The Government of Guyana is working to incorporate the operations of the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) into its E-Governance operations, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.
Yesterday Minister of State Joseph Harmon was informed of the operations of the unit during a visit to its University of Guyana Turkeyen location.
During the visit the Minister was told of the NDMA’s mandate and as well as a number of challenges facing that authority. General Manager Godfrey Proctor told the minister that the NDMA has not had a board appointed in over two decades – this has severely undermined the work of the authority. He also pointed out that NDMA which was set up to do training for the public sector has the capacity to do so. However the authority was underutilised for many years.
Harmon gave Proctor and the staff the assurances that government in its review of the Public Service ICT will restore the NDMA and similar bodies so that they can play a meaningful role in his administration’s E-Governance initiatives.
