Plan to create digital development ministry to be sent to Legislature
02/17/2021 10:28 PM
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Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) A proposal for the establishment of a Ministry of Digital Development will be submitted to the Legislative Yuan during the current plenary session, a Cabinet official said Wednesday.
According to the Executive Yuan s plan, the ministry will be tasked with supervising the information and communication technology industry as well as network infrastructure construction and management of information and communication security.
The digital development ministry will incorporate the business of various government agencies, such as the National Communications Commission (NCC) and Department of Posts and Telecommunications under the Ministry of Transportation and Communication, the Industrial Development Bureau under the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Department of Information Management under the National Development Council and the Cabinet s Department of In