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Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani confirmed, on Saturday, that the government’s directives are that dealing with digital transformation should be a work plan that must be implemented .
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Media Office stated, “The Prime Minister opened the digital data center in the Ministry of Interior, and the traffic sign manufacturing plant in the center of the capital, Baghdad, in the presence of many ministers.”
In his speech during the opening, Al-Sudani blessed the completion of this project, praising “the efforts of the employees of the Ministry of Interior and the Iraqi implementing company .”
He pointed out, “The importance of the digital data center in preserving and circulating data, and that the ministry has made important strides in providing electronic service to citizens, starting with the passport and entry visa, and today this center specializes in collecting data .”
He explained that “the Ministry of Interior, in addition to its security title, is a service ministry and in direct contact with the citizen,” stressing “the importance of sharing data between departments and institutions, and that the readiness of information will raise the level of performance of the Ministry of Interior in the field of tracking crime .”
The statement continued, “The importance of the digital data center comes in line with the directives of the Prime Minister to ensure data security and sharing, and to rely on automation and digital transformation in providing services to citizens. It is one of the outcomes of the e-passport, e-visa, and e-gates project contract concluded with the Police Martyrs Fund, and will serve… The Ministry of Interior and all its formations, such as the electronic passport, electronic visa, national card, vehicle registration system, driving licenses, criminal evidence, identity directorate, and others, and it can also support ministries and the private sector in hosting or backing up data in the public interest .
He stated that “the center has a capacity of (200) digital data cabins, and can accommodate future development and expansion for the next (20) years, and was built to high specifications, as it can continue to operate for (30) days in the event of a complete national power outage .”
The Prime Minister said: “His government is a service government, and when service is achieved quickly and easily and we obtain the satisfaction of the citizen, then we have achieved our goal,” noting “the importance of the required speed, accuracy, and security of information .”
He pointed out: “We held a meeting of the Supreme Committee for Digital Transformation, and we stressed the importance of not dispersing efforts through a large number of committees, and the more the data is unified and within a clear state policy, the more it is possible to develop performance and maintain the level of service .”
Al-Sudani stressed: “Our directives are that dealing with everything issued by the Supreme Committee for Digital Transformation should be a work plan that must be implemented, and that the process of preserving information today is not limited to fortified rooms, as much as it depends on a cybersecurity system to maintain the security of information .”
He noted that “electronic development is accelerating in moments, not days or years, and we must keep up with this acceleration,” stressing that “his directives to all ministries and departments are that the official’s evaluation depends on his ability to think to develop work and protect data .”
He pointed to “The importance of sharing data with other ministries and institutions, and providing it to the Ministry of Planning, the Central Bank, and the Social Protection Network .”
He explained that “the competent authorities have issued more than 38.188 million unified cards, and this information is important to provide to the rest of the ministries and institutions,” noting that “sharing information enables us to deal with crime with quick procedures, and the readiness of information will increase performance in tracking down criminals .”
