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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1990
IN
ITSD,
THIS
OF
"CURRENTLY WE ARE EMPLOYING ABOUT 100 SUCH PERSONS WHICH IS ADDITIONAL TO OUR 300 ANALYST/PROGRAMMER GRADE POSTS. TOTAL OF ABOUT 400 PROFESSIONALS AVAILABLE COMPARES WITH A FIGURE ABOUT 160 JUST THREE YEARS AGO, HE SAID.
DR
H
THE
TO
FULL
IMPORTANCE
THAT
GREENFIELD SAID THAT UPGRADING OF THE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTAL
WAS A CLEAR INDICATION OF STATUS GOVERNMENT NOW ATTACHED TO COMPUTERISATION.
"IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE
POLICIES
AND
STRATEGIES
COMPUTERISATION APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR POLICY GROUP OF CHIEF SECRETARY'S COMMITTEE HAS BEEN PROCEEDING AT A PACE DICTATED THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THIS," HE SAID.
FOR
THE
BY
THE
DR GREENFIELD SAID THE MAJOR BOOST TO THESE RESOURCES WAS APPROVAL IN JANUARY OF EIGHT EXTRA DIRECTORATE POSTS TO SUPPLEMENT FIVE EXISTING ONES.
FIVE OF THE EIGHT WERE IN THE NEWLY APPROVED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LEVEL AND THREE IN THE RETITLED CHIEF SYSTEMS MANAGER LEVEL.
DR
GREENFIELD
SAID SOME
NEW
BEING INTRODUCED STRATEGY PLANS
APPROACHES BY ITSD INCLUDED ASSISTING DEPARTMENTS TO DEVISE I.T. REPLACING THE FORMER PROJECT-BY-PROJECT APPROACH TO COMPUTERISATION.
CURRENTLY BEING A CROSS- FOR PREPARATION
"INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY STUDIES ARE
TRADE DEPARTMENTS. UNDERTAKEN IN
IMMIGRATION
ALSO
AND
IN THE UNDERTAKEN DEPARTMENT STUDY IS
BEING INTRODUCING 'EDI' (ELECTRONIC DATA INTER-EXCHANGE) IN FOREIGN TRADE.
'SPEDI' (SHARED WITH 'TRADELINK'
"THIS IS ADDITIONAL TO OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE
PROJECT INTER-CHANGE) PROJECT FOR ELECTRONIC DATA
HE SAID. 1 COVERING THE PRIVATE SECTOR SIDE OF 'EDI',
ASSISTING
■
ALL
REMAINING
GOVERNMENT
IS
PLAN FOR "A DRAFT DEPARTMENTS TO PREPARE I.T. STRATEGY STUDIES HAS BEEN PREPARED AND NOW BEING CONSIDERED BY OUR POLICY BRANCH AS ARE DRAFT PROPOSALS FOR A HE REVISED APPROACH TO THE FUNDING OF COMPUTERISATION IN GOVERNMENT, ADDED.
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HAVE
"PLANS FOR THE UPGRADING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMPUTER BUREAU SOON, DR BEEN APPROVED AND IMPLEMENTATION WILL COMMENCE VERY GREENFIELD SAID.
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