The government will build on such efforts to extend GovTech’s expertise and capabilities across the whole of government, he said.
“As we progressively build up these capabilities elsewhere, GovTech itself must continue to be a centre of excellence – setting high standards, and tackling complex technological challenges that individual agencies cannot easily address on their own,” he added.
The ultimate goal is not simply to have a strong technology agency, but to have a “technologically strong government”, said Mr Wong.
This means having a government where technology is integral to policymaking, where policymakers understand what technology can enable, where technologists understand the policy objectives and operational realities, and where both work together to deliver better outcomes for Singaporeans, he said.
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Mr Wong said that for a long time IT was treated as “something downstream” from policy, where policymakers decide what needed to be done and IT teams would be asked to build the system to implement it.
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