Bhutan e-Government Master Plan Currently, the RGoB disparate There email spends huge amount annually on multiple, isolated and installations are different email are used across ministries instances, and versions and for official communications, even government software personal email agencies. applications that accounts on email services like Google mail and Yahoo mail. While electronic communication is possible, there are concerns over security of the information transfer and archival of email exchanges, reputation risk of the RGoB. sharing of calendar and and the Other helpful features of email services like the mailing lists agencies could not be maximized systems. the across ministries and governance because the email servers are standalone Effort to administer the email servers are also duplicated in various ministries and agencies, either by IT staff onsite or outsourced to different service providers with different service levels agreements. It is envisioned that the One Government secured and Email will be hosted on a high availability servers at the Government cluster of Data Center in the Thimphu TechPark. Alternatively, the One Government Email can be part of a cloud-based document suite of enterprise management etc) being a central service, on the (including Government word Cloud. processing, Regardless, this DITT/MoIC will work with all ministries and agencies to define the requirements outsourcing applications contract. of the One From a Government software Email licensing and manage perspective, there the is potential cost savings from the aggregation of demand for email services from ministries and administration agencies. of email qualified professionals, From a services hence resource would be management outsourced perspective, the dedicated and to relieving the ICT professionals to support the core business of their respective ministries and agencies. il) e-Procurement System The Public Procurement system is an important instrument/tool to ensure and achieve efficient, effective and transparent management The public implementation procurement government Procurement of e-procurement system procurement (e-GP) by enhancing processes. will generate system will immensely transparency The- significant saving of public resources. and electronic by reducing support efficiency the in Government cycle time