2. 3. 4. 5. within all government MACs and SOEs. CIO in each ministry, agency and commission will have dual reporting functions - to the Executive CIO, and to the head of their respective institutions; The Liberian Telecommunications Authority (LTA) would continue to be the regulator for the Telecoms sector, which includes, broadcasting frequency allocation; The CIO Council is tasked with oversight on government connectivity provision, as well as setting standards and strategy for government applications; The current Infrastructure working group of the Ministry of Public Works would be upgraded to a National Engineering Coordinating Team (NECT) hosted under Ministry of Public Works but co-chaired by MoPT to coordinate all civil works and project such as roads, railways, utility ducts and aerial cables etc to agree on standards, ensure ICT infrastructure is incorporated in designs and deployment; A set of targets would be established for the adoption and use of ICT in government, which would include: a. The national CIO shall l put in place common standards for website development for all MACs and SOEs by year 1 of approval of this policy; b. Establish a redundancy plan and maintenance policy in all MACs and SOEs information systems to ensure reliability in all MACs and SOEs connections and server/applications – year 1; c. Ensure ICT architecture systems design enforces consistency across MACs and SOEs to help ensure interoperability – year 1; d. All MACs and SOEs should have a web presence that is current and updated - year 1; e. All MACs and SOEs should transition from web presence to providing interactive web service by year 2; f. All concerned MACs and SOEs should transition from interactive web service to providing transaction services by year 3; g. All MACs and SOEs should have enhanced web presence by year 416. 16 More on E-Government stages of E-government to E-society processes here :http://www.unpan.org/Library/MajorPublications/UNEGovernmentSurvey/PublicEGovernanceSurveyinthe News/tabid/651/mctl/ArticleVie w/ModuleId/1555/articleId/22305/Government-to-Egovernment-toEsociety.aspx 59