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connection approach, as well as other solution version described in this chapter, it is necessary to
apply the principle of “open by default”, whose “source” system makes the accumulated data
available by the principle of open data. Application of the closed two-way connection should be
particularly justified by the restrictions or special technical restrictions regarding data utilisation
defined in legislation that prevents any possibility of the re-use of these data.
In order to further improve the security and speed of the data exchange, especially in those IS,
which provide data through the State Information Systems Integrator, it is necessary to improve
technological solutions of the corresponding IS cross-system integration interfaces, making them
as a relevant IS functionality. Those basic data accumulated in IS, the usage of which in the
single public administration data space is particularly intense, would be technologically
replicable into State Information Systems Integrator in the technologically optimised highperformance high-speed data storage. As an example of such data is the information related to the
identification of inhabitants and businesses.
So far the development and hosting of SIS interfaces in the State Information Systems Integrator
have not been sufficiently active, therefore, SIS should be targeted to the connection to State
Information Systems Integrator to ensure that all data, required for more than one user in the
public administration or outside of it, are available via the State Information Systems Integrator.
Given the expected increase of the utilisation of State Information Systems Integrator, it is
necessary to improve also functionality and operation of State Information Systems Integrator, as
well as from, technical, organisational and legal aspects.
Additionally, a principle should be introduced that the collaboration between National
Information System and local governments’ IS, as well as private sector IS, is organised through
a centralised State Information Systems Integrator.
Regarding the SIS cooperation with EU institutions and other EU Member States institutions’ IS,
it is necessary to use a centralised State Information Systems Integrator as far as possible if it
does not conflict with EU laws and the EU’s centralised IS architecture.
It should be noted that the same approach applies to geospatial information, the exchange of
which between SIS, a geospatial data uniter should be used.
In order to achieve a common understanding and actions of the involved parties to practically
create and implement a single data space, it is necessary to develop public administration ICT
architecture document which will cover the interoperability architecture of information systems
and data exchange principles in this architecture.
5.3.4 Optimisation of ICT Infrastructure
National ICT infrastructure optimisation was initiated in 2010 with an informative report “On the
Usage of Microsoft Infrastructure Software and Possibilities of Information and Technology
Infrastructure Optimisation in Ministries and Their Subordinate Institutions”38. The report states
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Informative report “On the Usage of Microsoft Infrastructure Software and Possibilities of Information and
Technology Infrastructure Optimisation in Ministries and Their Subordinate Institutions”
http://polsis.mk.gov.lv/view.do?id=3354
information_society_development_guidelines_2014_2020.docx; Information Society Development Guidelines
2014-2020