0104: Standards Standards will be used in government organizations for the improvement of interoperability and efficiency of the government organization. 010401: The Sri Lanka Standards Institution (SLSI), established under Act No. 6 of 1984, will be responsible for introducing relevant standards to government organizations and also to ensure easy and prompt accessibility of standards to users and developers. 010402: Government organizations should use standards as adopted by SLSI in order to ensure full interoperability, and participation of all stakeholders. 010403: Government organizations should conform to latest versions of the Lanka Interoperability Framework (LIFe) and Addendums made by ICTA from time to time in collaboration with the government organizations, as published in www.life.gov.lk. 010404: It is recommended that government organizations use solutions that meet the characteristics of open standards. (Refer Annex 3). 010405: All government organizations must conform to SLS 1134 : 2004, including Part 1 thereof, for all ICT use with respect to Sinhala, such as for Sinhala documents, web sites, software systems, and in the electronic transmission of information. 010406: All government organizations must conform to SLS 1326: 2008, for all ICT use with respect to Tamil, such as for Tamil documents, web sites, software systems, and in the electronic transmission of information. 010407 In a Memorandum submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers by the President on the “Re-engineering Government Program” and approved on 13th September 2006, all government agencies are required to consult ICTA before embarking on any major ICT Project (over Rs 2 Million), in order to (a) ensure that they are in conformity with general standards applicable to all government agencies specially in relation to interoperability and localization requirements, and (b) to ensure that such projects can be fully integrated to the government wide ICT system. 0105: Data Administration – Hubs Data administration will be carried out to ensure the confidentiality, quality and integrity of the data, and to ensure the necessary infrastructure for availability to those authorised access. 010501: Ownership: The data owner of each hub should be as follows: the data owner for the land registry hub and the population registry hub should be the Registrar General; the data owner for the Company Registry should be the Registrar of Companies. 9

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