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The Ministry of Digital Development and Information (MDDI; Malay: Kementerian Penerangan dan Pembangunan Digital; Chinese: 数码发展及新闻部; Tamil: தகவல், மின்னிலக்க மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for overseeing the development of the infocomm technology, media and design ...
The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is a statutory board of the Government of Singapore, under the Prime Minister's Office. It was restructured from Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) in 2016, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and officially legislated in Parliament on 18 August that year.
The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) was the statutory board that acted as the national regulator and promoter of the telecommunication and postal industries in Singapore. Prior to 1992, the TAS also managed postal and telecommunications services until Singtel and Singapore Post were split off from the board as corporatised entities.
The Government of Singapore consists of several departments, known as ministries and statutory boards in Singapore.Ministries are led by a member of the Cabinet and deal with state matters that require direct political oversight.
The agency supports R&D that is aligned to areas of competitive advantage and national needs for Singapore. These span the four technology domains of Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity, Human Health and Potential, Urban Solutions and Sustainability, and Smart Nation and Digital Economy set out under the nation's five-year R&D plan (RIE2025).
The Smart Nation was an initiative launched by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 24 November 2014. [3] In financial year 2017, the government had set aside $2.4 billion to support the initiative, [4] which involves the government purchasing services from technology startups rather than offering grants to support them. [5]
More recently, the Singapore Media Fusion Plan (SMFP), a national media development blueprint, was launched in 2009 to s create the best environment in Singapore for media businesses to exploit new opportunities in digital media and move up the value chain, while enhancing the global appeal of Singapore media through international partnerships.
NCS was founded in 1981 when the Government of Singapore embarked upon initiatives to harness information technology (IT) for both the public and private sectors. [4] It was restructured as a commercial entity in 1996 and a year later, became a wholly owned subsidiary of SingTel Group. [5] NCS adopted its current name on 1 November 2003. [4]