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08/13/2008
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Government committed to evolution of technology policy
Basseterre, St. Kitts -- August 13, 2008 -- St. Kitts and Nevis
will use the single namespace gov.kn to help enhance the image of the
twin-island Federation and facilitate nationals living here and abroad,
as well as potential investors, interfacing with government’s agencies
and departments.
“The naming of websites and other e-services will strictly follow
international best practice,” said Minister of State for Education,
Information and Technology, Sen. the Hon. Nigel Carty.
At Monday’s Cabinet meeting, government affirmed its commitment to the
continuous evolution of its own technology policy by approving a policy
to bring greater uniformity to government’s presence in cyberspace.
“The policy mandates that all government websites and email services
including those operated by embassies and state missions abroad project
a uniform naming system by using the gov.kn namespace,” said Carty.
In November of 2006, Cabinet approved a new National Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) Strategic plan to guide the orderly
development of the technology sector in the Federation. Since the
approval of the strategic plan, significant advances have been made.
These include the opening of the new National ICT Centre at the C. A
Paul Southwell Industrial Park, which to date has trained over 500
persons in various information technology disciplines. The Centre
houses a state of the art computer lab, an e-government application
development and implementation lab, a video-conferencing centre, and a
small business incubation centre.
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