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Construction of reinforced concrete wall on the north bank of the San Juan River
Information Technology and Infrastructure
150.
Improvements to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have
continued in fiscal 2013 with an expenditure of $105.566 million under the Public Sector
Reform Computerisation Programme. Activities carried out for fiscal 2013 included:
At the Police Service: server room upgrades at the San Fernando Office,
expansion of the network at Riverside Plaza. Distribution of GPS Units to
Tobago, and the Southern and South Western Divisions for the
implementation of the mobile GPS Project. Three hundred (300) computer
systems and seventy eight (78) printers were purchased, the Versadex
Database has been upgraded and the software for the Firearms Database has
been purchased.
At the Ministry of Justice for the Forensic Science Centre: Upgrade of
electrical and cooling systems in the Server Room were completed.
Installation of servers and networking equipment, switches and re-cabling of
network infrastructure in main building have commenced. For the Legal Aid
and Advisory Authority, network cabling has been completed and computers
have been purchased and installed at the San Fernando and Scarborough
Offices.
At the Ministry of the People and Social Development: Dell Storage Area
Network was installed and the datacentre relocated, all electrical and cooling
works were completed, and preparatory works commenced on the Integrated
Social Enterprise Management System.
