Bhubaneswar: In a move to usher in more efficient, effective and transparent intergovernment and intra-government transactions and processes, Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena launched an e-Office in 52 government offices including 41 subordinate offices, here Tuesday. The e-office is being implemented under the 5T initiative of the General Administration and Public Grievances Department. The offices where the e-Office was launched included the Directorate of Fisheries, Startup Odisha: OSIC Ltd, MS Law University, Rajendra University, Odisha Coal & Power Ltd, Animal Disease Research Institute, Veterinary Officers’ Training Institute, Odisha Livestock Resource Development Society, and Frozen Semen Bank and Odisha Biological Product Institute.
It is worth mentioning here that e-Office has been implemented in 1016 offices in Odisha. It is a Mission Mode Project under the National e-Governance Programme of the government. E-Office is developed by the National Informatics Centre INIC) and implemented by CMGI in Odisha. E-Office is built as single reusable system by bringing together independent functions and systems under a single framework to enhance transparency, increase accountability and transform the government work culture and ethics.
Appreciating the efforts of the Centre for Modernizing Government Initiative (CMGI), Jena, said, “I am glad to know that CMGI has progressed a lot in the implementation of e-Office in more than 1,000 government offices. CMGI, the administrative reforms wing of the General Administration and Public Grievance department has been instrumental in this endeavour. It has improved service delivery and governance by way of moulding knowledge and technology from the perspective of procedural requirements. “
ARINDAM GANGULY, OP