Statistics Norway

Use of ICT in municipalities

5   Different barriers influence on electronic administration in municipalities. Share of municipalities distributed by the importance of a barrier. 2005. Per cent
  In very small extent In quite small extent Neither big or small extent In quite big extent In very big extent Not relevant
Difficult to release resources to development 0.7 6.2 17.8 44.4 27.4 3.5
Lack of common ICT-solutions and common infrastructure 5.7 17.8 32.8 31.6 8.1 4.0
Lack of common standards on dataexchange 6.7 14.3 37.0 27.7 9.6 4.7
Higher expenditure on ICT than expected 7.2 15.6 39.6 30.9 5.0 1.7
Difficult to integrate present systems with more electronic management 6.9 18.5 35.8 26.4 8.4 4.0
Lack of knowledge on implementation in the municipality 8.9 24.9 40.0 18.8 3.5 4.0
Lack of accomodation in legislations and rules 10.6 20.2 39.3 16.5 4.0 9.4
Lack of benefit for the municipality 9.4 21.0 47.2 13.3 1.7 7.4
Lack of qualified suppliers 19.3 31.4 36.8 5.7 2.7 4.2
Missing benefit for privat persons or enterprices 12.1 21.7 46.2 4.2 1.0 14.8

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