First meeting for the establishment of "Digital Agency" Prime Minister Suga "Basic policy at the end of the year" September 23, 11:52
Toward the establishment of the "Digital Agency", the government held the first meeting of all ministers' meetings.
At the end of the year, Prime Minister Suga set a basic policy and instructed the ordinary Diet session next year to accelerate the work to submit the bill necessary for the new establishment.
All ministers attended the first meeting, and Prime Minister Suga said, "The response to the new corona virus has revealed various issues such as the delay in digitization of the national and local governments and the shortage of human resources." In order to solve the problem drastically, we reiterated our policy of establishing a new "Digital Agency" that will centrally handle digitalization.
He
also expressed his intention to
unify the systems of the national and local governments, promote the spread of My Number Cards, and make
administrative procedures online using smartphones.
On top of that, "The Digital Agency needs to be a powerful organization that has a powerful command tower function, attracts highly qualified personnel regardless of public or private, and leads the digitization of society as a whole. At the end of the year, a basic policy will be set. I would like to submit the necessary bill to the ordinary session of the Diet next year, "he said, instructing the acceleration of work.
After this, the minister in charge of digital reform, Hirai, told reporters, "All ministers were instructed to cooperate in major reforms with all their might. I would like to set up a preparatory office for the establishment of the Digital Agency within this month." Said.