Oman ranked third in e-governance index

Tokyo: Oman has been ranked among the top three countries in e-government in a new report.
The e-government report for 2017 issued by the Institute of e-Government at Japanese Waseda University, has ranked the Sultanate third in its overall index.
It also ranked Oman first in the Arab world and eighth in the index of administrative development. Singapore leads the general index, followed by Denmark and the United States of America.
It includes several sub-indicators, including Internet infrastructure, government services provided through the Internet, government e-gates, open data, cybersecurity and e-participation, as well as monitoring the main trends in the use of ICT in government activities.
Some of the new indicators include smart cities, cloud computing, Information and communication to combat corruption. —ONA