Digital Government Authority aims to maximize economic return from digital investment: official

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The Digital Government Authority aims to maximize the economic return from government digital investment through the Pilot Regulatory Environment initiative, which will draw a road map, according to Abdullah Al-Faifi, General Supervisor of Digital Investment and Procurement.

In a statement to Argaam during the launch of the Pilot Regulatory Environment Initiative today, Nov. 8, Al-Faifi said that the government spends about SAR 11 billion annually on the digital government.

The first phase of the regulatory environment extends from six to 12 months, depending on the maturity of government services and technical companies. In the next phases, it will be applied to other public and private sector companies, according to the official.

He indicated that the digital government is the national reference and the authority responsible for regulating all related works in the Kingdom.

It will work on the governance and regulation of all roles between the service provider as a company and the government entity as a beneficiary.

The goal is to integrate all services, increase the satisfaction of beneficiaries, as well as maximize the return and economic impact, in addition to regulating the work of the digital government and clarifying the intellectual property of data and services provided by the private sector to government agencies, said Al-Faifi.