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in the economic, legal, sociological and communications engineering fields, and of 30
on-line data banks made available to internal users through their work stations
connected to the intranet. Moreover, the library also includes a relevant number of
general reference books such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries and indexes and it has also
a collection of the Official Journal of the Italian Republic (Gazzetta Ufficiale) and of the
Official Journal of the European Union since 1986 to date.
In 2005 the growing trend – with an increase approximately by 30% compared
to the previous year – of the consultation of documents included in the electronic
catalogue was confirmed.
4.6. OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND THE WEBSITE
AGCOM ensures the divulgence of its decisions and the spreading of the
measures adopted by means of the publication in the Official Journal of the Italian
Republic, the Official Bulletin and the website. The Reports to the Parliament are made
in compliance with the law and are made public every time this is not in conflict with
regulations and expediency reasons. Through the publication in the Official Journal of
the Italian Republic, AGCOM can ensure wide knowledge of its most significant
decisions under the profile of the external relevance, thus guaranteeing the availability
of information to a large number of stakeholders, citizens, operators and consumers
which are interested in the activity carried out by AGCOM.
The complex activity of relation with the press and mass media in general is
carried out by the President and the Members with the aim to strengthen the image of
Authority, through shared communication methods, which can safeguard the
institutional prestige and the authoritativeness of AGCOM itself as well as of its
members.
Following the instructions of the President and the Council press releases are
issued which are used to inform as to the most important decisions adopted by AGCOM
disclosing briefly the main contents and press conferences are organized to enable
information operators to have all the necessary information to carry out their work, thus
ensuring the utmost transparency in the sensitive and significant decisions adopted by
AGCOM.
Over the year, expenditure concerning the “external” presence of AGCOM has
been strongly reduced, limiting its participation in occasions of exhibition which serve
as “showcase” with stakeholders, consumers and other institutions.
AGCOM’s website (www.agcom.it) is a tool which is essential to ensure
administrative transparency and to give communication and information to the outside.
Though AGCOM’s website was still in its original version, it is still the
reference point for operators and users, that visit the website on a daily basis, with a
very high number of accesses, also to download the most interesting pages, concerning
the most recent documents as well as the mostly used forms.
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