6 | Annual Report 2019
looking forward. Because by helping an authority to avoid future errors, we also ensure that
citizens are not subjected to injustice in future
cases.
For this reason, I will give high priority to the
continued work with the Guide for Authorities (in
Danish only) on the Ombudsman’s website. The
purpose of the Guide is indeed to ensure that
authorities receive guidance on how to do the
right thing without us entering the fray.
Society is undergoing major changes these
years. This also applies in relation to the way
public administration works and communicates
with citizens. The changes will affect citizens
and administrative authorities, and obviously the
Ombudsman must keep up.
public administration more than even the Local
Government Reform and the implementation of
the Danish Public Administration Act did.
E-government brings significant benefits to citizens as well as the public administration. But it
also carries major risks. I will therefore in years
to come put a lot of effort into keeping an eye on
the implementation of the increasingly important e-government solutions so that e-government is implemented with respect for citizens’
legal rights. I am raising this matter in a separate
article in this Annual Report where you can also
read more about the authorities’ various roles
and find out whether using the term ‘environmental information’ is a magic formula when you
request access to public records.
Enjoy your read.
One of the biggest challenges for the public administration is the implementation of e-government. Today, digitisation of public administration
already has immense practical impact. And in
the years to come, it will probably change the