Government to invest S$710M in infocomm technology Singapore is stepping up its use of data analytics its use of artificial intelligence (AI) and sensors to make lives “easier, safer and smarter”, states GovTech Singapore. The impact is being felt in everything from the fight to contain the Covid-19 outbreak to…
Read More
COVID-19 safeguard’s in place as the country gets back to “normality”. The Singapore Government has released a roadmap detailing a three-phased approach to restarting the country’s social and economic activities, all backed by data-driven technology. As Singapore restarts its economy, data-driven tech solutions will play a crucial role in helping…
Read More
Contracts have been earmarked to double the number of systems on the commercial cloud. The Singapore Government is doubling down on its “cloud-first” efforts to better develop digital applications and services for citizens. In late 2018, the Government announced a five-year plan to migrate most of its information technology (IT)…
Read More
Increased spending to help businesses recovering from COVID-19. The Singapore Government announced this week it plans to increase its financial year (FY) 2020 ICT spend by 30 per cent. An estimated SD$3.5 billion on ICT procurement in FY 2020, an increase of 30 per cent from FY2019’s projected spend of…
Read More
SupplyAlly app helps to distribute 4.2M masks. As governments across the globe grapple with COVID-19, Singapore’s Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI) and People’s Association (PA), work with Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) to build an app in four days. Minister-in-charge of GovTech, Dr Janil Puthucheary said the mobile…
Read More
SingPass Mobile enables users to log in swiftly using their fingerprint, face recognition (for smartphones with this capability) or an easy-to-remember 6-digit passcode of their choice. Singapore Government’s app, SingPass has hit over one million users as of March 2020. The GovTech app was debuted in October 2018. SingPass Mobile…
Read More
Singapore’s government technology agency, GovTech is on the look-out for a new chief information officer (CIO). According to a LinkedIn job ad cited by CIO Tech Asia, the CIO will be responsible for managing a cluster of government agencies. They need to will provide strategic and tactical leadership in harnessing…
Read More