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Institute for eGovernment

These include the e-Land system, Local Authority System (ePBT), AgriBazaar, e-Syariah and school management system and many more initiatives which extend into the various sectors -- economic, social, infrastructure and security.

“Mobile government means customers can transact with the government from where they are, not where we, the provider, are,” he said at the Executive Talk and Knowledge-Sharing Event here.

Minister of Energy, Water and Communications Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said currently the broadband penetration rate in the country was less than three per cent compared with Korea which has a penetration rate of 66 per cent.

Under the e-government facility, rural folks will be encouraged to use the Internet for online transactions such as bill payment. There will be a push for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in rural communities to use e-procurement application when conducting business with the Government. For this purpose, the RICs, which are community PC and Internet centres, will be provided with relevant card readers to enable online payment transactions between SMBs and the Government, according to a Ministry official.

Given that a "knowledge city" uses information and communication technology (ICT) to facilitate everyday life, he said I-City could help the Selangor government achieve its aspiration to make the state capital a "knowledge city."

The responsibilities of local governments are no longer confined to their traditional roles of providing waste disposal services and addressing land matters at service counters.

The Prime Minister said every Malaysian must be sufficiently exposed to ICT so that they could use it to improve their way of life, be it for agricultural activities, business dealings, research or schoolwork.

Apart from an increase in consumer purchase, growth in communications including broadband provision, and outsourcing, the main contributors are also IT-related events such as the major upcoming ‘World Congress Information Technology (WCIT 2008)’ as well as several other events including 14 IT-related events to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on May 18-22.

The service will enable insurance companies to register relevant information directly with the RTD and thus there is no need to bring the insurance cover note when renewing road tax.

In what was its strongest show of support for OSS, the Government's masterplan calls for policies to be put in place in several areas, including procurement, that would favour such software.

You no longer have to queue and wait for hours to renew your motor driving licence and other services related to the Road Transport Department (RTD) now.

This would allow vendors to be ready and equipped with the necessary experience and skills; or to proactively propose to the Government through concept requests for proposal (CRFPs), IDC Malaysia (www.idc.com.my) said in a statement.

Research firm Gartner considers this one of the key challenges to e-government transformation. Its senior analyst, Bob Hayward, identified rising expectations of better citizen-centric services to include 24x7 availability, self-service, better access, customised services, immediate service and results, and customer-focused services that are better, faster and cheaper.

Research firm Gartner considers this one of the key challenges to e-government transformation. Its senior analyst, Bob Hayward, identified rising expectations of better citizen-centric services to include 24x7 availability, self-service, better access, customised services, immediate service and results, and customer-focused services that are better, faster and cheaper.

City Hall Information and Communications Technology Department director Mohammad Em-bong said the local authority would keep on introducing the latest digital services to benefit the public.

“E-governance is a big word and people expect a more convenient way of doing things via the Internet and other online processes,” he said in Shanghai, China, on March 29.

The WiFi facility will make it possible for 80 per cent of the federal capital’s 1.5 million residents to access the internet via broadband, he added.

“This project is aimed at increasing broadband coverage in the Klang Valley to 90 percent of the population by 2010,” he told reporters here after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the KL Wireless Metropolitan project.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora also viewed Malaysia as a model country which had successfully managed people of different races and religions.

The programme would enhance the local authorities’ efficiency in providing better services to the public, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said Wednesday.

The project, which covers three cities and an administrative centre – Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam, Petaling Jaya and Putrajaya – will stretch from Hulu Langat area in the north down to Nilai in Negri Sembilan.