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“
QAWAM”:
EFFECTIVE
E-GOVERNMENT
INCREASING SPENDING
EFFICIENCY
We have made remarkable progress in e-government.
The scope of online services has already been expanded
over the last decade to include employment programs,
online job searches, e-learning services, traffic,
passports and civil affairs, online payment services,
online issuance of commercial registers, among others.
This has improved Saudi Arabia’s ranking on several
global indicators. In the UN e-Government Index, for
instance, we ranked 36 in 2014, up from 90 in 2004.
We will expand the scope of current online services
further to include areas such as geographic information,
health care and education. Quality will be improved by
streamliningprocesses,anddiversifyingcommunication
channels. We will also support the wider use of online
applications in government agencies, such as cloud
applications, data sharing platforms and HR
management systems. Finally, we will strengthen the
governance of online services within the government
itself.
We are committed to making our public spending
radically more efficient, using our resources more
effectively, and limiting waste. We will launch the
“
Qawam” program as a reflection of the Qur’anic verse
that calls for moderation in spending between excess
and parsimony. Allah the Almighty says:“And those who,
when they spend, are neither extravagant nor niggardly,
but hold a medium (way) between those (extremes)”
Through this program, we will comprehensively review
financial regulations in all government agencies. The
program is intended to move away from a narrow reliance
on process auditing, and move towards a more integrated
approach with effective and efficient spending controls,
and specific and measurable goals, while sustaining
resources and assets. We will raise awareness and reward
a culture of efficient spending throughout all
administrative levels. Specialized training for employees
and other key stakeholders will be provided as required,
boosting the performance of finance departments and
internal auditing.
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