Dato Paduka Awang Haji Mohammad Hamid bin Haji Mohammad Jaafar urged all officers and employees of the ministry and its departments to carry out more on-line activities via the e-Government programme. He went on to say that all information in the Ministry's website should be up-dated by in-putting the latest information from time to time. Aside from that, the Ministry and its departments are urged to improve on the facilities provided on the website to be more 'user-friendly'. All officers and employees of the Ministry are also urged to fully utilise the ICT facilities provided especially in the provision of on-line services and communications with agencies outside and within the Ministry and its departments as well as the public.
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Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia Hj Abu Bakar Hj Apong said that the ESLF will be tasked to prepare an action plan that will lead towards the development of a "sophisticated society".
"ESLF will also identify a benchmark partner for e-Society initiatives so that we are able to see and address our shortcomings while making the most of our strengths," he said during a ceremony to mark World Telecommunication and information Society Day.
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Speaking to the participants at the dosing ceremony of the programme, Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Dato Seri Paduka Hj Eusoff Agaki Hj Ismail called on the senior officials to always be prepared to adapt.
"As leaders in your respective organisations, be prepared and keep an open mind in the face of fast expanding information, communication and technology," said the deputy minister.
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The new system aims to improve speed and transparency of the vendor registration process while complementing the Brunei government's overall e-government initiatives. The phased implementation will start with a rollout to selected vendors to obtain user-feedback followed by availability to the whole vendor community by July 1, 2010.
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Dr Cheung-Moon Cho, executive principal of NIA's Global Planning and Consulting Department in an interview said that e-governance needed more than just evaluation of the outcomes of a project.
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