About
introduction
Information Technology Department Government of Sindh was established in November 2002 with a mission to act as an enabler for building a knowledge-based society. The Department aims at realizing the true potential of e-Governance in the Province of Sindh by enhancing internal efficiencies and improving public service delivery.
OBJECTIVE
- Increase Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Government
- Increase Transparency and Accountability in decision-making
- Enhance delivery of public service to citizens efficiently and cost effectively
- Create an IT enabled work environment in the public service sector
- Proliferate IT culture and build capacity in the provincial government departments
- Bring all stakeholders on board, consult and work with them to identify/ assess the needs and service areas in each department
- Prioritize the projects to be implemented with focus on sustainability through ownership of projects by the respective departments/ district governments
MISSION STATEMENT
Information, Science & Technology Department will provide the highest quality technology-based services, in the most cost-effective manner, as these services applies to the management, governing, education and community service.
PRIORITY AREAS
- Induction of IT at all levels of government to improve efficiency, transparency and provide quality services.
- Adoption of a modular approach to achieve the goal for E-Government.
- Replacement of physical file system to e-file system through the use of Internet and Intranet in the Government Departments.
- Computer and office automation training for the management and secretariat staff of Sindh Government.
- Development of Provincial database for framing different policies by the government of Sindh.
- To make IT literacy as a mandatory feature for all future employment in Government Department
MANDATE
- Implementation of National IT Policy/IT Action Plan.
- Development of Business Process Re-engineering for Government Departments.
- Implementation of e-Governance, E-commerce & E-education.
- Establish Co-ordination with Public section departments & private section agencies in the field of Information Technology.
- Certificate Capability Maturity Model(CMMM).
- Quality Excellence Program.
- Create awareness amongst citizens regarding use of electronic data.
- Development of security policy & establish firewalls for management of electronic data.
- Development of standards & monitoring the Government Websites.
- Development of E-Procurement standers.
- Research & Development in the field of Information Technology.
- Development of human resource & its optional utilization in various fields of Information Technology.
- Monitoring & Evaluation of IT projects under implementation in the province.
- Control of liaison with District IT Department.
- Liaison & interaction with Information Technology and Telecom Division of the Ministry of Science & Technology.
- Services matters, except those entrusted to Service, General Administration and Coordination Department