Bahrain’s Ministry of Works, in coordination with the Information & eGovernment Authority, has launched its new internal tenders eService.
The eService is to be added to the other eServices available on the ministry’s portal www.works.gov.bh and the national portal Bahrain.bh.
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The Kingdom of Bahrain achieved a ranking of 11th place in the Telecommunications sub-index of the2016 edition of the e-Government Development Index (EGDI), published by the United Nations, which represents an increase of 15 ranks over its previous position in the index in 2014.
The Kingdom’s achievement, which was announced in the United Nations latest e-Government Survey Report published last month, represents the latest in a series of international achievements for the Kingdom of Bahrain which comes as a result of the Government’s strategic leadership in developing the Kingdom, as well as the unceasing efforts of all relevant governmental entities and sector stakeholders.
Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, and the Information & eGovernment Authority (IGA) recently conducted a knowledge sharing session at the airline’s Muharraq headquarters to raise awareness and facilitate understanding of the protection of state information and documents, in line with the State Secrets law.
Gulf Air A/Chief Executive Officer Maher Salman Al Musallam spoke of the session: "It is of critical importance that Gulf Air’s management team and the airline’s entire workforce, have the capabilities and knowledge to collect, classify and maintain information securely and responsibly - protecting and securing the airline’s information in all its forms to ensure there is no misuse. Such knowledge sharing sessions help us work together to secure all Gulf Air information and ensure the airline’s compliance with information handling requirements."
Read more: BH: Gulf Air, Information & eGovernment Authority conduct seminar
The Director of Information Technology (IT) Directorate in the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning, Hisham Sater, said the number of users accessing the ministry’s 10 electronic services during the first quarter of 2016 reached 4977 users.
The services can be accessed through both the Ministry’s portal www.works.gov.bh, and the eGovernment Portal www.bahrain.bh, and also through the Fix to Go Application.
The Ministry of Education (MoE)'s Assistant Undersecretary for Planning and Data, Nawal Ebrahim Al Khater, said the ministry has completed the modernisation and updating of its website in cooperation between the Data Management Systems Directorate and the Informatics and E-Government Authority to monitor and block any hacking attempts.
The move comes as part of the ministry's digital educational empowerment scheme.