President of Kazakhstan has charged the Government to speed up the introduction of “electronic government” at the joint session of Parliament’s Chambers today.It will increase effectiveness of state bodies’ activity and decline corruption and administrative barriers, the Head of the State stated.
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Kazakhstan will put into effect its "e-government" system in mid-April, head of Kazakhstan's Information and Telecommunications Agency Askar Zhumagaliyev said. Some 32 of the 34 state bodies and institutions already have their own websites, forming the infrastructure for implementing the e-government portal. The people of Kazakhstan can take advantage of the portal's interactive information services, such as obtaining tax declaration forms and licenses over the Internet, and online shopping.
During the special press conference in Almaty Head of the Global Initiative on Internet Policy in Kazakhstan project, lawyer Sofiya Isenova urged rigid
state control over implementation of the State E-Government Program and called to formation of coalition of NGOs.
The activity of the coalition will be oriented towards research of the society’s readiness to introduction of E-Government and organization of study activities in this direction, said the participants of the conference.
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In mid 2006 the Electronic Government will start working. This news has been announced by Chairman of the Agency for Informatization and Communication Askar Zhumagaliyev today during the sitting of the Agency.
Read more: Kazakhstan: E-Government to be launched this year
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev adopted November 10 a Decree on State Programme for formation of e-government in Kazakhstan for the period of 2005-2007, Kazinform reports.
Read more: President of Kazakhstan signed Decree On state programme for e-gov't formation