Or will it slow things down?
Have anyone read the EGNC staff complaining on Brudirect/HYS regarding their superior? Thats not good is it. If internal affair cant be sorted out, then, how are they going to invigilate the whole nation’s e-government system implementation?
EGNC is taking control over the hardwares and softwares that goes in into the government. Just few months ago, a company is having problem trying to get quotation for Microsoft Office Products to be supplied for one of the Government’s agencies. Weeks and weeks waited, no quotation were received from vendors. Why ? Because EGNC halted the process. Why? Because theyre not ready yet.
But this particular government department needed this softwares.
Yes I know, but EGNC isincharge now, and theyre telling all vendors to put their hands down.
Why?
I dont know.
So the question is, will EGNC make a difference in the e-government development?
Do you know how far off are we in the e-government? Lets compare with UK. There were 2 phases. The first phase is To Computerize the Government System. They’ve done that already. The second phase is Connecting the Public to the e-Government.
Basically with this system, a British dude will have his personal section on the government system. There contains his personal information such as identity and address etc. On top of that, the system keep tracks of the bristish’s dude health (it’s connect to NHS) so if theres any doctor appointment, the system will notify the British dude. His doctor will also be able to keep in touch with him.
Think of it as, e-Gov 2.0.
Not only that, with this system as well, the British dude can buy his groceries via the system. Im not kidding you.
Now in Brunei, we’re still in the process to computerize the government. There are still departments that is using the paperbased solution. Seriously, Bruneians are way too confortable to be able to move on.
Oh yeah, another thing that ive learnt is that, the egovernment system in UK, is done by ONE COMPANY ONLY. AND ITS ONE HUGE COMPANY. Why is this a factor?
One company that connects all ministry together. All ministries will be running on the same platform. Same based. Easier to connect to one another. Easier to share information. Easier to maintan the system.
In Brunei, shit loads of companies. Different department in the govebrnment, is computerized by different vendors, using different systems and with different platform. For instance, MOE, using Apple Mac, while the rest of the ministries is using Windows platform.
There will always be compatibility issues.
This is just my thoughts. Who knows, maybe there are super geniuses working in EGNC right?
But really, how long have it been =) Want to make a difference? Dont make us wait.
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