E-governance: Former British minister appreciates steps

Milliband expressed his enthusiasm for the PITB’s Mobile Governance Initiative

LAHORE:

Former British Foreign Affairs minister David Milliband, on a visit to Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), expressed his enthusiasm for the PITB’s Mobile Governance Initiative and said that it was the best way to improve governance.

Briefing Milliband about PITB’s Mobile Governance Initiative, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and PITB Chairman Dr Umar Saif explained that in this initiative, government workers are equipped with smartphones and are required to send in time-stamped and geo-tagged pictorial evidence of their field activities. This, they explained, ensures that the administration is constantly able to monitor on-ground situations and take timely preventive actions to avert disasters. Additionally, they pointed out this system is also valuable for enabling an effective monitoring and accountability system for government field-workers.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 3^rd, 2014.

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