TITLE: Information and Communication Technologies in the Public Administration. IRIA report 2014.

Executive summary

TÍTULO: Las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones en la Administración Pública. Informe IRIA 2014. Resumen ejecutivo

This is a publication of the Directorate General for Administrative Modernization, Procedures and Promotion of eGovernment

Dirección General de Modernización Administrativa, Procedimientos e Impulso de la Administración Electrónica (DGMAPIAE)

July, 2014

Digital edition with Adobe Acrobat 5.0

Available online at Portal de Administración Electrónica (PAe):

http://administracionelectronica.gob.es/

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Contents

INTRODUCTION

STATE ADMINISTRATION

ICT EXPENDITURE

IT EQUIPMENT

OPERATING SYSTEMS

ICT STAFF

NETWORK ADMINISTRATION

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

ICT EXPENDITURE

IT EQUIPMENT

OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE

ICT STAFF

NETWORK ADMINISTRATION

E-GOVERNMENT

INTRODUCTION

In compliance with the clauses of Royal Decree 589/2005, of 20 May, the High Council of E-Government should, among other functions, ‘act as an Observatory of E-Government, understanding its evolution and situation and suggesting adequate corrective measures whenever necessary.’ In order to perform this task, the Council’s Standing Committee collects ‘information on the technology, human, economic and procurement resources in information technologies’ and publishes regular reports on the results of its surveys on the E-Government Portal (PAe, after name in Spanish).

http://administracionelectronica.gob.es/pae_Home/pae_OBSAE/pae_Informes.html

In line with this, a new IRIA Report is being issued, analysing the most significant indicators of the current situation and use of Information and communication technologies and systems in the Public Administration, as well as of the development of e-Government.

The IRIA Report covers the General State Administration and local governments, being a thorough study for the General State Administration and a sample analysis for local governments, including information on provincial governments, island councils and townships with more than 500 inhabitants.

STATE ADMINISTRATION

ICT EXPENDITURE

In 2013, €1,420 million were spent in the General State Administration in ICT, i.e. 2% less than in 2012.

Telecommunications accounted for 24% of total expenditure, while the remaining 76% corresponded to IT.

Breaking expenditure down by ministries, only three accounted for 30% total expenditure in telecommunications: Home Affairs (54%), Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (32%) and Development (32%).

The share of IT expenditure in the total budget (Chapters 1, 2 and 6) was 3.83%, quite similar to that of 2012. The Ministries with the highest shares were Industry, Energy and Tourism, and Labour and Social Security (+10% for each).

Breaking IT expenditure by items, we can see that hardware and software procurement went up, at the expense of IT services.

Hardware accounted for 11%, considering both investment and equipment rental. The same share went for software, including the investment in system software and application packages but not custom applications. IT services took 45%, while staff expenses remained quite stable at 31%. Finally, consumables and miscellaneous expenditure (‘Others’) were estimated at 3% of the total expenditure in hardware, software and IT services.

As to suppliers, IBM kept its leading position at 10% (28% in software). It was followed again by Indra, the main supplier of IT services (11% in this item). Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu also kept their shares, the former being the leader in hardware supplies.

The total investment in hardware in 2013 was €113 million. 56% of this went to devices; 25%, to PCs and 19%, to multi-user systems.

Broken down by ministries, Home Affairs made a significant investment, reaching a share of 29% of the total investment. Together, this ministry, Labour and Social Security, and Finance and Public Administration accounted for 60%.

Regarding software, the expenditure is as diversified as usual, with 27% in operating systems, 22% in information management systems and 14% in communications systems.

Investment in IT services totalled €489 million in 2013, going down by 3% from 2012. While the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports significantly raised investment in this item (over 50%), the Ministry of Defence reduced it (over 30%). Item distribution is similar to previous years. Application development and maintenance accounted for 47% total expenditure, while software and hardware support and maintenance hovered at 31%. The outsourcing budget – housing, hosting and user service, data transcription and digitisation – kept its 6% share. Finally, consulting services (organisation, technology, security) only accounted for 4% of the total expenditure in IT services, while training represented just 1%.

Regarding expenditure structure by ministries, most of them – with the exception of Food, Agriculture and Environment, Defence, and Home Affairs – spent the largest share in application development and maintenance.

The total expenditure on telecommunication services was €340 million, 9% less than in 2012.

As in previous years, more than 50% of the total amount corresponded to the Ministry of Home Affairs, whose budget was, in absolute terms, slightly smaller than in 2012. The other ministry with a significant share (more than 10%) is Labour and Social Security.

Broken down by type of services, these were landline phones (23%), data transmission (32%), mobile phones (7%) and others (37%). It was often quite difficult to break down costs by type of services, so they were usually considered under the service with the highest share.

The leading supplier was Grupo Telefónica, with a market share of 83%, followed far behind by BT España, which increased its share to 8%. All the other suppliers held shares below 1%.

ICT expenditure

2013   In thousands of euros

Ministry | IT expenditure | Telecommunication expenses | Total
Hardware | Software | IT services | Staff | Others |  | Total | %V
Food, Agriculture and Environment | 4,579 | 6,924 | 19,132 | 11,871 | 919 | 4,057 | 47,481 | 3%
Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | 2,720 | 3,883 | 13,889 | 4,337 | 615 | 11,980 | 37,425 | 3%
Defence | 6,603 | 8,262 | 26,126 | 62,672 | 1,230 | 25,060 | 129,952 | 9%
Economy and Competitiveness | 13,255 | 9,797 | 37,081 | 19,340 | 1,804 | 8,023 | 89,299 | 6%
Education, Culture and Sports | 2,684 | 1,546 | 13,866 | 6,807 | 543 | 3,006 | 28,452 | 2%
Labour and Social Security | 18,702 | 12,183 | 134,881 | 48,390 | 4,973 | 36,168 | 255,297 | 18%
Development | 8,472 | 6,832 | 23,313 | 8,058 | 1,159 | 23,253 | 71,087 | 5%
Finance and Public Administration | 15,902 | 47,958 | 79,535 | 84,453 | 4,302 | 28,312 | 260,462 | 18%
Industry, Energy and Tourism | 3,836 | 1,835 | 23,448 | 5,512 | 874 | 2,364 | 37,869 | 3%
Home Affairs | 33,101 | 11,744 | 40,085 | 66,200 | 2,548 | 182,043 | 335,720 | 24%
Justice | 3,626 | 2,670 | 52,054 | 6,320 | 1,750 | 9,868 | 76,288 | 5%
Presidency | 1,061 | 803 | 2,904 | 5,345 | 143 | 1,777 | 12,032 | 1%
Health, Social Policy and Equality | 3,771 | 2,941 | 23,086 | 4,016 | 894 | 4,156 | 38,864 | 3%
Total | 118,314 | 117,377 | 489,399 | 333,320 | 21,753 | 340,065 | 1,420,228 | 100%

%V Vertical percentage

IT EQUIPMENT

As at 1 January 2014, the total number of equipments installed in the General State Administration was 492,129, with an average age of 5.2 years.

The Ministry of Defence had 22% of the total equipment installed in the General State Administration. It was followed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration, and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

In terms of type of systems, almost 50% mainframe computers were to be found in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the Ministry of Home Affairs, while 53% servers corresponded to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, and the Ministry of Defence.

Regarding personal computers, 86% were desktop computers, 11% were laptops and 3% were mobile terminals. 30% laptops were in the Ministry of Defence. As to the distribution of desktop computers, it was similar to that of PCs as a whole. Finally, the Ministry of Home Affairs had 27% mobile terminals.

As to brands, 35% mainframe computers were from IBM; 27% were Sun and 20%, Fujitsu. The only equipment installed in 2013 was IBM (cf. Chart 3.11, Installed IT equipment). Servers were mostly supplied by Hewlett-Packard (44%), followed by Dell (12%) and IBM (8%). Hewlett-Packard was also the leading supplier of small systems (66%) and PCs (46%; 75% PCs installed in the General State Administration in 2013), Dell being the second largest PC supplier (14%).

Installed IT equipment (evolution)

Number of units

| 01/01/2010 | 01/01/2011 | 01/01/2012 | 01/01/2013 | 01/01/2014
Mainframe computers | 84 | 80 | 45 | 45 | 51
Servers | 21,631 | 23,104 | 22,690 | 22,766 | 23,892
Personal computers | 431,453 | 452,126 | 450,012 | 450,178 | 468,186
Total | 453,168 | 475,310 | 472,747 | 472,989 | 492,129

Equipment by ministries

01/01/2014

Ministry | Mainframe computers | Servers | Personal computers | Total
Number | %V | Number | %V | Number | %V | Number | %V
Defence | 4 | 8% | 3,310 | 14% | 103,702 | 22% | 107,016 | 22%
Home Affairs | 12 | 24% | 1,696 | 7% | 80,552 | 17% | 82,260 | 17%
Finance and Public Administration | 9 | 18% | 2,560 | 11% | 72,680 | 16% | 75,249 | 15%
Labour and Social Security | 12 | 24% | 5,795 | 24% | 59,763 | 13% | 65,570 | 13%
Economy and Competitiveness | 3 | 6% | 3,583 | 15% | 45,814 | 10% | 49,400 | 10%
Development | 6 | 12% | 2,252 | 9% | 30,930 | 7% | 33,188 | 7%
Justice |  |  | 902 | 4% | 18,816 | 4% | 19,718 | 4%
Food, Agriculture and Environment | 5 | 10% | 699 | 3% | 14,892 | 3% | 15,596 | 3%
Foreign Affairs and Cooperation |  |  | 860 | 4% | 13,035 | 3% | 13,895 | 3%
Education, Culture and Sports |  |  | 855 | 4% | 9,734 | 2% | 10,589 | 2%
Health, Social Policy and Equality |  |  | 571 | 2% | 8,400 | 2% | 8,971 | 2%
Industry, Energy and Tourism |  |  | 592 | 2% | 6,464 | 1% | 7,056 | 1%
Presidency |  |  | 217 | 1% | 3,404 | 1% | 3,621 | 1%
Total | 51 | 100% | 23,892 | 100% | 468,186 | 100% | 492,129 | 100%

%V: Vertical percentage

OPERATING SYSTEMS

The only mainframe computer installed in 2013 ran a z/OS operating system. Likewise, 51% of the servers installed last year had Windows OS; 12% relied on virtualisation and 8% had Linux.

The distribution of PCs per operating system is quite similar to that of 2012, 98% of them running Windows OS (67% Windows 7, 13% Windows 8 and 6% Windows XP).

ICT STAFF

The global number of employees performing ICT-related tasks in the General State Administration as at 1 January 2014 was 11,487. 94% of them were career civil servants, while the remaining 6% were contract staff. In this report, the number of ICT-related staff for the Ministry of Defence was significantly lower, since it only includes the staff performing tasks related with the general purpose network, in line with the guidelines for the rest of the report. 23% worked in the Ministry of Economy and Finance, followed by the Ministry of Defence (18%). Thus, the 8% fall in the global number comes to 4% when the Ministry of Defence is not taken into account.

24% these employees worked in the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration; 21%, in the Ministry of Home Affairs and 19%, in the Ministry of Defence. All other ministries accounted for less than 15% individually.

The ICT staff/total staff ratio was 2.09% globally, which means it was slightly lower than in 2012.

ICT/total staff ratio

01/01/2014

Ministry | ICT staff | Total staff | ICT/total staff ratio
Finance and Public Administration | 2,756 | 48,536 | 5.68%
Presidency | 173 | 3,341 | 5.18%
Industry, Energy and Tourism | 170 | 3,692 | 4.60%
Food, Agriculture and Environment | 429 | 10,418 | 4.12%
Labour and Social Security | 1,663 | 45,090 | 3.69%
Economy and Competitiveness | 689 | 24,703 | 2.79%
Health, Social Policy and Equality | 142 | 6,724 | 2.11%
Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | 158 | 7,535 | 2.10%
Education, Culture and Sports | 241 | 14,228 | 1.69%
Defence | 2,192 | 145,717 | 1.50%
Home Affairs | 2,393 | 182,594 | 1.31%
Development | 281 | 30,437 | 0.92%
Justice | 200 | 27,224 | 0.73%
Total | 11,487 | 550,239 | 2.09%

NETWORK ADMINISTRATION

Analysis of the indicators showing the use of ICTs in the General State Administration.

As at 1 January 2014, there were 85 computers every 100 public servants in the General State Administration as a whole, a ratio 5% higher than in the previous edition of this report.

In the case of administrative workers (excluding security forces, teachers and health professionals), the number was 171 computers every 100 public servants. This had to do with the fact that the equipment included computers in workers’ offices and training facilities, as well as laptops and mobile devices.

90% personal computers were connected to the Intranet, a figure similar to that in the past report. As to PCs connected to the Internet, their percentage remained stable at 86%. In several ministries, almost every PC was connected to the Internet.

The number of computers connected to the Internet every 100 public employees rose slightly to 73. As to the number of computers connected to the Intranet rose more sharply, 3 points, to 76 every 100 public employees.

A new aspect analysed in this report is the distribution of mailboxes per ministry and the software used. The total number of mailboxes (both own use and lent to third parties), was 611,165. The Exchange technology was the most commonly used in all ministries.

The total number of public servants who had an e-signature was 350,838, i.e. 64% of all workers. This number is 8% higher than the total for the previous two-year period. Most ministries saw increases in this item, with Industry, Energy and Tourism reaching 100%, and Finance and Public Administration being close to it (98%).

For the analysis of telecommuting, only those employees working part- or full-time out of the office and accessing the information systems of the Public Administration were taken into account. This work arrangement is not really widespread in the General State Administration: only 4,663 workers, i.e. almost the same as in the past report and less than 1% of the total workforce.

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

ICT EXPENDITURE

The total ICT expenditure for local governments was €813 million, almost 5% less than in 2011. When discussing absolute figures, it must be borne in mind that this edition of the report includes the three Provincial Governments of the Basque Country (included only in part in 2011). Since their competencies are significantly different from those of other provincial governments, their expenditure was higher. As a result, the global absolute expenditure for provincial governments, councils and island authorities was 8% higher than in 2011. On the other hand, the total expenditure at the level of townships went down by almost 9%.

23% expenditure (a little over €180 million) went to telecommunications; the remaining 77% was IT expenditure. Telecommunication services included voice and data transmission but no communication hardware, which was part of IT expenditure.

As in past editions, stratified expenditure showed that small townships spent a larger share of their ICT budget on telecommunications than large townships or provincial governments.

The indicator reflecting the ICT expenditure share in the total budget of local governments (Chapters 1, 2, 6) was 1.97%, a 0.13% increase over 2011. This slight increase can be associated to the shrinking of total budgets in all strata. This indicator performed irregularly at the various categories, without showing significant variation in any of them.

The global ICT expenditure/population ratio was €13.53/inhabitant on average, 8% less than in the previous report. In fact, this indicator decreased in all strata. Variation between categories sharpened.

In 2013, the total IT expenditure by local governments was €629 million, i.e. 2.8% less than in 2011. Investment in software went moderately up, while hardware expenditure decreased considerably. As to ICT staff, the shares remained stable, whereas IT service expenses rose significantly.

Regarding the evolution of IT expenditure in the past few years, steady growth until 2007 was followed by a downward trend showing a 16% fall in the 2007-2013 period.

The fall since 2011 could be observed in all township categories, although they were not as sharp as in the past report.

ICT expenditure

2013   In thousands of euros

Local governments | IT expenditure | Telecommunication expenses | Total
Hardware | Software | IT services | Staff | Others |  |
Provincial governments, councils and island authorities | 16,571 | 16,791 | 79,663 | 44,115 | 3,391 | 25,833 | 186,364

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> 500,000 inhabitants

9,781

13,633

47,879

56,975

2,139

16,659

147,067

100,000-500,000 inhabitants | 13,176 | 11,280 | 39,939 | 54,271 | 1,932 | 29,228 | 149,826
30,000-100,000 inhabitants | 9,548 | 7,493 | 24,264 | 41,672 | 1,239 | 32,356 | 116,572
10,000-30,000 inhabitants | 10,330 | 7,173 | 20,275 | 35,739 | 1,133 | 30,464 | 105,115
5,000-10,000 inhabitants | 3,928 | 2,244 | 8,736 | 10,532 | 447 | 16,908 | 42,794
2,000-5,000 inhabitants | 2,999 | 2,223 | 4,739 | 10,521 | 299 | 16,817 | 37,598
1,000-2,000 inhabitants | 1,557 | 489 | 1,908 | 2,710 | 119 | 9,075 | 15,857
500-1,000 inhabitants | 684 | 490 | 2,945 | 1,413 | 124 | 6,299 | 11,954
Total | 68,574 | 61,816 | 230,349 | 257,948 | 10,822 | 183,639 | 813,148

IT EQUIPMENT

With regard to the availability of IT equipment by type and township categories, the global number of mainframe computers dropped, whereas the number of medium-scale systems rose. As to the number of servers and personal computers, it decreased slightly. The number of equipments went down in all township categories except for townships with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants.

IT equipment

01/01/2014

Local governments | Mainframe computers | Medium-scale systems | Servers | Personal computers
Provincial governments, councils and island authorities | 9 | 85 | 3,413 | 43,443

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> 500,000 inhabitants

2

19

903

40,290

100,000-500,000 inhabitants | 3 | 101 | 2,492 | 61,400
30,000-100,000 inhabitants | 2 | 58 | 3,611 | 63,340
10,000-30,000 inhabitants |  | 40 | 2,946 | 57,337
1,000-10,000 inhabitants |  | 125 | 3,489 | 59,438
500-1,000 inhabitants |  |  | 545 | 7,189
Total | 17 | 429 | 17,399 | 332,438

Regarding access to broadband at the workplace, the figures were similar to those in the past edition of this report. About 94% to 97% workplaces in the three upper categories had access to broadband. In townships with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants, the percentage was about 90%, while for the two lowest categories it was about 55%. (Broadband: speed of at least 1,024KB/sec.)

Percentage of workplaces with broadband access

01/01/2014

Local governments | % workplaces with broadband access
Provincial governments, councils and island authorities | 94

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N

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H

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> 500,000 inhabitants

97

100,000-500,000 inhabitants | 97
30,000-100,000 inhabitants | 90
10,000-30,000 inhabitants | 89
1,000-10,000 inhabitants | 56
500-1,000 inhabitants | 55

OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE

The report analysed the percentage of use of open-source software in multi-user systems and PCs taking two elements into account: operating systems and installed applications.

About 25% multi-user systems used open-source software in both applications and operating systems. The highest percentage in this respect corresponded to provincial governments. As to personal computers, this percentage went up to 41% for applications (up to 86% in larger townships) and down to 8% for operating systems.

ICT STAFF

The global number of employees doing ICT-related tasks in local governments, considering civil servants, contract staff and employees of public sector companies remained similar to the 2011 figure. In the case of provincial governments, councils and island authorities, the number rose by 10%, in part due to the inclusion of all Basque provincial governments. It also increased for townships with 30,000 to 500,000 inhabitants. The costs of state-owned corporation employees appeared under IT services rather than staff expenditure.

The ICT staff/total staff ratio rose slightly by 0.07, going down in all township categories with less than 30,000 inhabitants and up in all other strata.

ICT staff

01/01/2014

Local governments | ICT staff | ICT/total staff ratio
Provincial governments, councils and island authorities | 1,952 | 3.82%

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> 500,000 inhabitants

1,091

2,01%

100,000-500,000 inhabitants | 1,505 | 1,71%
30,000-100,000 inhabitants | 1,211 | 1,46%
10,000-30,000 inhabitants | 1,063 | 1,05%
1,000-10,000 inhabitants | 1,150 | 1,10%
500-1,000 inhabitants | 74 | 0,77%
Total | 8,046 | 1.64%

As to the number of personal computers every 100 public employees, it remained at 68, with increases in all the upper categories and slight falls for the two lowest categories, more sensitive to sample size.

NETWORK ADMINISTRATION

At the level of local government, 96% personal computers were connected to the Internet – 6% more than in 2011. All categories showed a positive evolution of this indicator.

As for personal computers connected to the Intranet, their number was 2% higher than in 2011. This indicator performed positively in all categories except in townships with 10,000 to 30,000 inhabitants.

A total 88,403 employees used an e-signature for the exercise of their functions. They accounted for 18% staff (+4%). Their number grew in all categories but in smaller townships, with a sharper increase in the upper levels.

Finally, only 1.31% public employees, i.e. 6,429 globally, were reported to use telecommuting. The percentage continued to be very low both globally and per categories.

E-GOVERNMENT

Already in 2011, almost 100% townships with more than 10,000 inhabitants had their own web portals. The upward trend continued for small townships.

All townships with more than 500,000 inhabitants and 80% townships with 100,000 to 500,000 had their own e-offices and e-registries.

About 65% provincial governments, councils and island authorities were reported to offer administrative procedures that could be fully processed online. This meant significant progress over 2011. 100% large townships offered census registration online. Other services offered were payments of property tax and vehicle tax. The smaller the township, the lower degree of implementation of these services. However, figures showed progress in all categories.

Finally, the number of centres with public Internet access every 10,000 inhabitants was 2.65, while the number of Internet access points every 10,000 inhabitants was 12.54.