The Netherlands Government Information Service (Dutch: Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst, abbrev.
The RVD is also responsible for providing public information on government policy, the prime minister and the Ministry of General Affairs.
In addition to its Information Service duties, the RVD is also responsible for giving advice on publicity and communications to several agencies and the Royal House, plus it coordinates between all the ministerial information services in The Netherlands.
It consists of the following sections: As part of the coordinating responsibilities of the RVD, the director-general of the RVD is also the chairman of the Voorlichtingsraad, which is the meeting place of all the information service directors of all the Dutch ministries.
[1] Previous DGs have included Henk Brons, Gerard van der Wulp, and Eef Brouwers before that.