The new Digital 21 Strategy for use of ICT in Hong Kong will be released this year, according to the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer’s annual update on e-government progress. The strategy will include plans for “deploying sensors where possible in city management and encourage the sharing of data, such as those related to traffic and weather, between Government departments”.
The update by the office also said that the use of e-government services has doubled in 2013 compared to 2012 in terms of the number of searches and electronic transactions.
It added that it will make all government information released available in machine-readable digital formats from 2015 onwards. Currently, the Data.One open data portal has more than 2000 datasets available.
The government is also building a mobile version of its whole-of-government portal, MyGovHK. The number of user accounts on the website has increased by 43% over a year. The mobile version will be ready in the second half of 2014.
The Hong Kong Government has also ensured that its websites are accessible for persons with disabilities. Around 90% of all government websites comply with the World Wide Web Consortium’s latest web accessibility standard. “The remaining websites will be enhanced to comply with the standard in 2014 and 2015,” the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer said.
In order to deliver all these service improvements, the government has been and will continue to make internal changes, particularly with the use of cloud technology. Its e-government services have been migrated to a cloud-based platform. This will increase its service capacity and when fully developed in 2015, it will be able to host 100 services in addition to the 118 e-services hosted by the previous platform.
In May 2014, the government launched an electronic record keeping system. It plans to make this available as a shared service among departments on the government’s private cloud, GovCloud. Over the next four years, GovCloud will support around 30 departments to roll out information management systems.
The government is also trialling a cloud-based human resources management system. The system will help manage activities starting from recruitment to end of employment and also help with manpower planning. Part of the system has been rolled out to two “early adopter” departments in the first half of 2014, it said. It will review the use of by these departments and “devise a rollout for the wider rollout” to other departments.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Medha Basu
Quelle/Source: futureGov, 07.08.2014
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