October '97
Annual Survey of Available Technologies In the Public Sector
Content Of The Web Page Of The Labour Sector In The National Information System
Electronic Commerce in the Framework of Mediterranean Countries' Development
Institute of Public Administration visits the Centre
Recommendations of the Higher Committee of the Labour Information Cluster
Internet Registries offering service in JORDAN
Annual Survey of Available Technologies In the Public Sector
One of the main responsibilities of the National Information Centre is to conduct surveys and studies in information technology in Jordan. The aim of the 1996 survey was to update the information of the 1994 survey. The database will be helpful for government in specifying the needs of the public organizations in IT equipment. The last survey gives a clear picture of what is available of equipment in the public sector until the end of 1996.
The Centre distributed a questionnaire to 80 organizations in the public sector . Of those, 76 organizations responded only.
The study is divided into four chapters:
I. Available Equipment
-Of the small equipment category, 64% of the government organizations use PCs. The total sum available was 5240 computer.
-Of the medium and large equipment category, 78 computers were " departmental', 28 computer belonged to the "midrange type" and 17 were big "enterprise type". The category of the computer used in the government depended on the volume and nature of work.
The study shows that the rate of annual growth in IT equipment
was around 5% .
| Enterprise | ||
| Midrange | ||
| Department | ||
| Workgroup | ||
| Personal Computer | ||
| Workstation | ||
| Terminals |
II. Systems Software
Printers
Printers belonged to the following categories:
| Percentage % | ||
| Line Printer | 4.8 | |
| Dot Matrix | ||
| Laser printer | 29.8 | |
| Ink Jet | 12.3 |
Communication Technology
Two types of communication technologies are being used:
-Serial connection
-Ethernet
Operating Systems
Three main systems are used:
-UNIX operating system
-Novell network
-Windows and MS-DOS
Data Base Management Systems
Five main types are used.
| Oracle | ||
| Ingress | ||
| Informix | ||
| Foxpro | ||
| Access | ||
| Others |
III. Human Resource Distribution
Computer jobs available:
| Computer Centre Head | ||
| Computer Section Head | ||
| System Analyst | ||
| Programmer | ||
| Engineer | ||
| Others |
Some of the basic jobs in information technology were not available
in some organizations. An example of these jobs were the jobs
for system analysis and programming. Reason for this shortage
could be lack of funds, the nature of the work of those organizations
and the duties that are delegated to the information departments.
Use of the "Principles" prepared by the Centre
The following list shows how the "principles" related
to IT and prepared by NIC are used:
| Tender documents & proposal evaluation | ||
| Job Description for information classification | ||
| Principles & Methodology in establishing information systems | ||
| Principles & Methodology in establishing information centres |
IV. Results
The results showed that most of the organizations had plans to
computerize in 1997 and they are looking foreword to executing
the plan. There were 74 organizations who had plans and this shows
that computerization because it economizes in effort time and
money, is becoming important and is given priority in development
plans.
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Content Of The Web Page Of The Labor Sector In The National
Information System
The focal point of this sector is the Ministry of Labor. It includes all the aggregate sectorial information . The subjects include the following:
1. Human resources and its distribution according to activity.
The sources of information are:
Department of Statistics: and it provides statistics on workers in the small scale establishments (1- 4 employees)
Social Security Corporation: provides information on large scale establishments , covered by social security.
Civil Service Bureau: provides information on workers in the government .
The data provided on human power is comprehensive and it gives
reliable information on the number of actual workers in Jordan.
4. Statistical surveys related to workers and salaries issued
by the Department of Statistics(DOS)
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Electronic Commerce in the Framework of Mediterranean Countries' Development
The EGNATA EPIRUS Foundation in cooperation with DG III: Industry of the European Commission organized a working conference on "Electronic Commerce" from 4-6 July in Greece. The conference was organized within the framework of preparation for the EUROMED Programme.
Electronic commerce is business transactions that are run across the Internet and the parties involved interact electronically rather than by physical exchange of contracts. Electronic commerce includes the following operations:
-contact with customer
-exchange of information
Participants discussed the following issues ranging from needs and requirements to technology and applications:
tourism
maritime industry
chemicals
textiles
laws and legislation
currency and money
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Institute of Public Administration visits the Centre
On 13 August, 1997, the Institute of Administration visited the
centre . The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with the
Centre and the nature of its work. The President of the Centre
gave an introductory lecture on the objectives and functions of
the Centre and a short presentation on the National Information
Centre (NIS). The visitors were also briefed by heads of departments
on the nature of their work, achievements , training and coordination
work done with various government departments.
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NetLinkS
NetLinkS is an eLib training and awareness project initiated in England. NetLinkS aims to encourage the development of "networked learner support" (NLS) within UK higher education.
It is the use of networked technologies to provide training and help to users of electronic information resources including using the WWW, electronic mail and computer-conferencing to provide information skills training, user education or reference/enquiry help.
The project's activities and resources will be directed to library
and information staff in learner support roles, but they are also
aimed at people working in IT support, open/distance learning,
teaching/learning support and anyone else interested in information
support for learners and researchers in the networked environment
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The Centre held an informal meeting with the Internet Service
Providers ( ISPs) of the private sector on 19/8/1997 to discuss
the possibility of promoting the National Information System to
the private subscribers of the Internet. Both parties also discussed
bandwidth, pricing and quality of the service to be offered concerning
the NIS.
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The National Information Centre would like to announce that the
space link bandwidth has been upgraded to 256kbp as of Thursday
28th August, 1997.
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One of the main objectives of NIC is to develop the human resource in the public sector in information technology. A training programme was prepared and conducted for the year 1997. It included 13 specialised courses in Internet technology and information technology. Six courses of the thirteen were given in Internet navigation and WWW editing/ HTML.
A special training course was conducted for the librarians in the public and the private universities on Internet navigation and the Internet electronic libraries.
Last but not least, the National Information Centre cooperated
with GTZ toconduct a specialized course for the professionals
in the information sector in the government.
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Recommendations of the Higher Committee of the Labour
Information Cluster
The Higher Committee met with the Minister of the Ministry of Labour at the National Information Centre on 3/9/97 to discuss the achievements of the Labour Sector Network. The result of the meeting was the following recommendations:
Internet Registries offering service in JORDAN
Local Internet Registries (IRs) process the vast majority of address space assignments to end users, taken from allocations they receive from the RIPE NCC, the Middle East Region ISP. Most Local IRs are operated by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and offer IP registration services to the customers of the ISP.
RIPE URL is:
http://www.ripe.net
Teleglobe International Corporation
1751 Pinnacle
Drive, Suite 1600
McLean, Virginia 22102, USA
phone:
+1 703 821 4849
fax-no;
+1 703 821 4885
e-mail;
ipasha@teleglobe.net
Areas serviced
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BA BE BF BG BH BJ BY CA CH CI CM CN CV CY CZ DE DK DO DZ EE EG
ES ET EU FI FR GB GE GH GI GL GM GN GR GW HR HU ID IE IL IM IN
IQ IR IS IT JO JP KE KG KP KW KZ LB LI LK LR LT LU LV LY MA MC
MD MK ML MN MR MT MX MZ NE NG NL NO NZ OM PK PL PT QA RO RU
SA SD SE SG SI SK SM SN SP ST SY TG TM TN TR TZ UA UG US UZ VA
YE YOU SEA
This registry has the RIPE NCC contribution category: MEDIUM
Teleglobe International Corporation Registry
Based in EU;
National Information Centre
P.O. Box: 259 Area Code: (11941)
Al-Jubeiha.
Amman - Jordan
phone: +962-6-837184
fax: +962-6-837168
e-mail: info@nic.gov.jo
Gulfsat Registry based in KW
GulfSat
P.O. Box 2400
Safat, Kuwait
phone:
+965-328-0770
fax-no:
+965-328-1311
e-mail:
venu@gulfsat.com
e-mail:
prasad@gulfsat.com
Areas serviced:
KW IR LB EG TN DZ KE TZ UG LY
MA TR CY SY JO AE SA OM YE BH QA
This registry has the RIPE NCC contribution category: SMALL
Sprint Jordan
phone: +962 6 700301
fax-no: +962 6 700301
e-mail: saed@go.com.jo
Areas serviced:
JO
This registry has the RIPE NCC contribution category:
SMALL
Middle East Communications Corporation
Abdul Rahim Al-Waked passage
P.O. BOX 926368
Amman 11110
Jordan
phone: +96 2 6606414
fax-no: +96 2 6663722
e-mail staher@arabia.com
Areas serviced:
JO
This registry has the RIPE NCC contribution category: SMALL
Al Muttajahat Inc.
Amman Central Post Office
P.O. Box 926375
Amman Jordan
phone: +962 669 8631
fax-no: +962 669 8632
e-mail: aramco/cafpd01/acoshj%pcsdpc#@aramco.geis.com
Areas serviced:
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OM KW SD
BankNet Kft.
Naphegy ter 8.
1016 Budapest
Hungary
phone: +36 1 202 7083
fax-no: +36 1 175 8364
e-mail: ashworth@banknet.net
Areas serviced:
HU LV LT EE RO BG CZ SK RU KZ GE AZ UA AM MD SI HR MK AL MT IL
LB JO EG
This registry has the RIPE NCC contribution category: SMALL
Global Telecommunications Engineering Ltd
phone: +962 6 625577
fax-no: +962 6 640374
e-mail: anas@go.com.jo
Areas serviced:
JO
This registry has the RIPE NCC contribution category: SMALL
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