IDA to set up centre for e-service development
Dr Yaacob: A smart nation must have hassle-free delivery of online services, tight cyber-security and be able to close the digital divide
Singapore
THE government is assembling a team of IT specialists whose job is to develop digital services that will meet the needs and expectations of citizens as Singapore morphs into a smart nation.
This core group of software coders and engineers will be part of the Software Design and Development Centre of Excellence, a 13,000 square foot research and testing lab at the Sandcrawler, Lucasfilm's Singapore campus at Fusionopolis.
The centre, to be launched by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) by mid-July, will be where IT solutions within the government and citizen-centric digital services will be researched, developed and tested.
Announcing this on Thursday, Minister of Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim said that, as more citizens connect to the Internet, the government must ensure that e-se…
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