GOVERNMENT
OF HARYANA
POLICY FOR
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT, HOSTING AND MAINTENANCE
The
IT Policy 2000 of the State emphasizes the use of Web Technology to disseminate
the information across the world and to enhance the citizen-IT interface.
Also, the Policy recognizes the need of using Web Potential in bridging the
gap between the Government and the Citizen. Therefore, it has been highlighted
that wherever citizen interface is involved, Web enabled applications will
be developed. All public domain information like official gazette notifications,
acts, rules, regulations, circulars, policies and programme documents would
be digitized and made available for electronic access on Web. The NIC has
developed, hosted and maintaining the official website of the State at URL
http://haryana.nic.in. The websites of other departments are also connected
to this website. This site is updated, based on the information made available
by DPR Haryana. All Government tenders, employment news, public domain information
and notices issued by Government for general public shall be published on
this website. Hartron has also set up a Portal at URL http://haryanaonline.com
for commercial marketing and advertising.
The process of
developing organization specific websites has also started and a number Departments,
Boards and Corporation and district authorities have made their web presence.
But, this entire effort needs to streamlined and integrated into a well knit
web for the State Government. That gives impetus to the preparation of a policy
for the Website Development, Hosting and Maintenance for various State Government
Departments, Boards and Corporations.
The
Websites have been acknowledged as a medium of information dissemination,
marketing, image building and to act as single window for myriad needs of
global community about various products and services being offered by various
organizations. Horizontal and vertical Portals have become answers to these
requirements and are becoming popular day by day across the globe. But to
make effective use of the Web potential, a number of issues need to be addressed
properly:
[B]
ISSUES AND CONCERNS RELATING TO WEBSITES AND PORTALS
Domain
Name Conventions;
Ownership, Rights and Control;
Content Development;
Layout Planning and Designing;
Hosting on efficient servers;
Proper Updation and Maintenance;
Website Promotion and Marketing;
Legal framework.
All
these issues needs to be properly addressed to make the best use of the net
potential and to attain a competitive advantage for the State of Haryana.
[C]
General Guidelines on publishing Government Information
With
the growing popularity and reach of the Internet to more and more people day
by day, it has become an easy, fast and effective way of reaching out to the
people. Every government organization or department which has to deal with
lot of people or which has to disseminate information to masses should opt
for putting all the relevant information on the web. Few basic advantages
of putting the information on web are as follows:
Easy
and fast access to the information.
Global reaches.
Increase in popularity.
Less rush in the offices.
Increased efficiency in replying to the public queries.
Cost
efficiency.
More
attractive way to advertise itself.
Increased
public awareness
A few
of the categories of the web sites are as follows
Government department/
Ministry.
Educational and
research institutes.
Boards and Corporations.
Events e.g. festivals
and Melas etc.
Autonomous bodies.
Magazines and news
papers.
Entertainment sites.
Commercial Portals
(Horizontal/Vertical)
2.
What to publish
First point to
note here is that only the information which is not confidential or which
will not cause any harm to the organization if made public should be published.
Few basic things which every department can put on the web are:
