Roland TraunmA1/4ller is the head of the Institute for Applied Computer Science at the University of Linz, Austria. In 1990, TraunmA1/4ller established the working group "Information Systems in Public Administration" (WG8.5) within IFIP. Currently, he serves as deputy chairman of IFIP TC 8 "Information Systems" and as vice-president of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG), where he also founded a Forum e-Government in 2001.