“What is e-government about? It is about improving service delivery,” says SAP Public Services SA industry solution manager Hannes Venter.
Addressing delegates at the 2008 Gauteng Shared Services Centre e-government conference in Johannesburg on Monday, Department of Public Service Administration (DPSA) chief information officer Michelle Williams said the e-government strategy, as a concept, continued to hold "great promise", but it needed to be reworked, and brought back on track.
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"The focus should not only be on skills in the current period, but also skills that will be required in the future, including e-skills related to all aspects of life such as the arts and those required by the public sector to improve service delivery," said the Department of Communications, Monday.
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Presentations and panel discussions will, among other things, explore case studies on tracking and managing government budgets, e-invoicing and e-procurement, as well as access management.
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Mashatile says the province will spend at least half a billion rand on ICT over the next three years. The budget vote makes it clear several billion more can follow after some groundwork is done.
The amount forms part of a R31.5 billion investment over the medium-term to fund infrastructure projects that are expected to stimulate economic growth and job creation in the province.
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