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Al-Tabtabaei, who was speaking during a news conference after a reception in honor of civil servants working on the electronic government project, said the ministry's website was linked to the electronic government and the planned Hukuma (Government) Mall.

Interior Ministry announced Sunday launching of the first automated machine for self-information service that enables citizens and expatriates to know procedures and documents needed to carry out transactions related to the ministry. General Manager of the General Department for information systems at the ministry Lieutenant-General Adel Al-Munayes said in a press statement that the machine displays information on its screen in both Arabic and English, and provides services related to traffic violations, bails, driving licenses, Kuwaiti passports, and vehicle cards.

Speaking to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), he said, "The establishment of the IT authority is one of the basic requirements allowing our Singaporean partners to help Kuwaiti in implementing the e-government." He added that his visit to Singapore was to complete negotiations over the establishment of this authority for which the decree had been issued two weeks ago, as well as to follow up requirements for launching the e-government.

Of the four key areas in e-business for government, Kuwait has made considerable strides in the areas of government-to-citizen and government-to-government interaction, with additional investment potential for government-to-business and government-to-employee initiatives as well.