Kalimantan Selatan Communication and Information Office Head Muhamad Muslim Talks About Improving Digital Services

Kadis Kominfo Kalsel Muhamad Muslim Bicara Soal Peningkatan Layanan Digital

to English is:

"Dream - Head of the Communication and Informatics Office of South Kalimantan Province (Kalsel) Muhamad Muslim was present at the Digital Transformation Indonesia (DTI) - Conference Expo (CX) 2024. DTI-CX is the largest digital transformation conference and exhibition in Indonesia, which this year is held at JCC, Senayan, Central Jakarta on July 31 - August 1, 2024."

"Attending a major conference in Indonesia, this is truly a great experience in enhancing our transformation, especially in South Kalimantan,""

words of Muhamad Muslim to Dream, Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

"Muhamad Muslim said that technology events like DTI-CX have a significant impact, especially in providing inspiration to the regions about digital development."

Kalimantan Selatan Communication and Information Office Head Muhamad Muslim Talks About Improving Digital Services

"Mudahkan-mudahan ini dapat kita serap atau berinovasikan di daerah sehingga setidaknya-tidaknya upaya kita bertransformasi sistem pemerintahan berbasis digital itu bisa setidaknya ikutlah dengan kota-kota besar lainnya di Indonesia, minimal seperti itu," "Hopefully, we can absorb or innovate this in the regions so that at the very least, our efforts to transform the digital-based government system can at least keep up with other major cities in Indonesia, minimally like that,"

The translation of "ungkap Muhamad Muslim." to English is "express Muhamad Muslim."

The presence of digital conferences also greatly assists local governments in providing knowledge, especially in enhancing the capacity of electronic-based public services. "Moreover, in our efforts to improve public service capacity, as well as the performance of our government that utilizes electronics," he continued.

It is known that DCI-TX presents more than 30 conference sessions, one of which is a seminar titled "National Seminar ASKOMPSI Retrospective on Government Digitalization (2003-2024)." On this occasion, Muhamad Muslim also participated as a speaker at the seminar.

"ASKOMPSI is the Association of Communication and Information Services throughout Indonesia. This seminar features various Communication and Information Services from different provinces, regencies, or cities. It discusses the development of digital services in South Kalimantan. The enhancement of public services digitally in South Kalimantan has started to increase thanks to a lot of input from consultants."

"Alhamdulilah in the past few years, with moments like this, we have also invited friends from other regions or consultant speakers who provide input for our electronic-based government development in South Kalimantan, which is starting to be seen from the improvement of public services digitally in South Kalimantan,""

The translation of "ungkap Muhamad." to English is "reveal Muhamad."

"In the same opportunity, the Head of the East Kalimantan Province Diskominfo, Muhammad Faisal, who is also the Chairperson of ASKOMPSI for the 2023-2025 period, stated that the digital literacy of the Indonesian people is still good."

"Faisal invites both government and private institutions to work together to equalize the development of digital infrastructure throughout Indonesia. "We all have the right to access infrastructure and information services. It is also necessary to have good access and services to build this nation," Faisal explained. Faisal does not deny that building digital infrastructure is indeed not easy. Especially in terms of the costs of establishing fiber optics and BTS, it requires significant financial resources."

"But I want to talk about the existing conditions that hopefully can be helped by the private sector as well as other governments to be able to care. Don't just think about profit but also consider that there are still Indonesian people who have difficulty accessing."

The translation of "terangnya." to English is "its brightness."

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