Announcing the recommendations of the National Conference on E-Legislation on Monday, Al-Rashed said the conferees agreed to send a cable of gratitude to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for patronizing the conference and attending its opening session.
Similar cables will be sent to HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, he said.
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Deputy Director General of the Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) Majdah Al-Naqib highlighted the need of developing a legal framework to leverage the applications of e-transactions across the country.
"The e-transactions are based on guaranteeing the rights of dealers to safe and credible services and copyrights away from online crimes," she stressed.
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Speaking at a joint news conference with the general coordinator of the conference, MP Yaqoub Al-Sanea, the minister said: "The political leadership attaches much attention to the two-day conference, while legislative, executive and judicial bodies count on it to attain a quantum leap towards the e-government project." He voiced much happiness both legislative and executive authorities will meet together during the conference to be held under the aegis of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
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"The government started preparing for leveraging the e-services in early 1990s," he said, noting that the government gateway offers up to 743 e-services for applicants and visitors of the website.
Sheikh Salman made the press remarks following the third session of the conference.
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It noted that the electronic and field census of the country's population, buildings and institutions for 2011 has played an important role in the change of Kuwait's rank.
In cooperation with Ministry of Telecommunications, the CSO has updated all data related to information and telecommunication sector in Kuwait and was sent to all relevant international organizations.
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