"The MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) signed today paves the way for cooperative activities, including joint studies and workshops on e-government, the establishment of countermeasures to mitigate any adverse effects of e-government such as the provision of support for the establishment of information security policy and technology, and also mutual human resource development in ICT through personnel interchanges," said a press release from the signing.
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The signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS), Republic of Korea, on cooperation in the area of e-Government was held at the Empire Hotel and Country Club yesterday morning.
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Awang Abdul Mutalib bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yusof said that in the areas of e-Government, Brunei Darussalam and the Republic of Korea share the common goals to provide better services to the citizens.
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"Apart from the present (government) website, we need to use whatever tools are available to reach out to the general public. Tools such as Facebook are something we can explore," said the Acting e-Government National Centre (EGNC) Director.
However, depicting the government on such open and often considered "informal" social networking sites does have its challenges, an issue which The Brunei Times highlighted to the acting director.
According to the Deputy Permanent Secretary of IT and e-Government at the Prime Minister's Office, Awang Abdul Mutalib as the overall government CIO, the project follows the best practices in other countries that are developed in the field of IT. With such efforts, the supply of IT equipment such as computers and printers will be supplied continuously under the management of e-Government National Centre according to the guidelines and process procedures provided by the EGNC. These efforts are to facilitate and expedite the IT equipment procurement and supply process to every Ministry and its departments.