2. Juni Legal information system, authentic publication and the process of law making

2. Juni Principles  Automation of law making: E-Recht  Publication: Legal information system (RIS)  Authentic publication: Function of RIS

2. Juni Automation of making federal laws  Electronic editing of documents  Electronic workflow system between all stakeholders  Output for authentic publication in the Internet

2. Juni Benefits  Sets standards for  Production of documents  Processes  Increases flexibility  Tracks modifications and controls versions  Speeds up production time  Reduces production costs

2. Juni Electronic editing of documents  Goal: look and feel of a "Bundesgesetzblatt"  Generation of documents with WinWord  Templates  Style sheets  Macros for automatic layout  Conversion to XML for transport  Editing of documents with WinWord (conversion back from XML and to XML again)  Technical filter for conformance with XML syntax

2. Juni Legislative workflow Ministry generates legislative text 1 Public examination of drafts 2 electronic law making BKA generates and publishes bill of the government 4 Transfer to the council of ministers 3 Parliament gets bill of the government & puts decision 5 BKA gets decision 6 Output to RIS 7

2. Juni D7.2 Example: Workflow "Bundesgesetz"  eJustice

2. Juni What is RIS?  Data base for legal texts of Austria  Means for the promulgation of federal law ("Bundesgesetzblätter")  Operated by BKA  Free of charge 

2. Juni  European law  Current/old versions of federal law  Selected laws in English  Legal drafts  Decisions of high courts  Tribunals and Commissions (e.g. Independent Senate for Asylum)  Instructions of the ministries  Current/old versions of the law of the 9 Austrian provinces  Law of some communities Which legal texts?

2. Juni Input to RIS  XML from E-Recht  In RIS documents are signed  MOA (Modules for Online-Applications)  MOA-SS: Signs documents  MOA-SP: Verifies the signature  From some other 30 sources (Europe, provinces, communities)  Challenge: some 30 applications  Challenge: XML?  Upload with HTTP, FTP or by storage media

2. Juni Output from RIS  Web interface  Internet to the public, Intranet to civil servants  Output formats for most documents  HTML  XML  DOC  RTF  PDF

2. Juni RIS statistics 2005  Internet hits / year hits /month  Intranet hits / year hits /month  Total hits / year hits /month

2. Juni Thank you for your attention