Government Technology Agency

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is a statutory board of the Singapore government, under the Prime Minister's Office. It was restructured from the former entity Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) in 2016,[3][4] and officially legislated in Parliament on 18 August that year.[5]

Government Technology Agency
Agency overview
Formed1 October 2016 (2016-10-01)
Preceding agency
  • National Computer Board (NCB)
    Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS)
    Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters10 Pasir Panjang Road, #10-01 Mapletree Business City, Singapore 117438
Annual budget$238.93 million SGD (2017) [1]
Agency executives
  • Ng Chee Khern, Chairman
  • Kok Ping Soon[2], Chief Executive Officer
  • Chan Cheow Hoe, Government Chief Digital Technology Officer/Deputy Chief Executive
  • Lim Bee Kwan, Assistant Chief Executive (Governance and Cybersecurity)
  • Tan Eng Pheng, Assistant Chief Executive (Services)
Parent agencyPrime Minister's Office
Websitewww.tech.gov.sg

Overview

GovTech is responsible for the delivery of the Singapore government's digital services to the public. It is the agency that provides the infrastructure to support the implementation of the country's Smart Nation initiative to harness infocomm technologies, networks and big data to create tech-enabled solutions.[6]

The Government Chief Information Office (GCIO) is under GovTech.

From 1 May 2017, GovTech was moved from the Ministry of Communications and Information to the Prime Minister's Office (Singapore) (PMO). It is now the implementing agency of PMO's "Smart Nation and Digital Government Office" (SNDGO).[7]

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