Very important point you've raised Saidi!   Gosh I hope they have those guidelines otherwise they are very likely going to face some serious nightmares after spending millions/billions of shillings.   What you've raised is very important but unfortunately it seems nothing will be done about it. Actually the country can become crippled,.just like what seems to be happening at the port with Kwatos, then it will cost the economy a couple of more billions!   o_O? ------------------------------------ A fool is not a danger to himself, but to everyone else around him. --- On Wed, 7/23/08, saidimu apale <saidimu@gmail.com> wrote: From: saidimu apale <saidimu@gmail.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] harmonization policy for government ICT projects? To: "Skunk Works" <skunkworks@my.co.ke>, "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 4:50 PM The Ministry of Lands is going hi-tech (http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=127900), so is/was the Immigration Ministry, the Ports Authority with its failed/failing KWATOS system, the KRA... etc. Is there a gov't policy to guide Ministries or gov't agencies on implementation of such complex systems? A set of guidelines/best-practices? Minimum standards on care and retention of Kenyans' personal information? Most of those systems have a basic set of identical data (Kenyans' personal information: name, ID, etc): any guidelines on how the systems should inter-operate? In case of conflicting personal data, which of these systems is "official"? Apologies if this was discussed/settled earlier. Saidi _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@my.co.ke http://ole.kenic.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Blog http://skunkworks-ke.blogspot.com Beta Blog http://blog.my.co.ke