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Information Technology and Infrastructure
372.
The improvement of the information technology infrastructure of the Public
Service will continue with the allocation of $138.1 million to the
Public Sector Reform
Computerisation Programme.
Activities scheduled to continue include:
the acquisition of hardware by the Police Service, upgrade of network
infrastructure at the Police Headquarters, server rooms, Digital Finger Print
Capture System, interrogator system, Firearms Management System,
Versadex upgrade, network security upgrade, purchase of 600 computers
and the expansion of the police network
the Ministry of Finance and the Economy upgrade of ASYCUDA to
ASYCUDA World at the Customs and Excise Division will continue, as
well as its integration with the Single Electronic Window
the Ministry of Justice upgrades to the network of the Forensic Science
Centre as well as the procurement of a Laboratory Integrated Management
System, upgrade of cabling infrastructure for the Port of Spain Legal Aid
and Advisory Office, installation and configuration of centralized,
management IT Systems for the Prison Service and the establishment of an
Electronic Monitoring Programme
network upgrades at the Ministry of the People and Social Development,
hardware and software acquisition for the continued implementation of a
storage area network and the continued implementation of an Integrated
Social Enterprise Management System
373.
An allocation of $3.8 million for the
Computerization Programme
Tobago
will
allow for the continuation of the Secondary School Computerization Programme, the
networking of the divisions of Finance, Planning, Education, Youth Affairs and Sports
and the computerisation and networking of the Ministry of Tobago Development.
374.
The Ministry of Science and Technology will continue several ICT initiatives
including:
the
STAR.TT
Community-based ICT Access Centre initiative, targeted at
reducing the Digital Divide through the implementation of fit-for-purpose
equipped ICT facilities. It is envisaged that as many as eighteen (18)
additional Centres will be made available in underserved communities
throughout Trinidad and Tobago in fiscal 2014
the rollout of further key enhancements to the
ttconnect
technology platform
such as the
ttconnect
Foundation Services Infrastructure (FSi), whereby
Ministries and Government Agencies will be able to re-use common services
to rapidly develop, deploy and operate their e-Services more efficiently and
