Vestlandsforsking is engaged by the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI) to develop a strategy for renewal of the personal public service portal Mypage and the information portal www.norge.no together with the consulting company Bouvet AS.

Researcher Svein Ølnes was invited by IDABC to give a presentation at the Semic.eu Advisory Group meeting in Brussels 15.10.09. The title of the presentation was "Semantics in Norway" and it was a brief overview of status and some important challenges.