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Institute for eGovernment

Among the topics to be discussed will be Beyond Managing e-Government Projects by Dr Yong Chee Tuan from UBD's Department of Business and Management.

According to Dr Yong Chee Tuan, e-Government is a journey that focuses on the deployment of information Technology (IT) to enhance services with core activities that include the adoption and implementation of appropriate IT.

During a training session, she said that it is important to constantly upgrade skills and knowledge and learn best practices relevant in the technology field. "In BAG Networks, people development is an important part of our growth strategy. We will always be constantly seeking opportunities to learn and grow with our global partners like Accenture and Oracle," she said.

Hj Mohd Abduh Dato Seri Setia Hj Abdul Salam, acting permanent secretary at Ministry of Religious Affairs stated this during the launching of the Temburong District Office and the 22 Village Consultative Council blogs which will be used to promote Temburong District.

Brunei delegation, headed by the Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Dato Seri Paduka Hj Eusoff Agaki Hj Ismail, who is also the chairman of E-Government Leadership Forum (EGLF), conducted the visit from April 26 until 30, according to a press statement from the e-Government National Centre (EGNC) yesterday.

According to Permanent Secretary (Youth and Sports) Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Hamid Hj Mohd Jaafar, all the officials and staff of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports who had gone through the E-Government programme are now well-equipped by being able to conduct activities and deliver services more effectively through electronic means or "online".

I would like to see and suggest that email addresses should have its own directory (like the telephone directory) after all there are only 12 ministries and about 50 plus departments.

"The move is aimed at improving the image of the ministries and departments under the government while providing updates and important information to end-users from time to time," Acting Director of the Department of Information, Hj Mahrub Hj Murni told The Brunei Times yesterday.

Pehin Dato Dr Haji Awang Hussein, the Minister of Culture Youth and Sports, stressed this in his official address at the launching of the registration disabled people throughout the country and the orientation and mobility workshop yesterday.

With the introduction of the new smart card, a total of 161,774 (yellow), 29, 164 (purple) and 152,773 (green) card holders have been registered in the Sultanate.

In addition to the existing Department of Electrical Services (DES) and Public Works Department (PWD) counter services, customers can now pay their bills through online banking, automated teller machines (ATMs), cash deposit machines, cheque deposit machines and phone banking.

Communications,Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong, who is also the Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Directors officially launched the Website.The initiative to develop the official website was in response to the government call through the e-government 2009 to 2014 Strategic Plan, which underlines the need to give accurate, credible and up-to-date online informaton.

Launched by Minister of Communications Pehin Orang Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia Hj Abu Bakar Hj Apong, as Chairman of the YSHHB Board of Directors, the new website is far more informative and in-depth, which includes several specific areas, according to the foundation's Managing Director Dato Paduka Hj Ali Hashim Hj Daud. "Websites are one of the most effective mechanisms of disseminating information, quickly and easily, to the entire community," said Dab Hj Ali Hashim.

The Senior Special Duties Officer at the Prime Minister Office, who is also the Acting Director of the National e-Government Centre said the survey is open to all rakyat and resident in the country with the target number of between two to three thousand people. The survey was conducted since December 4th and will go on for two months and throughout the four districts.

According to a paper by UBD lecturers from the Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies, Dr Patrick Low Kim Cheng, Dr Mohammad Nabil Almunawar and Dr Fadzliwati Mohiddin, e-Government may imply a restructuring and reengineering of government business processes.

Mohamad Abu Bakar received the award at a gala event at Certiport Pathways 2007, an international conference in Orlando, USA, in July of this year.In a press statement, Mohamad had stressed that Brunei's e-government projects had "set the stage for widespread digital literacy", and that the project would require more than 10,000 government personnel to receive ICT training.

However, the Malaysian travellers are still using the FTC as the Malaysian authorities are yet to upgrade their system.

That is where the data will be stored and all the connectivity will be done in the building, he said in response to a question on ICT infrastructure and on data centre during a press conference.

The EGNC invited the public in December 2010, to help them name their new portal through a contest on the phenomenally popular social medium - Facebook. With half of Brunei's population connected to Facebook, EGNC hopes to engage the public to enter the contest via their fanpage on the social site.