IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

"Although now the fingerprint is compulsory to get an identity card for an individual above 15 years of age, sometimes it is difficult to take fingerprints of labourers as their hands get rough due to hard work," Darwish Al Zarouni, Director-General of Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA), told Gulf News.

Cyber-crime is most often linked with the finance industry, for obvious reasons, and with the theft of financial data from online retailers. But another sector that is coming to be recognised as a place to access valuable information is within e-government structures.

The move comes under the directions of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to restructure the government organisations and departments in Dubai and provide electronic services under the umbrella of Dubai e-government.

The move will transform a number Federal Government services and take them online. The committee also approved the new e-Government logo and gave the go ahead to the programmes to implement the e-Project, e-Expat, and e-Human Resources Management System.

"Salik subscribers now don't have to physically visit Salik tag selling outlets to recharge their account as they can do it by using our website from the convenience of their home or office," said Maitha Obaid Bin Udai, Chief Executive Officer of the Traffic and Roads Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

The new-look site with more content and interactive features is more focused, more detail oriented, user-specific and userfriendly, facilitating easy access to government services, said officials.

The eGovernment dubai.ae stall in Hall 8 is hosting all the Dubai government departments showcasing the eServices offered by them.

The Director General of the Dubai Health Authority, Qadhi Saeed Al Murooshid said, “The Dubai Health Authority will help draft and implement a new health strategy for Dubai, a comprehensive e-Health strategy, implementing new medical guidelines and population health initiatives as well as the new funding and regulation measures which will be launched in the near future.”

In accordance with the vision of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and the directions of Dubai Government to focus on customer and employee satisfaction, the GRPS division within Dubai eGovernment has implemented the law issued by His Highness on April 12, 2009 on Government Resources Planning which has positively affected Dubai’s judicial staff, namely, the judges of Dubai Courts, the prosecutors of Dubai Public Prosecution and judicial inspectors in H.H. Ruler’s Court.

The Dubai Municipality's eGovernment has launched a new website to better educate users on the ten-year effort to make government services easily available through the internet.

Ahmad Mohammad Bin Humaidan, Director General of Dubai eGovernment, confirmed the launch of the new website to coincide with Gitex Technology Week in an interview with Gulf News on Sunday.

The new service, activated on February 10, is being offered by the Shariah Judgements Execution Section (SJES) of the DCD.

The website aims to market national products domestically and internationally through the internet.

The Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) has started issuing a new generation of ID cards with a larger memory as part of its new enrolment strategy aimed at implementing a number of initiatives related to electronic service applications.

Dr Engineer Ali Mohammad Al Khoury, EIDA director-general, expressed his happiness at this unique and remarkable achievement that enabled the UAE to be the first country to adopt such advanced technology and use it in the field of identification cards.

According to Dr. Aysha Al Busmait, Director of RTA Customer Service Centers Dep’t, Nol cards can be purchased from 22 selling outlets in Dubai: 5 at public bus stations, 8 at marine transport stations and 9 at RTA Customer Service Centers, in addition to the series of Spinneys supermarkets spread all over the emirate. The aim is to provide handy means of paying mobility fare in Dubai, and provide more options for buying Nol cards; the best means of paying for daily travels in the emirate.

Khalil Khoury, Director of the Work Permit Department, said recently that the those who wanted to transfer sponsorship could apply on the ministry’s web site - www.mol.gov.ae.

He added the public relation officer (PROs) or the owner of a company could apply online by filling in the necessary forms, requesting permission to bring a worker from another firm to theirs.