CAIT Deputy Director General Qusai Ibrahim Al-Shatti said in remarks to the media on Wednesday that this forum coincides with launching of the national plan of Singapore of electronic government for 2011-1015.
This strategy is aimed at establishing cooperation between the governmental entities and interaction with citizens, especially concerning the governmental policy, he stated.
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The vision of eGov 2015 is to be a Collaborative Government that Co-creates and Connects with our People. The masterplan will guide government agencies in the implementation of new ICT programmes in the next five years.
Developed with inputs from the people, private and public sectors, eGov2015 builds on the success of previous e-Government plans. Today, Singapore is recognized by international benchmarking studies such as the World Economic Forum’s Global IT Report and the Waseda University e-Government Ranking. Singapore’s eGovernment projects have also been conferred international awards which includes the Stockholm Challenge Award and the UN Public Service Award. More importantly, citizens and businesses have embraced e-government, with 84 per cent of citizens having transacted electronically with the Government in 2010.
“We live in exciting times where technology pervades our lives,” said Teo. “Smartphones make up 72 per cent of all mobile phones in Singapore and this number continues to increase.”
Hence the Singapore government has launched mGOv@SG, a one-stop government mobile site congregating more than 40 mobile government services, for customers who want to transact with the government while on the move.
This new plan will “build on the success of previous e-government plans”. The most recent of which, iGov2010, is lauded in the eGov2015 brochure as having helped Singaporeans embrace e-government with almost nine in 10 citizens expressing satisfaction with the quality of e-services in 2010, and more than nine in 10 citizens recommending others to transact online with the government.
Under the new masterplan, which runs until 2015, two new public services were launched: an mGov@SG mobile site to house all public sector mobile sites and apps; and a data.gov.sg portal to share textual data with citizens and businesses.
Speaking at the E-Gov Global Exchange here, Singapore's deputy prime minister and minister for home affairs, Teo Chee Hean, noted that governments worldwide need to be more connected, innovative and efficient in "harnessing ICT to deliver higher, more sustainable public value".
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