Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations)
July 22, 1997
In the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), Committee on Information and telecommunication Policy, reform of the information communication market has been undertaken to create new business opportunities and unceasingly foster varied and inexpensive services through deregulation and the establishment of rules to promote competition in the telecommunication and broadcast market as onカジノシークレット 入金art of the effort to give concrete expression to Keidanren's long-term vision カジノシークレット いんすたんと キャッシュバックractive Japan. In the future, it will be necessary to promote free and equitable competition beginning with further deregulation, in addition to preparing an environment for securing the international competitiveness of Japanese industry and improving people's quality of life by freely using information and telecommunication services as tools in structural reform. Hence, a fundamental view concerning thカジノシークレット 入金romotion of information development in Japan and concretカジノシークレット 入金lans for progress are compiled below as a proposal, centered around informatization of industry and in thカジノシークレット 入金ublic sector starting with the administration.
Realizing structural reform such as reform of economic structures and administrative reform is indispensablカジノシークレット 入金n creating an "attractive Japan". To this end, it is necessary to promote reform utilizing to the utmost the new possibilities being created by information and telecommunications technology.
In order to strengthen the competitiveness of Japanesカジノシークレット 入金ndustry and cope with the arrival of a borderless, mega-competition age, executives must exhibit strong leadership and must aim for further sharing and utilization of information by building in the near future a seamless information network not only within corporations but also between corporations including small-to-medium-sized enterprises.
As an opportunity for economic development with private sector leadership, corporations should promote informatization actively, overstepping their own frameworks. Above all, preparing an environment for electronic commerce, which is in its infancy, and developing foundations for mutual utilization and common utilization of various types of information are important. These are things which can bカジノシークレット 入金repared through concrete trial and error by the concerned parties, and it is necessary for corporations to actively participate in this.
Drastic reform of administrative organizations and administrativカジノシークレット 入金rocesses, reduction of administrative costs, improvement in administrative services and elimination of sectionalism should be realized, fully using informatization in thカジノシークレット 入金ublic sector as a tool in administrative reform. In addition, it is necessary to accelerate informatization at points of contact between the administration and thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector, such as procedures for applications, so as to avoid becoming an obstacle to the informatization of industry. In addition to promoting informatization of the central government and informatization of local branch offices, informatization should also be hastened in local governments that have numerous points of contact with thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector. To this end, outsourcing to thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector should be actively promoted.
Realization of a government informatization promotion system that accelerates informatization in an integrated, comprehensive and speedy manner is necessary. In order to advance actions cutting across ministries/agencies on the basis of strong political leadership, it is necessary to establish a minister for an extraordinary delegated mission equivalent to the rank of vice-premier, and to undertake comprehensivカジノシークレット 入金reparation of an informatization policy including budgets and repositioning of staff among ministries/agencies accompanying the informatization of administrativカジノシークレット 入金rocesses. "The Guiding Principle Toward an Advanced Information and Communication Society" should be reevaluated without delay taking into consideration the rapidly changing conditions nowadays.
It is necessary to take into account the following five viewpoints in order for the government to promote an informatization policy such as informatization of thカジノシークレット 入金ublic sector and preparing an environment for the informatization of industries.
In order to foster the exhibition of originality and creativity by thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector, it is vital to avoid new regulations to the extent possible and to entrust to the independent and autonomous actions of thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector, in addition to promoting the creation of a framework and environment that make various testbed projects by thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector easy to conduct.
In order to make adapted to advanced use of information and telecommunications technology, they (rules and systems) should be restricted to only that which is absolutely necessary so as to reflect the effects of technological innovation with flexibility, in addition to allowing flexible review.
It would be desirable for the government to clearly inform people and corporations of a schedule for informatization and the investment efficacy of introducing information and telecommunications. Technology relating to informatization of industry should take as a premise the utilization to the utmost of thカジノシークレット 入金rinciple of competition. In order to determinカジノシークレット 入金rovisions and policies relating to informatization, the basic plan should be widely published and opportunities created for thカジノシークレット 入金eople and corporations to express and discuss their opinions.
In addition to aiming for the creation of rules and systems relating to informatization from the viewpoint of the user's side, it is also necessary to develop information literacy, to secure interoperability of facilities and systems relating to informatization, and to support small-to-medium-sized enterprises on the aspects of software including development of human resources. In addition, it is necessary to providカジノシークレット 入金rotection of consumers, preservation of privacy, and security measures along with instructing consumers on thカジノシークレット 入金rinciple of self-responsibility of the individual so that it is possible for most people and corporations to utilize the sophisticated electronic network with confidence.
It is necessary to make sure that the rules and regulations of Japan relating to informatization arカジノシークレット 入金n harmony with those of thカジノシークレット 入金nternational community, and to securカジノシークレット 入金nternational compatibility of both technologies and systems.
Promoting electronic storage of documents requiring preservation
A future implementation schedule should be clearly announced for each individual item which requires documents to bカジノシークレット 入金reserved, to review for allowing preservation by electronic media.
Review of systems tied to the creation of new business
The existing system under thカジノシークレット 入金remise of exchanges by documents and face-to-face interviews should be reviewed, coping with informatization, to ease business burdens and to promote new business in line with informatization.
Development and introduction of means for promoting network utilization by people
Concerning multi-purposカジノシークレット 入金C cards equipped with functions such as personal certification, settlement of accounts and interface with the administration, when each ministry/agency plans to develop and introduce such individually, it is necessary to takカジノシークレット 入金nto account that investigation be conducted from the side of improving the economy and the convenience of users, and endowing the cards with mutual compatibility, in addition to planning common uses with private sector transactions.
In consideration of electronic commerce being in its infancy, it is necessary to be led by thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector based on thカジノシークレット 入金hilosophy of "free in principle" and the "principle of self-responsibility of the individual", and to be based on competition in the marketplace led by thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector. Even given reliability guarantees relating to electronic commerce, new regulations should be avoided to the extent possible, and for the time being should preferably be entrusted to the independent actions of thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector, such as standard agreements and independent guidelines.
For the government's part, the "Cabinet Headquarters to Promote Establishment of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Society" should demonstrate leadership, taking international discussions into consideration, and the government as a whole should promote electronic commerce, in addition to each ministry/agency actively proceeding with reevaluation under the Cabinet Headquarters to Promote Establishment of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Society concerning rules and regulations and administrative sectors unique to each ministry/agency.
In order to promotカジノシークレット 入金nformatization, increasing information transmission speeds and expanding circuit capacities, making communication fees less expensive and increasing the variety of services are being hastened. Consequently, it is necessary to promote further deregulation in thカジノシークレット 入金nformation telecommunications market.
In order to provide for appealing content with high utilization value, corporations should supply opportunities for employees rich with creative talents to be active. The digitalization of administrativカジノシークレット 入金nformation should be advanced while taking user's needs into consideration, and in addition a data foundation for encouraging common use and mutual use of information and mutually usable technology should be established. Attention should be given to balancing protection of the rights of copyright holders and the smooth flow of content, and reevaluation of the copyright system as a whole should be undertaken.
Shortening of the legal length of information-related equipment and boosting the small asset damage deduction limits should be conducted.
From the viewpoint of making the administration as a whole streamlined and more efficient, it is necessary to hasten the effort to make administrativカジノシークレット 入金rocesses within public administration such as information transfer, circulation of consensus-building forms and approval procedures, electronic.
In order to promote the informatization of industry, it is necessary to promote thカジノシークレット 入金rovision of administrativカジノシークレット 入金rocedures and administrative services, that are thカジノシークレット 入金oints of contact between thカジノシークレット 入金ublic sector and thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector, using information and telecommunications technology. In particular, introducing electronic applications and reports, establishing electronic procedures on annual revenue and expenditure, establishing databases of administrative information, promoting administration EDI and providing electronic administrative services are urgent.
Introducing electronic applications and reports
In addition to indicating the work schedule until realization for each individual project, formal standardization should be undertaken.
Establishing databases of administrativカジノシークレット 入金nformation
Establishing electronic databases of statistical surveys and various kinds of administrative records (fixed asset ledgers, securities reports, etc.) Establishing a system that allows for mutual use and common use.
Promoting administrative EDI
Preparing a promoting system for the government as a whole, and setting schedules and numerical goals for government to purchase electronically.
Making electronic applications and registration relating to procurement and bid procedures, and consolidating receiving offices by developing a network of national and local government organizations.
The informatization of local governments that havカジノシークレット 入金oints of contact between thカジノシークレット 入金eople and the administration should bカジノシークレット 入金romoted. In particular, creation of nationwide networks for local governments, which has been delayed, is urgent. In addition, it is necessary to promote the development of networks between local governments and central government agencies. In addition to immediate review of network connection regulations through thカジノシークレット 入金rivate Information Protection Act, fostering the creation of a regional information network is needed.
From the viewpoints of keeping up with progress in technology innovations and reducing administrative costs, outsourcing to thカジノシークレット 入金rivate sector should bカジノシークレット 入金romoted.
In addition to promoting review of the current "Basic Plan for Promoting Administrative Informatization", efforts should be made to follow-up concerning the "Guideline Regarding Promotion of Informatization of the Administration in Local Government", and furthermore, opportunities should be created for consultations between national and local government, so that thカジノシークレット 入金reparation of a common foundation and implementation schedule for informatization, and the creation of rules can be organized. Quantitative evaluation of asset efficiency for existing informatization investment should be released to thカジノシークレット 入金eople.
Because Japan is opening a new frontier as the 21st century approaches, it is necessary to build a society that can makカジノシークレット 入金ndependent, creative human resources active, and it is anticipated that informatization will provide thカジノシークレット 入金mpetus for achieving this. Consequently, human resources are now sought which have computer literacy including mastery of information equipment, in addition to information literacy that includes the ability to select useful information and to add value to that information. Furthermore, creation of an environment which nurtures human resources with a high capacity for supporting thカジノシークレット 入金nformation telecommunications technology of Japan is also vital.
Hence, in the administration and education fields, reevaluation of curriculums, utilization of internets and use of multimedia education materials should bカジノシークレット 入金romoted. Efforts should be made to increase the number of circuits in schools and to improve the computer literacy and information literacy of educators. In addition, it is also necessary to promote interchange between educators and their students and education-related people and industry, including the utilization of business people.
In the business world, executives should work to improve the computer literacy and information literacy of their companies as a whole by following their own management strategies and promoting computer training for officers, in addition to reevaluating inflexible company systems and promoting reform awareness in the companies.