e gov policy reminder to secretaries

eGovernment Policy

A Brief Reminder!

Wasantha DeshapriyaDirector

Re-Engineering Government ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka

www.icta.lkwasantha@icta.lk

at http://twitter.com/Wasanthadesha

Background● Cabinet of Ministers approved the

policy to be implemented in

– Ministries

– Provincial Councils

– Departments

– District and Divisional Secretaries

– Local Government authorities

– Government Corporations, Statutory Bodies, and Companies fully owned

by government

Timeframe

● The policy was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers in 2009

● It was expected to be implemented by all government organizations in 3 years, ending in Dec 2012

What is in eGov Policy

● There are 177 policy requirements

● Government organizations were requested comply with at least

most important 40 requirements

● All organizations were requested to submit the their compliance levels

at end of 2012 and were assessedaccordingly

● Lets see few policy requirements

ICT Unit

Every Govt organization

should have an eGov Unit

Chief Information Officer

Every organization

should appoint a CIO to lead

eGov work of the organization

Annual eGov Plan

Every organization

should have an annual eGov plan

Sinhala in computers

Sinhala Unicode should be used for all computing work

in Sinhala

Involve ICTA

ICTA should be consulted

before implementing

eGov projects of which cost is over

Rs 2 mn

Use GIC-1919

All govt organizations

should provide service related

information through

GIC-1919 287 government organizations have provided287 government organizations have provided information covering over 2500 services

Use of eMailUse email for

official communication

and use only official email

accounts for such communication.

wasanthadesha@gmail.com X

wasantha@icta.lk √

Lanka Govt Network (LGN)

● Every govt organization should be connected to LGN and use its resources for eGov needs

ICT literacy

● All govt officers, including the top management should have the skills and competency in using computers.

Govenment websites

All govt websites should be

trilingual and updated

frequently

Web Standards

Use web standards published by ICTA 

and get your website audited by 

SLCERT for information 

security holes

LGNMPLS VPN

LGNHub

Internet

512K

Email

VoIP

256K1M

1M

5M 5M

Lanka Government Network

45M 45M

IP Phone

E-mailNOC

IP Phone: 2497900

Telephone: 2497900

8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM

512K

Services provided1) Connectivity2) Secure eMail3) web hosting4) Digital certificate

Lanka Government Cloud (LGC)

LGC can provide “Software-as-a Service”; e.g. email, eHRM,

LGC can provide “Platform-as-a Service”: e.g. databases, web platform

LGC can provide “Infrastructure-as-a-Service”; e.g. Services

Information Security

Adopt and implement Information

Security policy published by

ICTA.

Results of assessment by end 2012

● Only 229 organizations (out of 1479) responded Only 33 organizations became compliant with eGov policy

Who are compliant?

● Only 5 ministries (10%) have adopted and are complaint with the eGov policy!

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Scope● Cabinet of Ministers approved the

policy to be implemented in

– Ministries

– Provincial Councils

– Departments

– District and Divisional Secretaries

– Local Government authorities

– government Corporations, Statutory Bodies, and Companies fully owned

by government

What could be done??

● The failure can be due to lack of awareness, understanding and experience

● You could invite ICTA for a policy discussion where you could draw up an ICT plan for the current year

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