The Singapore Government is well-regarded as being at the forefront of technology adoption. Following on from our piece on the latest Singapore Government Mobile Apps, we wanted to trace back the journey that the Singapore Government has taken in terms of technology adoption. We came across the eGovernment Excellence Awards held in 2013 which featured the following list of winners.

eGovernment Excellence Awards 2013 Winners

Websites

• Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (MEWR) – MEWR Website (Distinguished)
• Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) – NS Portal (Merit)
• Housing & Development Board (HDB) – HDB InfoWeb (Merit)

e-Services

• Housing & Development Board (HDB) – MyDoc@HDB (Distinguished)
• Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) – e-Appointment Booking System (Merit)
• SPRING Singapore – GeBIZ Alerts (Merit)

m-Services

• Land Transport Authority (LTA)  – MyTransport.SG Mobile (Distinguished)
• Housing & Development Board (HDB) – Mobile@HDB (Merit)
• People’s Association (PA) – OurCommunity (Merit)

People Engagement

• Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) – cyberpioneerTV & cyberpioneer Facebook (Distinguished)
• Ministry of Manpower – Snap@MOM (Merit)
• National Library Board – Singapore Memory Project (Merit)

Shared Systems and Services

• Building and Construction Authority (BCA) – One-stop CORENET System (Distinguished)
• Ministry of Finance – Alliance for Corporate Excellence (ACE) (Merit)
• Public Service Division – Cube (Merit)

Data Sharing

• Land Transport Authority (Distinguished)
• National Environment Agency (Merit)
• Singapore Land Authority (Merit)

It’s great that each government agency is encouraged to provide the best service through friendly competition. We think that is a great way for eGovernment services to improve. But another key question is how have these agencies progressed since winning the award in 2013 ? Stay tuned as we explore this question in future posts 🙂