Agency for Public Management and eGovernment

The Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Norwegian: Direktoratet for forvaltning og ikt) or Difi^[1] was a government agency subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform. The agency was made defunct on 31 December 2019, and its functions merged into the new Norwegian Digitalization Agency which was established on 1 January 2020.

Agency for Public Management and eGovernment

Direktoratet for forvaltning og ikt (Difi)
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2008
Preceding agencies	Statskonsult E-handelssekretariatet Norge.no
Dissolved	1 January 2020
Superseding agency	Norwegian Digitalisation Agency
Jurisdiction	Government of Norway
Headquarters	Oslo
Agency executive	Steffen Sutorius
Parent agency	Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform

Responsibilities

It was responsible for help the public sector achieve quality, efficiency, user friendliness, openness, and participation, as well as helping the public sector be organized. It led in a good way with good intersectoral cooperation. It provided management consulting for the public sector and operated several websites on behalf of the Government.^[2]

History

The agency was created on 1 January 2008, and was based in Oslo and Leikanger. It was created after a merger of Statskonsult, the Norwegian eProcurement Secretariat, and Norge.no.

The first director was Hans Christian Holte. He left the position in the summer of 2013 to become director of the Norwegian Tax Administration.^[3] Utheim, Midtsjø (30 October 2013) Ingelin Killengreen was hired as interim director with start December 2013.^[4]