Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ During
its irregular meeting on January 6, the Cabinet dissolved the Communications
and Information Technology Authority of Mongolia (CITA) and approved the structure and
strategy of the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications.
Minister of Education and
Science L.Enkh-Amgalan will serve as the Acting Minister of Digital Development
and Communications and B.Bolor-Erdene as the ministry’s Acting State Secretary.
Officials led by Deputy Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat U.Byambasuren worked
at CITA to announce the Cabinet’s decision.
“The State Great Khural and the
Government have identified information and communications technology as a key
economic sector. Moreover, Mongolia’s long-term, development policy ‘Vision
2050’ and the Government’s action program for 2020-2024 include a goal to
become a digital nation and plans are afoot to digitize 90 percent of
government services by 2024,” said Minister L.Enkh-Amgalan. “The parliament…
