The use of information technology to establish good governance and knowledge-based economy.
Mission:
The best use of information technology for ensuring infrastructure development, skilled human resource, employment creation and establishment of e-services as well as good governance.
Strategic Objectives:
1. Create high bandwidth network with e-Communication up to grass root level.
2. Create appropriate ICT infrastructure to disseminate information technology service throughout the country.
3. Coordination of ICT activities among public and private sector.
4. Sustainable maintenance of infrastructure for seamless service of ICT.
5. Create ICT service for creating skilled ICT professional in the government level.
6. Capacity development of ICT human resources to meet the challenges of the fast changing technology.
7. Disseminate ICT knowledge to all levels of government and public.
8. Formulate ICT related rules, regulations, policy, procedures and standards.
9. Standardization and maintain interoperability of ICT services and equipments.
10. Provide support for research, development and adopt modern technology.
Functions:
1. Provide technical assistance for the implementation of e-governance activities in government departments;
2. Ensuring and coordinating the use and application of ICT at all levels of government;
3. Assist, maintain and support the creation of appropriate ICT infrastructure in all departments up to the field level;
4. Transfer of technical and specialized knowledge of information technology at all levels;
5. Formulation and implementation of policies to improve the equity of IT related manpower;
6. Initiatives to provide services to the people electronically up to the grassroots level;
7. Ensuring ICT related equipment, software, connectivity, standards and interoperability;
8. Provide research, development and support for modern technology assimilation at all levels;
9. Supporting ICT education and building a digital Bangladesh;
10. Assist in business development in IT sector by identifying obstacles and challenges in business development in IT sector;
11. Human resource development through ICT training;
12. Assistance in the use and maintenance of computer equipment at the field level, especially in computer labs set up in educational institutions and other government institutions;
13. Provide technical support for the maintenance and upkeep of web portals and networks in all government departments at the field level; And
14. Assist in providing, storing, updating and maintaining web portals in the digital centers already established at the district / upazila / union level;