The budget was processed through the budget information system.

No other pertinent information was provided.

The Information Resources Management Branch is mainly funded under the regular budget.

Some Governments posted budgetary information and budget guidelines on the Web, inviting continuous citizen comment and feedback.

United Nations system wide access and dissemination of pertinent budgetary information through its Intranet, through the maintenance of electronic repositories of selected official documents, has facilitated quick access to vital budgetary information, including budget documents, planning documents, regulations and rules, guidelines on results based budgeting, standard costs and allotment account codes.

The information technology and communications equipment allotment has increased by 412 per cent from 1.6 million in 2002 03 budget year to 7.6 million in 2003 04 budget year and 8.2 million in the current (2004 05) budget year.

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Revised estimates for the development and implementation budget of the Integrated Management Information System

The executive team, chaired by the Associate Administrator, provided oversight of the ICT budget.

The Secretary General indicates that proposals for 2006 2007 reflect the increasing importance of information technology in the work of the Organization and the resulting investment in information technology within individual budget sections, often through the reallocation of resources from non information technology areas.

As in the past and in order to present IMIS project related costs in a consolidated manner, those activities will be charged to the IMIS project budget rather than be distributed across the various budget sections of the offices concerned

Other expenditures are related to additional temporary staff needed at offices away from Headquarters to assist in implementation activities of the various releases of the system. (Thousands of United States dollars)

As stated in paragraphs 39 40 above, a provision of 5.5 million for new projects is proposed for the next biennium.

They were one of the main tools in the budgetary exercise, and in future the kind of information which they provided should be used in all budget debates.

business process re engineering requirements, 2006 2007

An initial benchmarking study comparing the 2006 2007 information and communications technology maintenance budget of UNDP with the maintenance budgets of UNICEF and the World Food Programme for 2004 2005 revealed that UNDP is, comparatively, at the low end.

10. Decides further to keep the current format of the proposed programme budget and to maintain the level of information contained therein

In response to the Board of Auditor's recommendation, a senior auditor position is being established in the Office of Internal Audit specializing in IT related audits, to be complemented by the use of consultancies for specific technical areas as needed.

3. Trends UNCJIN Crime and Justice Letter (one issue) (1999) (RB)

The total cost of ICT was taken into account in the preparation of the programme budgets for the bienniums 2002 2003 and 2004 2005.

(f) Improving weather information, forecasting and warning

On the local CITS support, the number of supported staff increased by 65 per cent from 189 in 2002 03 budget year to 312 in 2003 04 budget year.

Recommendation 6. Project activities should not be part of the biennial budget, but supporting information on project activities should be provided as part of the budget submission.

Calculation, Analysis, and Visualization of Information

Routine vaccine costs are now fully covered by national budgets in 75 per cent of countries for which information is available.

They take note of the information and intention contained in your letter.

The Financial and Management Information System used by UNHCR requires a very close link in project documents between the attached budget and the narrative which describes activities.

Advance Cargo Information System (ACIS)

Projections chapter First communication

3. Advance Cargo Information Systems (ACIS)

Parties expressed their general satisfaction with the information and the information systems, databases and clearing houses provided by the secretariat.

A recurring feature in the budget proposal for the biennium 2006 2007 is the enhanced use of information technology.

23.71 Extrabudgetary resources allocated to the information technology and management team have enabled the Special Procedures Branch to improve its administrative, budgetary and personnel management as well as the management of its extrabudgetary resources and to develop its training, information and awareness raising capacity.

2 The preparation of a high level business case is a legal requirement stemming from Information and Communications Technology Board policies, United Nations budget instructions and the administrative instruction on information and communication technology initiatives (ST AI 2005 10).

To do so, the Government intended to increase the annual health share of the budget to more than 10 per cent and build up an electronic health information system.

FCCC SBI 2005 2 Report on the in session workshop on organization of the intergovernmental process. Note by the secretariat

(b) Recovering from trash documentation that identifies personal information relating to the victim, for example, a credit card or bank account number ( dumpster diving )

The development of integrated information systems for the reviews and other areas adds considerably to the budgetary provisions made in the budget proposal under the Consultancies line item.

(j) The Secretary General is requested to provide information periodically to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on actions taken

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On the other hand, investment in technology over the last three years has resulted in continued stabilization of the new budget information system of the Division and faster processing of technical budgetary actions, leading to savings in workload equivalent to one General Service (Other level) post.

3. One interregional training seminar on the collection, collation, analysis and utilization of crime prevention and criminal justice data, including the use of the United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (1999) (RB XB)

They take note of the information and intention contained in your letter.

Having considered the report of the Secretary General on the information and communication technology strategy and the related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,