Government Technology Agency

Government Technology Agency
Agency overview
Formed1 October 2016 (2016-10-01)
Preceding agency
  • National Computer Board (NCB)
    Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS)
    Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA)
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore
Headquarters10 Pasir Panjang Road, #10-01 Mapletree Business City, Singapore 117438
Annual budgetS$238.93 million (2017) [1]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Joseph Leong, Chairman
  • Goh Wei Boon, CEO
  • Chang Sau Sheong, Deputy Chief Executive (Product and Engineering, TMO / CODE)
  • Henry Chang, Deputy Chief Executive (Services, Governance and Cybersecurity)
Parent agencyPrime Minister's Office
Websitewww.tech.gov.sg

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is a statutory board of the Government of Singapore, under the Prime Minister's Office. It was restructured from Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) in 2016,[2][3] and officially legislated in Parliament on 18 August that year.[4]

  1. ^ "Head Q: MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION" (PDF). Budget 2017: Revenue and Expenditure Estimates. Ministry of Finance. February 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ "IDA, MDA to be restructured to capitalise on converging media and ICT landscape". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. ^ "GovTech about using technology to create citizen-centric solutions: CEO". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Parliament passes Info-communications Media Development Authority Bill". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.

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