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eGovernment Policy
A Brief Reminder!
Wasantha DeshapriyaDirector
Re-Engineering Government ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka
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.
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
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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