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With the arrival of e-government, we are at the crossroads of technological innovation and organisational change in governments. We also need to understand the evolving barriers and opportunities for further change.

Shaping new forms of governance in the digital era requires knowledge of the dynamics of the electronic processes and structures in the government as well as an adequate insight in the capabilities of ICT technologies.

Read more: e-Government Offers Brunei New Form Of Governance

By 2005, Brunei will be a Paperless Society pursuing 116 projects with 100 per cent expectations under its e-Government programmes.

Awang Haji Umar Ali bin Haji Abdullah, Head of the Computer Services at the Ministry of Finance, disclosed this in his talk on the “Current Situation of Brunei e-Government Project and Its Perspective” during the Brunei-Korea e-Government Seminar yesterday morning.

Read more: Paperless Society In Brunei By 2005

In conjunction with the Canada Innovation Forum held yesterday at The Empire Hotel & Country Club, Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Laila DiRaja Dato Paduka Awg Hj Hazair Bin Hj Abdullah, Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office, delivered an address where he highlighted the variables surrounding Brunei government's transition initiatives toward the implementation of e-Government-to encompass three core strategies as included under the e-Government programmes.

Read more: Brunei: Pehin Hazair Highlights E- Government initiatives

The evolution of the Internet has paved the way to a new era in education delivery method, one that must be taken full advantage of especially with the advent of e-Government initiatives in the country, scheduled to be fully implemented by next year.

The impact that the Internet has brought upon society as a whole opens wide opportunities to distribute education and training afforded by the Internet, and offers challenges as earlier paradigms have already been applied to such a technology. Students now clamour on simple online access to course materials and this results in an urgent move towards a change in the instructional delivery.

Read more: Brunei: Taking advantage of new era in education delivery method

A Human Resource Management System (HRMS) costing nearly B$300,000 is in the pipeline as Brunei's flagship program under its e-Government initiatives.

A local company, ITIS Wescot Technology Sendirian Berhad, has been commissioned to undertake a study on the HRMS requirement.

Read more: Brunei : $300,000 Flagship Program To Enhance Human Resource Online

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