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Questions 2: Table2
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Rp1q2: Mobile phone is one of the useful mobile technologies that are commonly use today, In the
department laptops are very useful and only senior managers in the department are issued with
Laptops.
Rp2q2: The department does not provide cell phone to staff but each staff has their own private cell phones.
We do have laptops but only the department senior officers have access to them. Laptops are useful
tools in the department to provided services of the Government, each senior manager are provided
with laptops.
Rp3q2: Seniors Managers in the department are issued with laptops. It is handy to carry round and we use it
a lot while visiting the islands or other official trips overseas, The Department use laptops to make
Recording in all the Department Data. Our department does not provide cell phones to staff but each
staff owns their own private cell phones.
Rp4q2: Laptops are useful technology that we use a lot in the department. Don‟t know whether there exists
such a device as PDA. What is it? Mobile phone is widely used today. Political appointees are not
provided with cell phone, only for civil servant.
Rp5q2: Black Berry devices are no too common use in the Department except for DG and the Minister, they
use to access their Emails, and Officers in the Department are not provided with Free Cell phone.
Laptops are useful in the Department and all Senior Managers are entitle to each laptop. What is a
PDA?
Rp6q2: Senior managers in the department are entitle to a Laptop. The department does not issue cell
phones to staff but almost every staff has their own private cell phone. No Smartphone and PDA
devices use in our department
Rp7q2: Yes our department issue just a basic ordinary cell phone with a minimum of credit added to it for
every month. Once this credit is used up staff at their own cost need to pay for credit to top up their
cell phone. We have laptops but only accessible by senior officers.
Rp8q2: All Officers are Using Ordinary Cell phones but they are not provided by the Government. Laptops
are provided for each section in the department. No PDA and Smartphone devices.
Rp9q2:
Rp10q2: The department issued basic cell phone and only few staff are entitle to it. It depends on the type of
activities they are doing, especially for official trip to the islands or overseas. No Smartphone or
what is a PDA anyway?. We don‟t use it.
Rp11q2: Within our department we don‟t distribute cell phone to each staff, but they have there own personal
phone, however we give out Laptops but to senior managers and field staffs only. Sorry but what is
a PDA? No we don‟t use PDA and Smartphone.
Rp12q2: Senior officers are issued with laptop. Unfortunately the department cannot afford to supply cell
phone to staff because of the cost. Almost every staff has their own cell phone and they often use it
in government services. We don‟t use PDA, or what is it? Smartphone, no we don‟t have or I think
some staff are using Smartphone.
Rp13q2: Before the E-Government comes to Effective, I don‟t think its reliable because of Money Problems
in the Country. Problem Of internet Connection. In the Department we access to our own saver so
that we can Access internet.
Rp14q2: Cell phones are not provided in the department, but laptops yes we have and only senior managers
are entitle to laptops. Ordinary cell phone are mostly used in the offices but I don‟t think anyone
here using Smartphone and I don‟t know about PDA is that a computing device? No we don‟t have
it.
Rp15q2: Smartphone, black Berry and laptops are useful devices but we only use laptops in the office. Staff
has their privately own cell phone.
Rp16q2: Ordinary cell phones are used for work purposes, also SMS to send messages to the Public. Laptops
are used for training and the department will be introducing PDA purposely for data collection and
recording. Blackberry devices and Smartphone, not all using it in any ways.
Rp17q2: We have use laptop to do work for the department. Only senior officers use them especially when
they are out of the office doing official trip. No PDA, no one using Blackberry. All staff have basic
cell phone but not provided by the department. Most often we use our private phone for office work.
Rp18q2: Ordinary cell phones are used, but in the future it is likely that we will be using Smartphone to
communicate with the other provinces and easy for New Birth Registration in the Provinces.
Laptops technology is widely used in the departments in Vila and also the Islands in Vanuatu. No
use of PDA, we don‟t have it.
Rp19q2: All staff has access to ordinary cell phone but these are privately own phones and are mostly used to
conduct government services. It is used mainly for communication. No PDA devices and I can say
that no one have access to Blackberry devices because it is expensive.
Rp20q2: Laptops are distributed to senior managers in the departments. Most senior officers in our
department are using Smartphone for email communication and accessing the internet using these
Smartphone devices. We don‟t use PDA as it does not exist.
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