Bahrain's Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) discussed BD1.3 million ($3.4 million) worth of strategic projects and procurement requests by government entities - including an initiative to modernize the television archives at the Ministry of Information Affairs and upgrade its media archiving system through modern management and classification technologies - at the 40th Information and Communication Technology Governance Committee (ICTGC) meeting.
The e-meeting, which was chaired by iGA Chief Executive Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, began with the members unanimously electing Dr Zakaria Ahmed Al Khaja, the Deputy Chief Executive at iGA, as the deputy chairperson of the committee.
Addressing the members, Al Qaed expressed his aspirations for the new year to carry with it more achievements that benefit the country and the citizens, and wished the committee further successes during the exceptional circumstance that the kingdom and the whole world is experiencing.
The meeting reviewed the latest version of the government’s website development standards, which will include the latest best practices in line with United Nations (UN) eGovernment Survey requirements, in addition to an updating of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to be in line with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
It put spotlight on artificial Intelligence that will be used to improve search, retrieval, and backup copying of media material in line with International Telecommunications Union (ITU) standards.
The members also discussed the Births & Deaths certificate archival system at the iGA, calling for replacing paper archives with a categorized archiving system that enables easy and quick search.-TradeArabia News Service
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