Bandar Seri Begawan - The first e-Government Leadership Forum (EGLF) for 2010 has introduced the prioritisation of projects where several flagship projects will be identified with emphasis on improving project management structure through the setting up of steering committees to oversee the projects.
The flagship projects will be selected based on its characteristics, namely multiple agency, connectivity, interactivity and transactional as well as providing the highest impact w the government and public. Three of the flagship projects identified are the Business Licencing System, ePayment and Government Employee Management System (Gems).
To date, them am 35 approved projects since March 2007 with EGLFs major milestone achievement being the launch of the e-Government Strategic Plan 2009-2014 last year.
A spokesperson for e-Government said that aspirations and motivations are high to meet the public's satisfaction. The EGLF has taken a "whole-of-govemment" perspective towards the e-Government initiatives that promotes cross-agency cooperation. He added that its success depends on the constructive collaboration from all stakeholders namely the government, businesses and citizens.
Present at the forum was Deputy Minister at the Prime minister's office, Data Seri Paduka l lj Eusoff Agaki Hj Ismail as chairman of the forum, along with EGLF Secretary Saiful Rhymin C A Mohamed, and Hj Azhar Hj Ahead, Director of the e-Government National Centre (EGNC), and permanent secretaries from each of the ministries in the country.
The EGLF was launched yesterday by the Prime Minister's Office and was held at The Empire Hotel & Country Club. -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times
