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Administration to go wired

Mustak Hossain
The government has initiated a programme that will bring some fundamental changes to the administrative system including e-policing and connecting the Prime Minister's Office with key ministries, divisional commissioners and police administration, sources said.
It will also prepare guidelines and implements for online payment of income tax and utility bills, registration of land, ownership change, birth, death, marriage, vehicles, insurance, driving licence and posting of agriculture and commodity pricing information and international standard training.
The government will spend Tk 183.17 crore forthe 'SupporttoICT
Taskforce Programme' aimed at improving the efficiency,
transparency and accountability of the government using the information communication technology (ICT), sources said.
The government has already allocated Tk 1.3 crore in the revised annual development budget for fiscal 2002-03 and Tk 25 crore in the ADPforfiscal2003-04.
The project also aims at creating a congenial supportive atmosphere for the overall development of the ICT sector. The project will extend cooperation for expansion and development of the sector.
The secretariat for the project will be at the Planning Commission. "Renovation and development work for the secretariat is at the final stage and is
expected to be complete by next month," a source said.
As part of strengthening e-governance, a fibre optical local area network (LAN) will be set up at the Planning Commission connecting 472 locations including the Planning Division, Planning Commission, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division and Economic Relations Division.
There are 120 computers online in the network and 20 more will be added to the network to be run by a high-powered server.
A domain has already been opened for electronic administration. It is now providing Internet facility, file sharing, file transferring, multimedia communication, notice board, file tracking, VoIP, digital library and Annual Development Programme (ADP) database, which could be accessed through the PMO and secretariat via radio link.
Several consultants will be appointed for implementation of the project, sources added.
Under the project, an alternate communication network will be set up. It will provide maximum reliability and security of communication and enhance speed and efficiency in decision-making and follow-up of compliance status.
The e-policing system will be established at five police stations in the capital for communication between citizens and police in all possible ways including online filing of general diary and first information report.
Digital divisional towns will provide electronic processing for major services, empower local representatives, introduce electronic forms of institution and kiosks to increase access of citizens to the digital content.
A 14-member project steering committee has been formed with the principal secretary to the prime minister as the convenor and the project director will act as the member secretary.
Other members of the committee are secretaries of education, commerce, science and information communication technology, post and telecommunications, law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministries, executive director of Bangladesh Computer Council, presidents of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce, Bangladesh Computer Samity, Bangladesh ISP Association, Bangladesh Association for Software and Information Services and head of the department of computer engineering of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
The project will be implemented by 2005 with internal resources.