The Seoul Metropolitan Government, , has issued letters of appointment to its Governance Team set to integrate technology with the city’s administration services. The was by networks firm ICON on Feb. 8.
The Seoul Governance Team was by the Metropolitan Government, with the aim of investigating the benefits of in the city’s administration across several areas, including digital document verification and sub-contract payment.
The team reportedly consists of 100 participants between the ages of 21 and 77, including university students, corporate employees, developers, and others. Within the initiative, the team members will test the pilot version of -based administration services, and are expected to provide comments and recommendations between January 2019 and December 2020.
To issue mobile letters of appointment, the Seoul Metropolitan Government reportedly chose the public of ICON that will purportedly ensure against falsification and fake issuance. J.H. Kim, council member of the ICON Foundation and CEO of ICONLOOP, said that the company “expect[s] the increase in public use-cases led by , and this appointment letter issuance is a starting point to show a clear example of how can be used in government.”
In January, South Korea’s Yeongdeungpo-gu — an administrative district in southwest Seoul — it aims to strengthen administrative transparency by applying a -based evaluation system. The district reportedly plans to expand the system to the whole department, as well as other municipalities.
Also that month, South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) a pilot for developing applications for the defense industry, wherein the ministry is planning to provide grants of up to 600 million South Korean won (about $530,000) for each project.
Published at Sat, 09 Feb 2019 01:59:32 +0000
