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Integration and supervision of information systems of the national government, etc.

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By formulating basic policies for the development and management of national information systems and by promoting their standardization and integration, we will enable efficient system development and information coordination that includes private sector information systems. At the same time, we will advance reform of administrative services and reform of business systems in an integrated manner from the users' perspective.

Outline

Digital Agency formulates the basic policies for the development and management of information systems for the national government, local governments, quasi-public sector, etc. In particular, national information systems have been reclassified into the following categories: (1) Digital Agency systems, (2) systems for joint projects between Digital Agency and various ministries and agencies, and (3) systems of various ministries and agencies. It supervises and controls projects related to these systems, and ensures mutual coordination by standardizing and integrating information systems, while examining whether they comply with the basic policies.

In addition, the budgets will be allocated to Digital Agency in a lump sum, which will then be allocated to each ministry for execution. This will enable strategic investments in line with the overall policies of the Japanese government. In particular, (1) the Digital Agency system will serve as a common infrastructure for each ministry, and Digital Agency will develop and operate it on its own.

Recent Efforts

Formulation of basic policies for development and management of Information Systems (development policies)

The MIC has formulated basic policies for the development and management of information systems in the national government, local public entities, quasi-public sector, etc. (development policies).

Formulation of medium - and long-term plans by the Cabinet Office and each Ministry

Based on the "Priority Plan for the Realization of a Digital Society" (decided by the Cabinet on June 7, 2022), each ministry formulated a medium - to long-term plan that specifies initiatives such as investment and policies such as business process reengineering (BPR) and cost reduction for individual information systems to form a digital society.

Formulation of a medium - to long-term plan for information systems (the Digital Agency Medium - to Long-

Based on the "Priority Plan for the Realization of a Digital Society" (decided by the Cabinet on June 7, 2022), the "Medium - to Long-Term Plan on Information Systems" (the Digital Agency Medium - to Long-Term Plan) was formulated. The Digital Agency Medium - to Long-Term Plan summarizes specific initiatives to realize a digital society in China, particularly initiatives related to information systems.

Development of the Digital Agency System and systems for joint projects between Digital Agency and various ministries and agencies

Digital Agency maintains and operates on its own the (I) Digital Agency System, which is shared by various ministries and agencies, and the (ii) Joint Project-type Systems between Digital Agency and various ministries and agencies. We are promoting the development of these systems in collaboration with the various ministries and agencies, and are moving forward with initiatives such as integrating the LAN environments of the various ministries and agencies, which have been developed separately, revamping the structure of information systems, which have particularly large operational and other costs, moving individual information systems to the cloud, and improving UI/UX.

Conduct government-wide project reviews

③ Government-wide projects, including those of the Cabinet Office and each Ministry's computer system, are reviewed in cooperation with each Ministry from the viewpoint of whether they are in line with governmental policies. In order to improve the quality of project management in the future, the use of private sector personnel is being actively promoted.

MIERUKA of costs and cost-effectiveness of each ministry's information systems

Based on the "Priority Plan for the Realization of a Digital Society (Cabinet Decision on June 21, 2024)", we will promote efforts to "visualize" information systems costs and cost effectiveness in order to improve the convenience of digitalization and to have people feel the results.

Efforts to improve cost structure

We have reviewed our cost reduction measures and are actively implementing measures to improve our cost structure.

Meetings, etc.