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The Council of Ministers Monday amended two Articles of government regulations to monitor the extent to which government transactions are being conducted electronically.

As per the amendment, each government department will measure its level of conversion to electronic dealings every six months and attach copies to its annual report. A yearly general report will be submitted to the King.

The Kingdom, by the end of first quarter of 2010, has launched about 700 e-services that include services from 92 public sector agencies, according to a high-ranking official of a IT company. There is a need to create more awareness among Saudi consumers for effective utilization of whole range of IT services, Mansour Al-Obaid, Partner and CEO of Emerging Technology, said.

Muhammad Jameel Mulla, Minister of Communication and Information Technology, will launch Tuesday VoiceGate portal to tap the growing demand of IT services in the Kingdom, he said.

Quoting the recent Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) report, Al-Obaid said the demand for IT services has increased by 70 percent by the 1st quarter of 2010.

Expatriates in Saudi Arabia can obtain an exit-reentry visa for a single trip by mobile phone via SMS. This first-of-its-kind e-service for expatriates is being provided by Ishaar and Al-Elm Information Security in cooperation with the General Directorate of Passports.

“Al-Elm is the leading company in Saudi Arabia providing e- government services. It is owned by the Public Investment Fund and offers people smart services that help them save money, effort and time,” said Dr. Muhammad Siddiqi, mobile services unit manager of Al-Elm.

Under the instructions of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, the Kingdom is planning to set up a digital electronic encyclopedia on health, President of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin announced in Riyadh on Sunday.

Prince Muqrin, who is also chairman of the Saudi Association for Health Informatics (SAHI), made this announcement while inaugurating the Saudi E-Health 2010 smyposium at the King Faisal Conference Hall.

The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Mohammed Jamil bin Ahmed Mulla disclosed today that the Program of Transformation Into E-Government has received generous support from the Saudi leadership amounting to approximately SR 3 billion.

Opening here today a workshop of 3rd Measurement Mechanism of Transformation into Electronic Governmental Dealings, he emphasized the need for intensifying the efforts of all governmental bodies in transformation into the E-Government in implementation of the royal directives.

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