is also Chairman of Commission Year 2000 problem.
Mr Antanas BURKAUSKAS is the Head of Communications Regulatory and Licenses Department under Ministry of Transport and Communications.

On May 25 1998, the Permanent Information Society Commission under Government was established with 9 members. Prof. Laimutis TELKSNYS was appointed as Chairman of the Commission. L.TELKSNYS is also Vice Chairman of Lithuania Science Council and Chairman of Lithuania Academic and Research Computer Network LITNET ((telksnys@ktl.mii.lt - 370 2 610460). The other 8 members are:

Kestutis JUSKEVICIUS, Open Society Fund, Director of Program (kesju@ip.osf.lt - 370 2 620439)

Vytautas KAMINSKAS, Rector, Vytautas Magnus University (Vytautas.Kaminskas@vdu.lt - 370 7 206753)

Darius KUOLYS, President Office, Adviser on Social Politics (darius@pub.osf.lt - 370 2 624631)

Kestutis NAUJOKAITIS, President of Infobalt Association (k.naujokaitis@infotec.lt - 370 2 727525)

Alfredas OTAS, Chairman of Lithuania Computer Society (otas@viesulas.ktu.lt - 370 7 753990)

Simas Ramutis PETRIKIS, Member of Lithuania Seimas (Parliament) 370 2 621817

Vytautas RADZVILAS, Government Adviser on Social Processes (v.radzvilas@lrvk.lt - 370 2 618161)

Mrs Laima TULEIKIENE, Ministry of Public Administration Reforms and Local Administrations, Head of Department (latu@vrsrm.lt - 370 2 227869)

Mr Robertas TAMULEVICIUS is President of Infobalt Association. The Association consists of companies - major market operators and is the biggest non-commercial and non-governmental Lithuania structure in IT, telecommunications and office equipment areas.

Mr Pentii Matii Tapio PAARMA, General Director and President of Lithuania Telekomas

Mr Evaldas PAULAUSKAS, Director of State Enterprise Infostruktura - operator of Governmental Institutions Computer Network VIKT. VIKT provides access to State Information Systems and is infrastructure for Information Systems of Local Authorities and Municipalities.

The other Ministries and Departments playing an important role in IS issues are:

Minister of Transport (Communication Department, Communications Regulatory and Licenses Department)
Minister of Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities (Department of Information and Informatics, Information Infrastructure Planing, Section of Information Systems)
Computer Data Processing Department, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania
Information Technology Division, Office of the Government

Among the universities, the following can be cited :

Computer Center, Kaunas University of Technology
Computing Center, Vilnius University
Computing Center, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Information Systems Service, Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University
Information Department, Vilnius Pedagogical University
Information Center, Law Academy of Lithuania
Computer Center, Klaipeda University

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It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission, nor does the Commission accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of information contained herein.
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