* KSN gives opinion on OSS GIS

KSN memberi pandangn mengenai OSS GIS

Semalam, Yang Bhg. Tan Sri Mohd Sidek bin Haji Hassan, Ketua Setiausha Negara (KSN) Malaysia telah  sudi mengadakan sesi Townhall (apa maksud tu?) bersama kakitangan kanan Kementerian saya di Putrajaya. Tema beliau adalah "simplicity" dan menjemput semua untuk memberi cadangan bagaimana prestasi perkhidmatan awam boleh dimantapkan lagi serta mengakui beliau bukan tahu semua oleh itu ingin mendapat pandangan kakitangan Kerajaan secara terbuka. Peluang ini saya rebutkan lalu terus bertanya disamping mengumumkan kepada semua disana, manafaat QGIS telah memberi, sehingga kini, melalui latihan dan penggunapakaian QGIS dijabatan saya serta sama ada beliau boleh de facto-kan QGIS bagi semua agensi kerajaan. Walau menyokong Open Source,Tan Sri berkata terdapat isu legacy yang perlu ditangani maka, perlu mengkaji lagi proprietari dan OSS GIS. Saya dah sangka jawapan KSN tersebut tetapi sedia maklum emel saya kepada beliau telah disalurkan kepada Ketua Pengarah MAMPU, Pejabat Perdana Mentgeri, oleh itu, berpendapat beliau telah membuat keputusan sewajar. Yang penting, pandangan saya telah diutarakan secara terbuka dan kepada pihak-pihak tertentu di Kementerian. It's the name of the game!

KSN gives opinion on OSS GIS

Yesterday, the Hon.Tan Sri Mohd Sidek bin Haji Hassan, the Chief Secretary General (KSN) of Malaysia gave a rare opportunity to have a Townhall (wonder what that means)  session with senior staff of my Ministry at Putrajaya. His theme was "simplicity" and invited members of the floor to give suggestions how the public service could be further improved admitting that he does not know all so what better way than to get it from the horse's mouth. It was a chance in a million so I took the opportunity to ask and also make aware to all senior officers there, the benefits QGIS has brought to the government, so far, by way of QGIS training and adoption of QGIS at my department and specifically asking whether he would make it the de facto GIS for public agencies. He replied that whilst he supported Open Source, there were legacy issues to address so he would need to see further between proprietary and OSS GIS. You could say I expected that answer but I know he had earlier forwarded my email to him to the Director General of MAMPU, Prime Minister's Department so I would say he did the right thing. The point was I had made my view public, more importantly, to key personels at my Ministry. It's the name of the game!