GIOMS mandatory in all ministries: Communications Minister Kharel

Kathmandu, Jan 9: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Jagadish Kharel has instructed the Department of Information Technology to work towards making the Government Integrated Office Management System (GIOMS) mandatory in all ministries.     

Addressing a programme held today at the Department under the Ministry of Communications, he emphasized that all ministries and agencies need to go paperless to make the ministry’s service delivery efficient and effective.     

Minister Kharel said, "I urge all the bodies concerned that GIOMS be made mandatory in every ministry during the current term itself, as it will help maintain service efficiency and good governance."     

He stressed that since information technology plays an important role in the country's development and economic prosperity along with good governance, the Department needs to be reformed both policy-wise and structurally.     

Currently, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications have already implemented GIOMS. It is said that this system was initiated to implement the government's concept of carrying out work conducted by government agencies in a simple, easy, efficient, cost-effective, transparent, and effective manner through a single information technology system, making it paperless.     

This system, developed by the Information Technology Department, is designed to be used for electronic execution of tasks such as issuing orders and decisions, comments, registering and dispatching letters, recording attendance, approving leave and official tours, and record management, all requiring mandatory use of electronic signatures.     

On another note, Minister Kharel, who also serves as the government's spokesperson, expressed his belief that the elections will be held on the scheduled date and that the resulting parliament and government will be dominated by youth, which will make a significant contribution to the development of the country's information technology sector.     

Secretary at the Ministry of Communications, Radhika Aryal, urged the Department to make its work more technology-friendly and its services more efficient and effective.     

Director General of the Information Technology Department, Chandra Saha, expressed the confidence that the Department would be made technology-friendly by implementing policy and structural reforms. (RSS)