Requesting the RCCI chairman to urge its members to subscribe to the e-services, Acting Director of Riyadh Passport Office General Saad Bin Ibrahim Al-Juberi said in a letter that none of these services will be provided manually once they go online.
The e-services will include issuance and renewal of iqamas of dependents, Al-Juberi said.
So far there are no indicators that the project will be thoroughly implemented in all government departments. Service kiosks have been installed yet remain unused in many departments, which is ample proof that such departments are ill prepared to make the transition from paper to a fully digitized system.
Dong Wu, vice president of Huawei Enterprise Middle East, was speaking during the fourth annual Kingdom e-government summit held in Riyadh on Monday and Tuesday.
The company showcased its latest security solutions during the summit, which focused on confidentiality, integrity and availability to address challenges that governments face when building e-government platforms.
Under aegis of Minister of Communications & Information Technology, Eng. Eng. Mohamed Jamil Bin Ahmed Mulla, an Enterprise Architecture Forum has been arranged by the e-Government Program (YESSR), recently in Saudi Arabia.
Targeting IT and e-Government executives in government agencies and the private sector, the event was designed within the context of e-Government transformation. Local, regional and international experience in the area of Enterprise Architecture were presented by EA professionals.
Read more: SA: Enterprise Architecture Forum reviews local, regional and international experiences
“Enterprise architecture and virtualization are the main focus of our second national action plan. These will play a key role and assist government authorities in e-transformation,” he said.
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