Italy is catching up in the race for the digital transition. Services such as those offered by the IO app of the Public Administration, “which allow payments in 3 clicks”, or the creation of the National Cybersecurity Agencyor the races for ultra-broadband and 5G, which “will all be closed by June 30”, demonstrate that “if we want to know how to do things”.
This was stated by the minister of technological transition, Vittorio Colao, interviewed by Massimo Giannini on the La Stampa website: “We are beginning to think differently about the Public Administration, and the response from local institutions is excellent. We are not where we should be, but we have put ourselves in a position to get there “, reasoned Colao, adding that” the IO app now sends notices for payments that citizens can make in 3 clicks. It already happens with various services and with INPS. But we will do this with everything: with the Revenue Agency, with tax stamps, with fines. From 27 April it will also be possible to change residence online. We want to avoid registered letters, postmen, notification fees and make sure that PA officials can devote themselves to more noble things. And this shows that we know how to do things “.
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The consequences of the war in Ukraine and inflation
For the minister, the war between Russia and Ukraine places Italy in an “emergency situation”, which will entail a “rescheduling of expenses and resources in order to stay close to the sectors that will suffer the greatest repercussions, such as energy. raw materials or food “. The international crisis, which came after more than two years of pandemic, will contribute to “very sustained inflation for a few more months, but then it will decline”. Will this lead to a rethinking of the NRP? “The foundations of the PNRR are strategic, those who say it is to be thrown are wrong. But some of its implementations will have to take inflation into account. We must be open to evaluating if something will have to be changed and how. We must keep the bar straight in a sea with waves that are now much higher “, reasoned the minister. Again: “We have to choose between many things, not just between peace and air conditioners”, added the minister, recalling the words of the premier, Mario Draghi“but also between some forms of energy creation and others, between some models and lifestyles and others, but above all how to deal with the ecological and digital transaction”.
Steps forward in cybersecurity
The work done for the security of the country’s computer systems is also central: “We were starting back on cybersecurity – admitted Colao – Now we have created the Cybersecurity Agency which is currently hiring an 800 expert body able to help the private and public to defend themselves from cyber threats. We’re catching up. But in this industry it’s hard to get to where you should be. You always have to run, because the others run too, but now we have a structure that can do it. “
Ultra-broadband and 5G: all tenders closed by June
As for ultra-broadband and 5G, explained Colao, “by June 30 we have to close all 5 races. I am confident that we will succeed, maybe with the last one we will reach the last a bit, but we will succeed” . While on the single network, “the government always remains neutral with respect to individual subjects, but we are not neutral with respect to vision. And our vision is an infrastructure of the highest level, like Spain, which allows us to have fiber and 5G everywhere. “Again:” More than two fixed networks cannot be created. So if to avoid that in the center of Milano pass 3 fibers and then in Liguria o in Calabria not even one needs a single network, that there is “.
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The importance of the cloud and the 5G issue
Colao also specified that “we are putting two billion on the cloud, one for the one a little more protected, where critical data will go, more secure, and one more to put in the cloud everything that the Public Administration has to put in the cloud. Going to the cloud is needed because you work better, but above all, in the event of a cryptolocker cyber attack, if you have made a recent backup you can restore all your work done, losing a few hours at the most. It is not just about productivity, but also about safety. “While on the subject of 5G and the possible dependence on Chinese suppliers, this is the explanation:” A professor of mine at Bocconi used to say that you should never depend for more than 30% on a supplier. Can we depend 50% on China? There are geopolitical issues at stake, as demonstrated by the case of Russian gas “.