The Singaporean government has launched the Government Technology Agency (GovTech).The new agency includes 1,800 data scientists, technologists and engineers. GovTech will provide engineering support to smart nation projects and refresh old e-government services, ST reports. GovTech will focus on six key areas: application development, data science, government infrastructure, geospatial technology, cybersecurity and smart sensors.
To boost digital transformation in the public sector, GovTech will develop several projects, including a digital vault of citizens’ personal data for the auto-filling of banking forms and an autonomous wheelchair prototype.
On 30 September, Singapore also launched the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA), to lead Singapore into the digital future. The IMDA will mainly work with the private sector, while GovTech will drive change in the public sector. IMDA comes from the official merger of the Infocomm Development Authority and the Media Development Authority.
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Quelle/Source: Telecompaper, 10.10.2016
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