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Getting vehicle revenue licence online is a dream come true: Lalith Weeratunga

Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:39

The eRevenue Licence facility which enables vehicle revenue licence to be issued afresh or renewed by applying for it from home without physically going to the relevant Government office is a dream come true.

This was stated by President's Secretary Lalith Weeratunga when he, as Chief Guest, addressed the ceremony for the launching of the eRevenue Licence held at the Western Province Department of Motor Traffic, Maligawatte recently.

Thanks to the eRevenue Licence service thus launched by the year end, renewal and/or new issue of vehicle revenue licence in the Western Province could take place online.

eRevenue Licence is a facility under the Lanka Gate Project put in place under the Re-engineering Government Programme of the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) which implements the eSri Lanka initiative.

ICTA rejects Corruption Watch allegations

Thursday, 07 January 2010 11:14

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka yesterday rejected charges leveled against them by the Corruption Watch organization saying that there had not been any impropriety in the Lanka Government Network (LGN) established by them.

“A Company named Asset Networks never signed a contract on behalf of Samsung Networks for the LGN,” head of communication at the ICTA Atula Pushpakumara said.

He stated that the contract for the establishment of Lanka Government Network (LGN) was signed between ICTA and Samsung Networks in 2006, consequent to a transparent and competitive bidding process governed by the Korean Government EDCF procurement guidelines.

“There were more than two companies which submitted bids for LGN in 2005. Samsung Networks bid was NOT the highest bid, as incorrectly stated in the Article. In contrast Samsung Networks’ bid WAS the ‘Lowest Evaluated Bid’ for the LGN,” he said.

eGovernment policy approved by cabinet

Tuesday, 05 January 2010 09:10

In a further development contributing to making the benefits of ICT reach the people the eGovernment policy was approved by the cabinet recently. The policy aimed at achieving overall development within Government organisations and delivery of Government services was submitted to the cabinet by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and cabinet approval obtained early last month (02 Dec).

Entitled "Policy and Procedures for ICT Usage in Government (eGovernment Policy)", the document was prepared by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) as mandated by the ICT Act no. 33 of 2008. The act had empowered ICTA to submit recommendations to the Inter-Ministerial Committee for formulating the National Policy Framework for submission to the Cabinet of Ministers for their approval.