The Digital Government Development Agency (Public Organization) (
Abrv: สพร.-DGA; th, สำนักงานพัฒนารัฐบาลดิจิทัล, ) is a Thai governmental agency whose mission is to digitize the workings of the Thai government through goal and standards setting, establishing best practices, and training of government employees. In the ''United Nations E-Government Survey 2018'', Thailand was ranked 73 of 193 nations in the provision of digital services to citizens.
History
On 21 May 1997 the government established the Government Information Technology Services (GITS) under the
National Science and Technology Development Agency
The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) is an agency of the government of Thailand which supports research in science and technology and its application in the Thai economy.
See also
* NSTDA affiliated institutions
** ...
(NSTDA). On 21 February 2011, the Electronic Government Agency (Public Organization) (EGA) replaced GITS. The new agency, EGA, reported to the
Ministry of Information and Communication Technology which later became the
Ministry of Digital Economy and Society
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society ( Abrv: MDES; th, กระทรวงดิจิทัลเพื่อเศรษฐกิจและสังคม, ), formerly known as the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology ...
. On 13 May 2018, the Electronic Government Agency (EGA) became the Digital Government Development Agency (DGA) reporting to the
Office of the Prime Minister.
, the president and
CEO
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of the DGA is Dr Sak Segkhoonthod.
DGA's budget for
FY2019 was 1,662 million
baht
The baht (; th, บาท, ; sign: ฿; code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 ''satang'' (, ). The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand. SWIFT ranked the Thai baht as the 10th-m ...
.
Mission
The Thai government has set the goal of all state agencies to become fully digitized by 2022. In October 2019 the DGA was given the mission of drafting a digital road map (2020-2022) for the government by November 2019. The road map will then be submitted to the cabinet to make it official policy.
The agency has been working off of interim plans approved by the cabinet for several years already.
Programs and plans
The agency introduced the e-government portal www.egov.go.th several years ago to serve as a central information hub, helping people to obtain public services. It also developed and introduced in early-2019 the CITIZENinfo application, offering information for those searching for state agencies at 8,000 locations nationwide as well as posting the forms required by citizens to conduct business with those state agencies.
In 2018 the DGA published a two-year digital road map. The road map includes seven functions that ensure a full digital government transformation: government data exchange; one-stop service; government data centers; open government data; unified government communications; secure government intranet; and digital transformation programs.
See also
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Digital identity
A digital identity is information used by computer systems to represent an external agent – a person, organization, application, or device. Digital identities allow access to services provided with computers to be automated and make it possibl ...
*
E-government
E-government (short for electronic government) is the use of technological communications devices, such as computers and the Internet, to provide public services to citizens and other persons in a country or region. E-government offers new ...
References
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External links
Thailand e-Government
CitizenInfo
Public organizations of Thailand
E-government by country