The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform (Norwegian: Fornyings- og administrasjonsdepartementet) is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 ministry

Ministry (government department)

A ministry is a specialised organisation responsible for a sector of government public administration, sometimes led by a minister or a senior public servant, that can have responsibility for one or more departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions or other smaller executive, advisory, managerial or...

 established in 2006. The ministry is responsible for reform work, information technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

, competition

Competition

Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...

 policy in addition to having the main responsibility for government employees and government organisation. Its leader is Rigmor Aasrud

Rigmor Aasrud

Rigmor Aasrud is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. When the second cabinet Stoltenberg assumed office following the 2005 elections, Aasrud was...

 (Labour

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

). The department must report to the legislature, the Storting.

Organization

The ministry is divided into the following sections:

• Political staff
• Information Unit
• Department of Employer Policy
• Department of Competition Policy
• Department of Government Services
• Economics and Economic Analysis Unit

Political staff

• Minister Rigmor Aasrud
  Rigmor Aasrud
  Rigmor Aasrud is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.She served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland during the terms 1993–1997, 1997–2001 and 2001–2005. When the second cabinet Stoltenberg assumed office following the 2005 elections, Aasrud was...
  
   (Labour
  Norwegian Labour Party
  The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
  
  )
• State Secretary Inger-Anne Ravlum (Labour)
• State Secretary Raimo Valle
  Raimo Valle
  Raimo Valle is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.In 2007, while the second cabinet Stoltenberg held office, he was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion....
  
   (Labour)
• Political Adviser Trond Blattmann (Labour)

Subsidiaries

The following government agencies

Government agency

A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...

 are subordinate the ministry:)

• Norwegian Data Inspectorate
  Norwegian Data Inspectorate
  The Norwegian Data Inspectorate is Norwegian Government agency responsible for managing the Personal Data Act of 2000, concerning privacy concerns...
  
  
• Government Administration Services
  Government Administration Services
  The Government Administration Services is a Government agency responsible for a number of operative administration services for the Ministries of Norway. With about 500 employees, it offers services within archives, wages, accounting, web sites, purchasing, security, the state budget, and technology...
  
  
• Government County Governor
• Norwegian Competition Authority
  Norwegian Competition Authority
  Norwegian Competition Authority is Norwegian Government agency responsible for managing the Competition Act of 2004, including regulations imposed through the European Economic Community. This includes regulating cooperation that hinders competition, misuse of a dominant market position and...
  
  
• Norge.no
  Norge.no
  Norge.no is a web site operated by Agency for Public Management and eGovernment and provides information for the public by the Government of Norway...
  
  
• Personvernnemda
• Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
  Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
  Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund is a Norwegian Government agency responsible for the extra pensions paid to state employees. There are in excess of one million members, and it has total assets of NOK 270 billion....
  
  
• Statsbygg
  Statsbygg
  Statsbygg is a Norwegian government agency that manages central parts of the real estate portfolio of the Government of Norway. This includes 2.3 million square meters in 1,500 buildings, of which 115 are located abroad. The portfolio includes office buildings, heritage sites, campuses, operational...
  
  
• Statskonsult
  Statskonsult
  Statskonsult AS is a defunct Norwegian government-owned company that provided management consulting services related to government restructuring and reform. It was created in 1947 as the Rationalisation Office , later the Directorate of Rationalisation. The name Statskonsult was taken into use in...
  
   (limited company)

See also

• List of Norwegian Ministers of Government Administration and Reform

External links

• Official web site