The Department of Health & Medical Services (DOHMS) has joined Dubai eGovernment's AskDubai contact centre to provide round-the-clock access to information on two key areas – Bachelor Nursing Programme and Recruitment - through phone line 7000 40000 in addition to other channels.
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Five of the major development projects planned and announced by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, including the provision of copies of labour contracts and job offers with visa applications which was supposed to be launched next month, were put temporarily on hold due to the lack of human resources, disclosed a senior official.
Read more: UAE: Five major projects on hold due to lack of human resources
A visiting delegation from the United Nations Development Programme in Jordan lauded the e-Government initiative of Dubai Municipality which has made government services easily accessible for the city's residents.
The delegation, headed by Lutfi AbdulRahim, Director of programme, and consists of Fathi Mahmood, Jehad Abdullah Attar, and Omar Mahmood Al Beitar, was briefed on the e-Services being provided by the Municipality to its clients.
A four-member delegation from the Government of Jordan, led by Lutfi Abu Hazeem, National Project Coordinator of the Property Tax project, Ministry of Finance in Jordan, visited Dubai eGovernment to study the Dubai experience in delivering public services through electronic channels.
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The Ministry of Finance and Industry (MOFI) announced that its huge groundbreaking e-Portal project to transform the use of information technology throughout the Federal government has reached an advanced stage.
Details of sections of the portal were revealed at a forum, attended by more all government ministries, and organized in Abu Dhabi by MOFI in tandem with Etisalat represented by E-Company.