The law recently approved by the the Regional Administration of Tuscany (January 2004) regulates the promotion of electronic administration and the development of the Information Society in the regional system as well as the regional telecommunications network. It represents the first example of Italian regional legislation in this vast and complex field after the constitutional reform of 2001 (which has changed the division of legislative powers between State and regional governments), after the beginning of the e-Europe plan and of the Italian e-government national action plan. It is the result of a research and study activity made by ITTIG i collaboration with the regional government of Tuscany. Therefore this law has an important political, strategic and symbolic value not only for the Tuscan Region, but within the Italian political strategies for the public administration innovation process. The A. Illustrates the legal background and the major aims of the law, the leading princi...