A MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT OF RAKAN SARAWAK BULLETIN (People, events, activities and programmes which make for a total quality-managed Sarawak Civil Service) ISSN 1394-5726

Online Publisher:          Contents provided by:	Datuk Abdul Aziz Husain launched new SarawakNet Services On 8 March this year, Datuk Abdul Aziz Husain, the Deputy State Secretary for Human Resource launched the new SarawakNet services of the State Government. Commissioned in 1996, SarawakNet has gone a long way since then. SarawakNet is a Wide Area Network linking all the PCs and Local Area Networks in the State Ministries and Departments throughout Sarawak. At present, it is a closed network with tight security and is accessible only by the state civil servants. Its architecture will enable it to be extended to provide Internet access. Datuk Abdul Aziz said that 'there is already evidence of e-Government implementation on the SarawakNet to date. E-Government, as outlined by the Federal Government is "...redefining the relationships of government to citizens, to businesses and to itself. Within government, e-Government concept will improve information flows and superior communication between the components of government. There will be dramatic improvements in the co-ordination of government resources, better analytical tools to solve the increasingly complex problems faced by modern government, and decision support tools to enhance the effectiveness and the efficiency of public policy. The impact of specific policies will be more measurable and transparent." Datuk Abdul Aziz added that "as this network is linked with citizens and businesses through the Internet and possibly also through the information kiosk, it will be possible to directly deliver government services. Information can be paperlessly exchanged with government and transactions can occur on-line. Interactions with government will become much easier and convenient. To citizens, e-Government will mean dramatic improvements in services. Existing services will be improved and a whole new class of services will be offered. Citizens will have greater access to more convenient, more responsive, higher quality and potentially less expensive government services." In short, SarawakNet will be the launching pad for the State Public Sector for conducting its daily official business. Information such as Circulars, news and important announcements will also be channelled through SarawakNet to reach agencies besides the conventional methods of sending it by mail. Information resources that are shareable among agencies will be made available on SarawakNet for common access. E-mail will increasingly be used in official correspondences among agencies. Transactions will also be conducted over SarawakNet using web-based applications.
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