The move is to reduce paperwork and fraudulent deals associated with the issuance of those documents.
Mr Adjei announced this at the handing over ceremony of the E-Consul and E- Administration project by the Korean government to the Ministry of foreign Affairs in Accra yesterday.
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The 'Open Source' software, which is non-proprietary, has a source code that is transparent, and allows rights to users, which would otherwise be prohibited by copyright. Because of its transparency, bugs or security flaws could be quickly discovered, and patched.
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The Ghana Information and Communication Technology Directorate (GICTeD) launched the Enterprise Architecture (EA) and the E-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) projects to facilitate the exchange of data between government agencies, public institutions and other relevant sectors to improve public sector service delivery.
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“Using software and Information Communication Technology (ICT) would facilitate the exchange and sharing of information by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and reduce the cost of running government.
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Government through the Ghana Information and Communication Technology Directorate (GICTeD) is developing the infrastructure with a United Kingdom-based company, Lennox and Netwise, as part of the e-Governance Project.
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