Version 3.45 Effective date 2007-03-08 Summary of changes Added SLS 1134 to the following section: Government organizations should be in conformity with SLS 1134 and with Unicode / ISO 10646 for all ICT use with respect to local languages, such as for local language documents and web sites and in the electronic transmission of information. – added SLS 1134 3.45 2007-03-08 Added the following under emails: “The nomenclature used for domains under .gov.lk should be in conformity to the “Policy on Domains under gov.lk” 3.50 2007-03-09 Section 030203: Added detailed section on structure for domain names under go dot lk 3.60 2007-03-14 Updated “Enabling Legal Environment” Added section under “Preservation and Management of Government Records” to include reference to the “e-Transactions Act”. Under “Procurement and Contractual Issues” the section “IPR” was amended. 3.61 2007-04-23 Recommendations of the Reengineering Government Focus Group taken into account: Document restructured; “Salient points” brought down to the end of the document, and renamed “Benefits …..” “Documents referred to in the Policy” etc defined as Annexes. Added the following under ICT Governance: “Government may set up a central ICT Support Unit, comprising persons who are proficient in ICT, to provide technical advice and support to government organizations, as required.” Small amendments under background, Timeframe, Scope. Added “Senior management should implement suitable incentive schemes for staff who are proficient in ICT and / or obtain relevant qualifications in ICT” under “Training”. 3.72 2008-02-12 Moved content to ODF format and made necessary formatting changes. 3.77 2008-07-21 4 2008-10-15 2009-03-10 Modified content under the Background. Modified content under the IPR section. 050104 was merged with 050102, section 3 revised creating separate sub section for domain names Re-formatting of the document and some grammatical editing. 2009-0702 0102: Information Life Cycle Management was changed by including 5 010201 to 010203 address language issues in databases 32

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