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Application
of Act
Electronic Government
3. Subject to the other provisions of this Act,nothing in this Act
prejudices, limits or restricts any other law regulating the dealings
between the Government and the public.
PART II
GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF E-GOVERNMENT
Guiding
principles for
e-government
4. The guiding principles of e-government include the following:
(a) e-government shall focus on the needs of citizens and
businesses in the delivery of services;
(b) development and utilisation of innovative design and
transformational integrated business processes which are
streamlined, collaborative, and citizen-focused for the
enhancement of service delivery;
(c) innovative application of solutions in order to reduce longterm operational costs and create opportunities to
evaluate and eliminate redundant steps and processes
and reduce cycle times associated with conventional
processes;
(d) integrated provision of e-government service which
recognises the unique roles and capabilities of public
bodies;
(e) sharing of administrative information among public bodies
which avoids information duplicity;
(f) protection of information held by a data controller used in
accordance with the law;
(g) prudent and responsible use of public resources in the
implementation of e- government activities; and
(h) collaboration with the private sector for the promotion
and optimisation of sustainable resource utilisation.
PART III
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT DIVISION
Establishment
of electronic
Government
Division
5. (1) There is established the Electronic Government Division
as a Division in the Office of the President which is responsible for
the administration of this Act under the general direction of the
President.
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