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  • Bahrain goes on-line

    With the launch of the e-government strategy, the Kingdom yesterday entered into new era of progress and development by elevating its status equal to top five in Asia, Europe and Americas. The Kingdom will implement nine key enablers over the period of the three year strategy to augment the skill targets and overall sustainability of the e-government programme.

    The initiative called 'e-government towards a better life' was launched yesterday by Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology (SCICT) who highlighted the salient features of the three year e-government strategy.

  • Bahrain gov't online system costs rise by 50%

    Costs to link up the Bahraini government’s computer systems have risen by 50 percent, a leading official has said.

    Mohammed Al Qaed, eGovernment Authority chief executive officer, told a press conference the scheme to put all official services online would cost BD30 million ($79.5 million) once complete.

    "Originally, we had BD22 million earmarked for e-services, but it has increased as the services increased - the ones we were not informed of before," he was quoted by the Gulf Daily News as saying.

  • Bahrain government's cloud move will cut IT costs by 90 per cent, top official says

    Information and eGovernment Authority says most services will migrate to the cloud by mid-2020

    Bahrain’s Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) says government spending on IT infrastructure will fall by up to 90 per cent as it looks to migrate all services to the cloud by mid-2020.

    “Most of the services will run on serverless mode, saving huge capex spent on establishing local servers and infrastructure… we will achieve savings [of] between 60 to 90 per cent,” Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, chief executive of iGA, told The National.

  • Bahrain govt offers financial support e-service

    The government of Bahrain has reported the success of its ongoing online drive to distribute funds to its citizens who have limited income.

    The drive, called the Financial Support for Citizens with Limited Income service, involves full online registration for eligible citizens to receive monetary aid from the government.

    It also concerns the integration of government systems and the databases of various ministries and private organisations such as the Ministry of Social Development, Central Informatics Organisation, and the General Organisation for Social Insurance, Commerce and Industry, among others.

  • Bahrain govt services development under study

    Bahrain’s Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) has completed studying the first phase of the project ‘Development of Government Services’ as per the directives of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa - Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister.

    The study comprised of the re-engineering of procedures for 14 government services out of 25 included within the project. Work is currently underway to complete the remaining services during the month of September up until December 2017 – in collaboration with various concerned government entities.

  • Bahrain Health Ministry’s e-Service Gets Top Award

    The e-Service run by Bahrain”s health authorities for the issuance of birth certificates was chosen as the best electronic service at the First Gulf Conference for e-Government held in Oman last week.

    Bahrain’s health ministry competed with more than 40 government entities from six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

  • Bahrain iGA launches ePayment services via Sadad

    The Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) has launched a host of new ePayment services in cooperation with the private sector, the latest being self-payment kiosks in partnership with leading payment channel, Sadad.

    This is in line with its commitment to provide a range of digital platforms and payment channels to the public, and streamline government transactions, said the statement from iGA.

  • Bahrain implements 'cloud first' policy for e-government

    Bahrain's Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) has implemented the 'Cloud First' policy, enabling system migration systems to the cloud following the best practices, while adhering to iGA's security standards and procedures. Bahrain was selected by Amazon to become the first regional centre for data in the Middle East and Africa regions. With such an announcement, the country is considered to have made another international accomplishment.

  • Bahrain in new cyberspace initiative

    Bahrain is charting new territory in cyber-space, with a $486,000 (BD183,238) initiative which will create thousands of jobs.

    The initiative, by Bahrain's eGovernment Authority (eGA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will also ensure the Arabic content in websites increases significantly from the present one per cent, said Cabinet Affairs Minister Shaikh Ahmed bin Ateyatala Al Khalifa.

  • Bahrain in top 30 in world IT report

    Bahrain has entered the top 30 economies ranked by the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global IT Report - a climb of eight places for the second year running puts the kingdom at 29 of 133 economies worldwide.

    Bahrain is the highest climber among Gulf nations in this year's rankings and over a three-year period, having gained 21 places since 2006.

  • Bahrain Institute of Public Administration to Launch Full Spectrum of Courses as part of eTraining

    The Courses are part of the National Portal of eGovernment to Make Services Accessible to All

    The Bahrain Institute of Public Administration (BIPA) has included, in conjunction with the eGovernment Authority (eGA), an array of free-of-charge eTraining courses as part of the national eGovernment portal services (Bahrain.bh) to provide all employees of government entities and ministries with the opportunity to make best use of eTraining courses provided by the institute through the online registration on the ePortal.

  • Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2013 opens

    His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology, will inaugurate this morning the Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2013 in its sixth edition; at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa.

    The event will also comprise His Highness's inauguration of Bahrain IT Expo 2013 along with the honoring of eGovernment Excellence Award 2013 winners.

  • Bahrain International eGovernment Forum 2018 kicks off next week and Zain Bahrain is its official sponsor

    Zain Bahrain, a leading telecommunications provider in the Kingdom, announced its sponsorship of the 9th edition of Bahrain International eGovernment Forum, under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak AlKhalifa, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology. The forum is set to take place at The Ritz Carlton Hotel, on the 7th and 8th October 2018.

    As one of the forum’s official sponsors, Zain Bahrain will provide high-speed Internet to all participants and visitors.

  • Bahrain is ranked in first position for Arab Gulf countries

    ...third for Asia, and thirteenth at the world level for e-government

    In a press conference held yesterday, HE Shaikh Ahmed bin Atteyatallah Al Khalifa, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, announced the results of the report of the United Nations e-Government Readiness 2010, where the Kingdom of Bahrain has made a new achievement in this area, and occupied a new leading position at the world level.

  • Bahrain is ranked top in network readiness

    GCC countries are leading the world in availability of mobile infrastructure, with the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait joint first in coverage of mobile telephony, a report has found.

    INSEAD, an international business school, and the World Economic Forum, yesterday released the 12th annual Global Information Technology Report (GITR) with the support of Booz and Company and Cisco.

    Three GCC countries rank in top five on government usage of information and communication technologies (ICT) - the UAE (two), Bahrain (four), Qatar (five), with Saudi Arabia following in sixth place.

  • Bahrain is the First Country in the Region to Embrace Cloud!

    At the Amazon Web Services Summit, Mohamed Al AlQaed, the CEO of the Bahrain’s Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA), announced the launch of the ”Cloud First” policy, allowing migrating systems to cloud following the best practices while preserving the iGA’s high-security standards.

    AlQaed also commented that the Kingdom is among the leading countries in the Middle East to adopt the cloud policy in the public sector. According to him, it would lead to a wide range of high-paying jobs in both the public and the private sectors. Many government agencies have already started transferring their data to the cloud, he added.

  • Bahrain launches ad violations eService

    The Bahrain Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning has joined forces with the eGovernment Authority (eGA) to launch the ‘View Advertisement Violations’ eService on the eGovernment portal.

    “This new eService enables advertisers, who are registered in the advertisement permits system, to view any existing violations; with an option of viewing or printing details,” stated Sawsan Hussain Safar, the ministry’s Information Systems Directorate director.

  • Bahrain launches central electronic ID scheme

    It will allow access to array of government services

    Manama A project that gives users a single electronic identity to access an array of government services has been launched in Bahrain.

    Its developers say users can be assured that the system is secure and will protect them from online identity theft.

    “The National Authentication Frame Work project for Accessing Electronic Service is a new initiative in Bahrain that enables individuals to access various e-services offered by both government and non-governmental entities using a single dedicated identity profile,” Shaikh Ahmad Bin Atteyatallah Al Khalifa, minister of cabinet affairs, said.

  • Bahrain launches debit card payment for eGovernment service

    Bahrain has taken another significant step towards the wide spread use of eGovernment services by adding the debit card payment facility for availing services online.

    Previously, only credit card users could make payments online for services such as traffic fines, electricity and water bill payments etc. Over 70% residents of Bahrain will now be able to pay the fees for services available on the eGovernment portal - www.e.gov.bh. This facility is available, at no additional cost, to the users.

  • Bahrain launches e-postal tracking service

    Bahrain Post has announced the launch a new service to track letters and parcels online as part of the range of services Bahrain Post will offer through the Bahraini eGovernment Authority (eGA) national portal.

    The service, named “Tracking of Postal Packages”, is in line with Bahrain Post’s commitment to offering the best eServices to the citizens and residents of Bahrain through eGA portal (www.bahrain.bh).

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