Ministries/Divisions/ Departments including the Ministry of Information Technology, PM Office, National Assembly Secretariat, Ministry of Science & Technology, Finance Division and Planning Division, Establishment Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet Division, Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Ministry of Railways, Commerce and Interior.
Subsequently, it will be implemented in the remaining 24 ministries/divisions in the second phase including Defence Production, National Health Services, Industries & Production, Petroleum & Natural Resources, Water & Power, Board of Investment, Revenue Division, Education & Training, Textile Division, Climate Change Division, Parliamentary Affairs Division, Communication Division, Overseas Pakistani & HRD Division, Law & Justice Division, Information & Broadcasting Division, Capital Administration, Religious Affairs Division, National Food Security Division, Kashmir Affairs Division, Inter-Provincial Coordination Division, Ports & Shipping Division, Aviation Division, Housing & Works Division and Statistics Division.
The E-office, she said, is the automation of core businesses of the government to ensure efficiency, accuracy, effectiveness and good governance, transparency and accountability in decision-making and delivery of efficient and cost-effective public services.
The Ministry of Information Technology has taken a step forward for not only designing and deploying an e-Office application but also for setting an example by replacing the conventional manual system with electronic system named as “e-Office/e-filing” in its ministry since July, 2015.
It is expected that entire federal government will adopt e-Office in their respective ministries within a short span of time, she maintained.
Chairman NTC Viqar Rashid Khan said that National Data Hoisting facility would be in place over the next four months. The optical fiber cable, he said, was already laid down in Islamabad to run this new system in an efficient manner.