Experience of a Local Coordinator Maria Kiomall National Statistics Office MALTA National Statistics Office Lascaris Valletta CMR 02 Tel: 2599 7000 Fax: 2599 7205 E-mail: nso@gov.mt www.nso.gov.mt
Introduction National Statistics Office Government IT Infrastructure MITTS Ltd. Organization MITTS and NSO Role of Local Coordinator Migration Process Data Transmission Approach Tool Usage Way Forward 23 August 2019
National Statistics Office (NSO) Independent Authority Only 1 Statistical Institute Approx. 140 employees 23 August 2019
Malta Government Network (MAGNET) 23 August 2019
MAGNET - Connected Sites 59 Government Ministries and Departments 74 Local Councils 21 Social Services District Offices 112 Government Schools 13 Health Centres 24 Police Stations 25 Embassies 133 Departments and other Public Entities 300 Home Users 23 August 2019
MAGNET Private Network Totally dedicated for Government use Over 11,000 users Nation wide Managed solely by MITTS Ltd. 23 August 2019
MITTS Ltd. Organization Malta Information Technology and Training Services Limited Mission: "To be a leading centre of excellence in the provision of cost effective and integrated information systems to Government using state of the art technologies, practices and methodologies in line with Government strategic directions" 23 August 2019
MITTS - Services Networking Internet and Mail Services Project Management Software Development Support and Maintenance Quality Assurance Consultancy 23 August 2019
MITTS and NSO 23 August 2019
Role of Local Coordinator Administration of Tools Installations Migrations Testing Demonstrations Day to Day Activities Monitor Transmissions Manage User Accounts Provide Support to Users 23 August 2019
Migration - Stadium to eDAMIS Parallel Migration Strategy Phased over a period of 1 month Fully operational in production since April 2006 23 August 2019
Migration - Stadium to eDAMIS Straight-Forward process Support from Eurostat Helpdesk 23 August 2019
Data Transmission Approach Physically Centralised Only 1 eWA installation Stored on 1 server at NSO Usage is Decentralized Average of 1 to 2 persons in each Unit at NSO 16 users in total User accounts in CIRCA format Additional user from Dissemination Unit as backup 23 August 2019
Tool Usage eWA 2.0c (in production in all domains) Ediflow (reporting by dissemination unit) Genedi (gesmes conversion) Email (last resort) 23 August 2019
Way Forward Install eWA 2.3 Use Portal in Future Run as a Windows Service Use Portal in Future Offsite Data Transmission 23 August 2019
Any Questions? 23 August 2019