- Recent publications from the Dutch government show a clear shift towards emphasizing digital autonomy after a decade of denial.
- Five regulatory bodies jointly argue that dependence on a few IT providers poses risks to digital service continuity and offer concrete recommendations.
- The revised national cloud policy now covers all entities, including independent administrative bodies, and advises against reliance on non-EU suppliers for critical services.
- The tax authority has reversed plans to outsource email and VAT software to the US, aiming to retain in-house development and use European suppliers.
- An advisory body found that Microsoft 365 cannot be used for sensitive data due to encryption issues, aggregation risks, and vendor lock-in.
- The EU's Tech Sovereignty Package promotes open source and mandates digital autonomy for essential government services like DigiD.
- The Dutch government's strategy for a sovereign cloud ensures technology and operations are under full EU control.
- Despite progress, coordinating digital autonomy remains challenging due to legal autonomy of ministries, but initial steps are promising.