e-Government implementation stepped up

The work committee on implementing the e-Government held its first coordination meeting yesterday, discussing priorities for implementing the task.

Speaking at the meeting, U Thaung Tun, Union Minister for the Office of the Union Government, also the chairman of the working committee, stressed the need to speed up the measures to be taken periodically and to gain quick win.

He urged the participants of the meeting to discuss formation of sub committees which will carry out survey on e-government works being practiced at the governmental offices and establishing Ne-ID system.

Afterwards, Union Minister for Transport and Communications U Thant Sin Maung, the deputy chairman of the e-Government implementation work committee, explained that measures are being taken to draft Cyber Legal and Policy Framework (Cyber Law) is being drafted with the loan of the World Bank targeting to complete the draft in early 2019.

The Union Minister also stressed the need to make the best of use of mobile network which is expected to cover about 90 per cent of the country’s population.

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is implementing the project of establishing an e-Government Integrated Data Centre in cooperation with the Economic Development Cooperation Fund from the Republic of Korea to boost government e-services.

He also stressed the need to form a monitoring team to monitor the e-government works of the governmental institutions.

Afterwards, Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population U Thein Swe explained the e-ID project. The representatives of the ministries concerned also took part in the discussion at the meeting.

Myanmar News Agency

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar