The Malaysian government has saved up to 30 percent on information and communications technology costs among its agencies under the Open Source Software (OSS) initiative.
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Trust is one of the most difficult things to gain. Once someone has lost his or her trust in you, it will be incredibly hard to regain it. However, trust is the much needed component when it comes to e-government and conducting business on the Internet.
Here's some good news.
Efforts are underway to enable the public to access and download various e-Government services using mobile phones with general packet radio service (GPRS) features by year-end.
Currently being carried out by Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu), the initiative is now at the prototype stage where work is still in progress, especially in the area of content development and testing the suitability and compatibility of Web- based information for mobile phone screens.
"The national broadband plan was more of a government initiative to spur the broadband penetration, for government institutions such as e-net, school-net, e-government, and e-library," he said.
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The project involves transforming the entire government operations in the holy city of Medina to e-government services and has entered its third phase.
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