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Director General of the Population Register Centre Janne Viskari selected as influencer of the year 2018
5.12.2018
Tivi magazine has nominated Director General of the Population Register Centre Janne Viskari as the influencer of the year 2018. The selection was published in Tivi on 5 December 2018.
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New Service Locations mobile app helps clients find public sector service locations
3.12.2018
The Population Register Centre and Cybercom have teamed up to develop an augmented reality mobile app to make it easier for citizens to use public sector services. The name of the app is “Service Locations (beta)”. This is the trial version of the service, which will in the future be included as part of the Suomi.fi mobile app.
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Mobile certificates are worth using – The rapid advance of digitalisation highlights the importance of trustworthy identification
21.11.2018
The Population Register Centre has tendered the strong identification trust network for processing identification for public government digital services and made agreements with banks on the use of banking codes as an identification tool. Through these agreements, citizens will in future be able to sign into public government digital services using a mobile certificate or banking codes. In addition, it will be possible to sign into services using the Citizen Certificate on personal identity cards issued by the police.
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Suomi.fi service will make managing of tax affairs increasingly flexible
13.11.2018
Next year, you will get a notification in the Messages service as soon as the pre-completed tax return is available in the MyTax service. In the future, citizens will also be able to authorise another person to act on their behalf to manage their tax matters. This autumn, many companies have also used the Suomi.fi authorisations, mandating their accounting firms to manage their tax matters and to file their payroll reports. Many authorities that are important for citizens and companies are taking the Suomi.fi services into wider use. Therefore, the users of the Suomi.fi services are also really beginning to benefit from the services available.
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Väestörekisterikeskus edistää verkkopalveluiden saavutettavuutta – katso video!
14.9.2018
The accessibility of web services is of great importance to the Population Register Centre. In this video, Project Manager Jani Ruuskanen and UX-Manager Mari Kervinen from the Population Register Centre explain how accessibility is considered in the development of Suomi.fi services.
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Government explores alternatives for electronic identification of citizens
28.8.2018
The Ministry of Finance has asked the Population Register Centre to investigate whether the principles of strong identification of citizens are in need of reform. The investigation focuses on finding the most practical ways of implementing electronic identification for the public administration’s online services. At present, identification is based on online banking credentials, Mobile ID or an identity card.
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Population Register Centre’s new website to be launched on June 18th
15.6.2018
Population Register Centre’s new website, vrk.fi, is launched on the afternoon of June 18th. As a part of the overhaul, the PRC’s Eevertti extranet service will be merged with vrk.fi.
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Digital and Population Data Services Agency sets the direction for digitalisation and serves people in various phases of their lives
23.5.2018
At the beginning of 2020, a new Digital and Population Data Services Agency (Finnish Digital Agency) will begin its operation in Finland. The agency will be created when the Population Register Centre, local register offices and the Development and Steering Unit for the Local Register Offices operating under the Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland are merged into a single agency. In terms of administration, the agency will be built upon the foundation of the current Population Register Centre.
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Finland's and Estonia's data exchange layers connected to one another on 7 February - the rapid exchange of information between the countries is now possible
8.2.2018
Finland's Population Register Centre and the Republic of Estonia's Information System Authority have interconnected the two countries' data exchange layers X-Road and Suomi.fi to one another. This will make it technologically possible to transfer data electronically over the Gulf of Finland between organisations that have joined the countries' data exchange layers. A data exchange layer is a uniform data transfer method for information systems and simplifies the exchange of information. The two authorities entered into an agreement on connecting the layers to one another at the end of 2016.
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Suomi.fi online service is expanding: Comprehensive data bank and advisory service opens for companies
9.1.2018
Suomi.fi online service’s company section is published. Now all data and advice relating to company formation and companies’ operations can be found in one place - Suomi.fi. Suomi.fi’s company section will replace the previous Enterprise Finland web pages.
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It is now possible to receive mail from the authorities electronically
15.12.2017
On 15 December 2017, the Population Register Centre opened Suomi.fi Messages, a new service intended for communication between the citizens and the authorities. This service is part of the Suomi.fi Web Service.
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Finland first in the world to enable acting on behalf of another person electronically in social and health matters
5.12.2017
Finland is the first in the world to introduce the possibility for an adult to electronically authorise another person to transact business in social and health care matters. Acting on behalf of another person requires an electronic authorization for health care on the Suomi.fi online service. South Savo community of municipalities for social and health services (ESSOTE) is the first organisation in which this is possible.
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Janne Viskari appointed as Director General of Population Register Centre
9.11.2017
The Government appointed Janne Viskari, M.Sc. (Tech.) as Director General of the Population Register Centre on 9 November. Viskari will assume his post on 15 November. The appointment is for a fixed term of five years.
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Population Register Centre of Finland works for more transparent digital world
31.8.2017
Population Register Centre of Finland works with the MyData 2017 Conference as the Main Partner. It is a forum for stakeholders to share not only ideas and theories, but concrete benchmarks and best practices in infrastructure, in legislation, and in business solutions.
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Finnish Immigration Service introduced e-Authorizations
13.7.2017
As the first organisation in Finland, the Finnish Immigration Service has started using the Suomi.fi e-Authorizations functionality, in which an employer can grant electronic powers of attorney allowing a person to act on the employer’s behalf in Enter Finland, the Immigration Service’s e-service channel.
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Services concerning public authority issues are now provided by the reformed Suomi.fi Web Service
3.7.2017
The reformed Suomi.fi Web Service is now open for the public. Among other things, citizens may use the service for checking their own data in various authorities’ registers and for managing affairs in several public administration operators’ services by logging in to a single service. In the future, the service can be used for receiving messages from the authorities electronically and for authorizing another person to manage one’s own affairs.
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Reaktor to provide expert services in the project to reform population information system
7.6.2017
The Population Register Centre has chosen Reaktor Innovations Oy (Reaktor) to provide architectural expert services in the Population Register Centre’s personal data reform project (HETI project). The procurement was carried out as a tendering process at EU level.
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The Population Register Centre has selected Cybercom to develop and maintain the mobile apps for Suomi.fi Messages
24.5.2017
The Population Register Centre has selected Cybercom to develop and maintain the mo-bile apps for the Suomi.fi Messages service. The four-year contract will run from 2017 to 2021, and it is worth approximately EUR 2 million. The project is part of the Ministry of Finance's National Architecture for Digital Services programme, which is being implemented by the Population Register Centre.
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The international Porvoo Group will convene in Rome 25–26 May 2017: Electronic identity in a changing world
23.5.2017
The international Porvoo Group will convene in Rome, Italy on 25 and 26 May 2017 to discuss and share information on issues related to electronic identity and safe web services. The theme of the conference is electronic identity in a changing world.
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Porvoo 19 Conference in Rome on 25 - 26 May 2017
17.5.2017
The 19h international Porvoo Group Conference will be held in Rome, Italy on 25 - 26 May 2017.
