IfG.CC - The Potsdam eGovernment Competence Center

The government of His Majesty Sultan of Brunei is actively implementing a number of projects towards the realisation of e-Government.

This is being carried out through the development of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructures.

These projects are designed to increase productivity and efficiency in all aspects of developments in the government departments.

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The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) yesterday marked a milestone in the development of its e-Government project 'PMONet' with the launching of the PMO Online support facilities and infrastructure. The event was officially launched by Permanent Secretary at the PMO, Pehin Dato Paduka Awg Hj Hazair Hj Abdullah, who is also Chairman of the e-Government Programme Executive Committee.

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The success of e-government does not rely on hardware and software but on the effectiveness and skills of human resources and in continuous applications, practice and development of applications introduced in the respective e-government plans.

Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Pehin Dato Paduka Awg Hj Hazair Hj Abdullah, made these remarks at the launching of the Enterprise Data Centre (EDC) at the Secretariat Building in the capital, which he officiated.

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Brunei is bracing up to pave the way for "Virtual Brunei Online" in its drive to establish a nationwide e-Government initiative that would eventually promote Brunei and attract benefits.

This was stated by Professor Jim Tam, who was speaking during an ICT seminar on the issues of implementation of e-Government at ICTC, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) yesterday.

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