CGI.br
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| Type: | non-profit |
| Industry: | Internet |
| Founded: | 1995 |
| Country: | Brazil |
| Employees: | 51-200 |
| Website: | http://www.cgi.br |
| Key People | |
| Professor Hartmut Richard Glaser, CEO | |
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The Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil (CGI.br) or the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee is a multi-stakeholder organization responsible in promoting technological development of Internet services and to disseminate information regarding the latest innovations and available services in Brazil.
Background
CGI.br was established by the Inter-ministerial Ordinance 147 on May 31, 1995 which was amended by Presidential Decree 4,829 on September 3, 2003. It was created to serve as a coordinating and integrating body for all the internet services in Brazil. The committee is composed of 21 members, which will come from representatives of government ministries and agencies, businesses, civil society and the scientific community. [1]
The Committee has three working groups covering the network engineering, computer security and the training of human resources providing technical, administrative and operational input to assist CGI.br in decisions and recommendations. [2]