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(c) Standard template/model creation for various type of documents
(d) Computer aided fax management system and a central contact
directory system
(e) Directives and Assembly questions management system.
2. HR management system (employee, attendance and leave management
system)
3. Inventory and procurement management system (stationary,
equipment, etc.).
4. Budget and accounts management system (e.g. preparation, expenditure)
and consolidation of development and non-development
budgets
5. Project management system (e.g. progress and monitoring feedback
system).
6. Internal automation required for dynamic portal.
The project has been outsourced to a local software company that
has initiated the work. It is expected that the complete software suite will
be ready at the Ministry of Information Technology in the first quarter of
2006, and replication can be initiated at other ministries shortly thereafter.
IV. BENEFIT OF THE PROJECT
The following are the key benefits both internal and external, which
will be realized once e-government transformation is completed for a
particular ministry.
Internal benefits:
• Improved organizational performance through streamlining of
internal processes
• Introduction of transparency in the provision of Government
services
• Increased levels of online integration between different departments
• Reduced levels of paper work within the ministries
• Possible increase in revenues through introduction of additional
fees or processing of higher number of transactions or the
provision of new services
External benefits:
• Improved levels of service to various communities (e.g. citizens,
businesses) through faster service delivery cycles, reduced number
of visits to the ministries for obtaining each service