Government to Citizens (G2C) and Government to Business (G2B) services. These services can be delivered by various Ministries, Agencies and Commissions (MACs) through common delivery platform seamlessly supported by core connectivity infrastructure such as Metro Area Network (MAN) and Government Wide Network (GovNet). The NDC will provide critical functionalities including the provision of central repository of national data, secure data storage, online delivery of services, citizen service portal, web hosting, National Intranet Portal and Disaster Recovery platform. 7.3.2.1 Implementation Strategy The National Data Centre will be housed in a secure environment with access to high speed internet and constant supply of electricity. It will consist of a primary Data Centre that will be situated in Monrovia with secondary ones replicated across the counties. These facilities will be supported by a Network Operating Centre capable to provide monitoring and control over all applications and network services originating from the National Data Centre. It will also contain a Security Operating Centre to support MACs intranet and Internet Security Operations. It will also provide several storage area networks for the storage needs of all MACs that will be hosted at the Data Centre. Establishing a national data center to meet the needs of data intensive entities such as LRA, CSA, NRADA, NEC, MFDP, MOH, MOE, MIA, and MOT among others, is cost efficient as opposed to each entity constructing its own. 7.3.3 Government-Wide Network (GovNet) A Government-wide Network (GovNet) is a communication network established to facilitate the seamless transfer of information between Ministries, Agencies and Commissions for the provision of online services to the public at minimal cost. The objectives of GovNet are to: 1. Reduce overall telecommunication costs for the Government of Liberia; 2. Enforce standard compliance to discourage MACs from setting up their own networks; 3. Improve secure communications amongst stakeholders across government; 4. Reduce the transaction costs associated with the provision of public services and information. 8.0 RESOURCE MOBILISATION The initial resource mobilization phase will consist of a mapping process to identify which targets are being worked on already and which have been completed – e.g the spectrum plan and digital financial policy are already largely completed. In addition, an assessment would be made of the level of implementation and enforcement of the relevant existing laws. Following this, an assessment of the cost implications of achieving the targets set out in the policy would be carried out by each concerned MAC, along with identification of potential sources of funds. An assessment would also be made of the potential for raising the necessary resources through a specific levy applied to the ICT sector or through the USF to provide support for the action items. 63