The drive towards Electronic Government or E-Government is considered as technological advancement in the nation's competitiveness in the global digital economy as well as bridging the digital divide with other technologically advanced countries.
Being a small nation, Brunei Darussalam is in a unique position of being able to take a relatively fresh approach to E-Government, industry analysts said.
Brunei has introduced E-government and Tafis as part of the government's mega projects.
The director of Language and Literature Bureau disclosed this at the closing of the multimedia and computer graphic course yesterday.
"His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam continuously reminds us about the importance of upgrading work performance and quality of services provided. This clearly shows the concern and hopes of His Majesty for the administrative machine of the country to be responsible in preparing, planning and implementing the country's development strategy."
The Prime Minister's Office announced that following the contractual signing between the Government of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam and Accenture Private Limited for the "consultancy services in the formulation of a government-wide and ministerial IS/IT plan including the IS/IT implementation workshop and the development of the ministerial IS/IT plan", valued at $4.75 million last month, the first of the briefing, seminar and workshop series was held at the Civil Service Institute, Kampung Rimba, yesterday.
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The e-Government project is implemented to ensure that the public and business communities will be able to receive efficient and effective service from the government and at the same time, enable the development and the growth of the economy.
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