Directorate-General For Information Society And Media (European Commission)
EU Directorate General Information Society and Media or "DG INFSO" is a Directorate-General of the European Commission.
The current European Commissioner for Digital Agenda is Neelie Kroes (Netherlands) and the Director-General is Robert Madelin.
From 1 July 2012, the name of the DG will become Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology or DG CONNECT (internally also DG CNECT). The mission will also change and large staff cuts are foreseen (from 1 January 2013 a substantial part of the ex-INFSO agenda will be externalised).
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