Therefore, more than ever, there is a need for an approach in which authorities collaborate across sectors in selected key areas to share information and ensure stable and robust solutions; an approach that makes it easy to gain an overview of the current operating status. It must be easy for the authorities to determine the system status if the systems become inaccessible or so overstretched that users are queueing up for access. This will enable the authorities to inform citizens and businesses about the status of their IT solutions. The digital solutions made available by the public sector must live up to the expectations of citizens and businesses for data protection, information security and stable operation. The public sector must continue to deliver professional IT operations at all levels, so that public sector solutions can be robust, stable and effective. The infrastructure will be checked regularly, and solutions and the common public sector components will be kept up-to-date. Danes must have quick access to the internet regardless of where they live or work in Denmark. Denmark generally has a highly developed broadband infrastructure, however in some parts of the country citizens and businesses still do not have the broadband speeds they want. Moreover, an increasing number of activities in the digital society require a good internet connection. BETTER BROADBAND THROUGHOUT DENMARK The Danish Government has a target that by 2020 all households and businesses must have access to a broadband connection with a download speed of at least 100 Mbit/s and upload speed of at least 30 Mbit/s. The point of departure of the Government is that broadband development should be market-driven, and regulation should be technology-neutral. In order to promote this development and ensure good broadband coverage throughout Denmark, the Government has taken a number of initiatives that will be implemented in the years to come: INITIATIVES ROBUST DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE 8.1 8.2 GOOD DATA AND EFFICIENT DATA SHARING ROBUST OPERATION OF THE COMMON INFRASTRUCTURE A common public sector IT architecture will be developed to set the framework for sharing data between authorities. Among other things, public authorities will be able to use this architecture in their work on standardising and improving data, and when they need to share data with, or use data from, other authorities in connection with case processing, for example. The architecture consists of joint management of public architecture principles and guidelines as well as common frameworks for how to create and share good data. The collaboration on operation of crucial common public sector IT infrastructure systems will be strengthened and their mutual dependencies will be mapped. A common public sector communication platform will be developed, on which authorities and other stakeholders can find information about the current operating status. • Establishment of a test scheme with a government broadband funding pool of DKK 200 million • Better opportunities to utilise existing passive infrastructure for broadband such as empty underground pipes and conduits • Ambitious requirements for coverage in future frequency auctions • The BoligJobordning (tax deduction scheme for domestic and home-improvement services) can be used for the deployment of broadband. KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT BROADBAND COVERAGE The Tjekditnet.dk website (check your internet) allows consumers, businesses, local governments and regions to check the current broadband coverage and search for suppliers for a given address. The website is planned to be updated for smartphone use in 2016. In the 2013-2020 Strategy for Digital Welfare it was agreed to examine the requirements imposed by selected digital welfare services on local coverage. In 2016, a survey will be conducted of the broadband coverage as well as of the requirements imposed by the digital welfare services. 52 SECURITY AND CONFIDENCE MUST BE IN FOCUS AT ALL TIMES SECURITY AND CONFIDENCE MUST BE IN FOCUS AT ALL TIMES 53