More Government Agencies In Malaysia Establish Onine Presence

In Malaysia, amount of government agencies are now increasing and appearing online, assessment programme was conducted by three government agencies which are Multimedia Development Corporation(MDeC), the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation(MOSTI) and the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit(MAMPU).
There were 1133 portals and websites were assessed. The ranking of number of international e-government serveys, and most recent by the three government agencies in Malaysia. Government agencies in Malaysia have woken up opportunity to leverage the internet which engage with the residents and visitors.

The financial advantage

Help reduce cost and increase efficiencies

Technology infrastructure for e-government from IBM can help provide a return on investment by:

* Integrating applications and procedures within and among agencies - workers can effectively communicate with each department.
* Allowing mobility for workers - employees not around at the office can get information very quickly.
* Enabling e-participation - citizens have the opportunity to utilize Web-based transactions. Services and convenience are provided to citizens without paying any cost of traditional methods.
* Consolidating eServer - you need less staff and less floor space to keep up with servers. Theres no pressure to buy more hardware and hire more people to run the department.

Multipurpose Card

The National Multipurpose card seeks to develop a common platform for a Multipurpose Card (MPC) that enable government to implement smart card without duplicate effort and investment. The MPC implemented through the GMPC and PMPC projects. In result, GMPC and PMPC are the developer of MyKad and Bankcard.


The objectives of the MPC Flagship Application are :-

* to provide government and payment application.
* to improve security convenience of existing and new applications delivered on the MPC platform
* to provide improved services to customer

MyKad equipped with secured 64k microprocessor chip was developed by the National Registration Department (JPN) and ICT agency. MyKad has multiple uses which includes National ID, driving license, passport information,health information, Touch N Go, MEPS cash, ATM and public key infrastructure. The development and the use of the chips based Bankcard with Malaysian Electronic Payment System (MEPS) started in 2000. Bank Negara Malaysia are the main agency to carry out the implementation. The Bankcard contains three payment such as ATM, E-Debit and MEPS Card. The use of the Bankcard means cashless payment. It can be used in retail, vending machines, car parks and transport. The use of the PMPC project (ATM, e-Debit and MEPS cash) started in early 2001. The Bankcard was officially launched on 28 February 2003.

An Integrated Approach - Electronic Government

For the last two decades, the Government has been spending more than three billions Ringgit on ICT software, telecommunications equipment, project management and systems development. To improve daily operations and services, programs like information System Plan (ISP) were used for each ministry and other agencies which aim at sharing of common information systems among government agencies. Large allocations were given to ministries which contributes towards government revenue collection like road transport department, immigration department, royal Malaysian Police and National Registration department. Agencies like the Social Security Organization and the office of the Register of businesses for the country were not neglected too. With E-Government programs the government department and agencies were heading towards an era of modernization and efficiency using information technology and multimedia and coordination.

Abstract of the Malaysia Electronic Government

E-Government means by the strategic, co-ordinate use of information and communication of technologies (ICT) in public control and political decision-making. The good is it can estimate to deliver greatest efficiency of the institutions concerned, improvement in public services and also political participation. Fast results can only be expected an institutional base and technical and infrastructural facilities already form. In the future, the introduction of e-government will mainly be concentrate to the industrial and more developing countries. However, potential uses also opening up for those poor countries, such as Indonesia, Cuba, Arab and so on. In some cases, the problems to reform are not so much financial and infrastructural difficulties as political blockades. E-government can develop cooperation of supporting neighbor countries in devising and implementing political and administrative reforms and improve market in public. Except for the new technologies. E-government should promote governance and strengthen in politics and civil society, so that it's easily to used by peoples even though for those peoples that not really know how to use internet.

Description of the Malaysia Electronic Government

Electronic government also known as e-gov. Electronic government aims to provide all citizens with an efficient and alternative medium which is also creating an easier and cheaper way for the interaction between citizens and some government services and public sector agencies. Citizens can access to the government services without going out to the government offices, this can reduces the cost of transport for citizens which live far apart from the government offices.

In Malaysia, My E.G. Services Berhad and its Group of companies is basically immerse in the business of development and accomplishment of Electronic Government (E-Government) services and the outline of other related services for the Electronic Government Initiative as well as investment holding. The Electronic Government Initiative is a government program which concentrates on delivering ameliorations in terms of how the government manages internally, and how government conveys services to the citizens. The overall Electronic Government Initiatives concentrates on empowering citizens to retrieve message and perform business deal with various Service Suppliers in a convenient, efficient and timely manner by exploiting its Electronic Services (E-Services).

The main Service Suppliers that currently employ in E-Government services and solutions are Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM), Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), Jabatan Insolvency Malaysia (JIM), Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN), Jabatan Pengangkutan Jalan (JPJ), Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TMB).