Electronic Government and Public Administration in Hungary

The article presents the visions, plans, and actions related to the implementation of electronic governmental and electronic public administration services in Hungary, in the past few years. The roles of governmental organizations (such as the Ministry of Informatics and Communications, Prime Minister´s Office, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Finance), the legal and technical regulations (such as the XXXV. act in 2001, CVIII. act in 2001, 20/2004. (IV. 21.)), some of the concrete projects (such as the WEB-based pilot projects, XR, IOP, local governmental pilot projects) and plans about the future (written in Hungarian Information Society Strategy) are also shown in the article. Experts keep on working in Hungary therefore this article can be just a snapshot about the actualities.