Government agencies in New Zealand (NZ) are set to begin sharing their resources. State Services Minister Trevor Mallard said that the NZ$14 million e-government project would improve collaboration between government agencies and reduce unnecessary costs and duplication of effort.
The initiative involves the implementation of a fibre-optic network to link up agencies located in Wellington and the installation of a wide area network (WAN) to connect regional government offices. The data files of the government that are usually transferred through magnetic tapes, will be transferred through fibre-optic connection making the process faster, cheaper and more efficient.
Mallard said that all state sector agencies are expected to be connected to the network "in some way” by March 2008.
Quelle: digital opportunity channel, 11.08.2005
