Government Cloud Platform

Department of Information and Communications Technology

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Government Cloud Platform

The Government Cloud platform is a sanctioned cloud platform for all Government Departments at the National and Provincial levels can use to host or deploy ICT Cloud Solutions.

The Digital Government Act 2022, Part III- Digital Infrastructure, section 25 – Government Leased Cloud Infrastructure gives mandate DICT to establish a cloud platform for National Government Departments and Provincial Governments to utilize to deploy ICT Cloud Solutions and infrastructure.

The “Cloud First” approach will enable National Government Departments and Provincial Governments to have access to current and emerging technologies to further enhance and digitize their respective processes and operational mandates.

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Share Services under the Digital Government Act 2022, Part IV-Digital Services and related matters. Allows for DICT and other Government bodies to share digital services through the following Digital Service modals

· Government to Government (G2G)

· Government to Businesses (G2)

· Government to Citizen (G2C)

We deploy government ICT services based on the 3 models of Cloud technology.

· Infrastructure as a Service.

· Software as a Service.

· Platform as a Service.

Contact our onboarding@digital.gov.pg team to find out more.

Agency	Domain Name	Status
Digital (Digital Government)	digital.gov.pg	Registered
Kerowagi District Development Authority	kerowagi.gov.pg	Registered
Department of Foreign Affairs	dfa.gov.pg	Registered
Office of the Member for South Bougainville	southernstar.gov.pg	Registered
National Information Center	info.gov.pg	Registered
Public Service Commission	psc.gov.pg	Registered
Bougainville House of Representatives	bhor.gov.pg	Registered
East New Britain Provincial Government	enb.gov.pg	Registered
Department of ICT	ict.gov.pg	Registered
National Procurement Commission	npc.gov.pg	Registered
Social Law and Order Sector	slos.gov.pg	Registered
Open Government Partnership	ogp.gov.pg	Registered
Department of Provincial and Local Level Gov Affairs	dplga.gov.pg	Registered
Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary	rpngc.gov.pg	Registered
Department of Prime Minister & National Executive Council	pmnec.gov.pg	Registered
National Gender Base Violence Secretariat	ngbvs.gov.pg	Registered
East Sepik Provincial Health Authourity	espha.gov.pg	Registered
National Fisheries Authourity	nfa.gov.pg	Registered
Nipa Kutubu Electorate	nipakutubu.gov.pg	Registered

Government Domain Name Hosting

The Department of Information and Communication is the mandated department that will administer all Government domain names (.gov.pg) .

It is a requirement for all Government public bodies and Departments to re-delegate all their domain names(.gov.pg) to the Government Cloud Platform.

UNITECH is the sole DNS register for the Top Level Domain Name(.pg) for PNG. DICT will only manage the government domain names(.gov.pg).

Contact our onboarding@digital.gov.pg team to find out more.

Virtual Private Cloud Features

Active Directory
- Multizone Fully redundant
- 5 Elastic IP Addresses
- NAT Gateways
- DNS Services
- IPv4 and IPv6
- VPN Services (Site-to-site & Client VPN)
Security Group Configurations for Virtual Machines
- Network Access List (Network Security)
- Transit Gateways
- Customized Virtual Machine Templates
- Backup & Disaster Recovery

Virtual Machine are customizable to suite your needs.

Contact our onboarding@digital.gov.pg team to find out more.

Web Hosting

The Government Cloud Platform now enables National
Government Departments, Provincial Government and other Government public
bodies to now host and manage their own websites.

All hosted websites are deployed on a dedicated server that can be access through a management panel that you can manage on your own.

All web hosting servers can host websites developed on WordPress, Joomla or Drupal or any of your preferred Content Management Systems.

Contact our onboarding@digital.gov.pg team to find out more.

Email Hosting

The Government Cloud Platform now enables National
Government Departments, Provincial Government and other Government public bodies to now host and manage their own Email Services.

AWS Workmail is the preferred email platform that is used to deploy email services Government Departments and. This email service uses IMAP and Exchange Active sync configurations for email
clients.

If you prefer Microsoft Exchange

based email service then you are required to purchase or use your own valid
Microsoft Exchange License. The email service will be deployed within your
private virtual cloud platform (VPC).

Contact our onboarding@digital.gov.pg
team to find out more.

Software as a Service

The Government Cloud Platform now enables National Government Departments, Provincial Governments and other Government public bodies to now host, manage and deploy SaaS solutions.

SaaS offering you do not have to think about how the service is maintained or how the underlying infrastructure is managed; you only need to think about how you will use that particular piece of software.

All SaaS deployments will have access to more then 300+ AWS Services built on the latest emerging technology.

The SaaS solutions will be design and architected by DICT’s Government Cloud technical team or third-party Solutions providers that have been vetted and issued Certificate of compliance (CoC) by the Department of Information and Communication Technology.

Contact our onboarding@digital.gov.pg team to find out more.

Platform as a service(PaaS)

The Government Cloud Platform now enables National Government Departments, Provincial Governments and other Government public bodies to now host, manage and deploy PaaS solutions.

All PaaS deployments will have access to more then 300+ AWS Services built on the latest emerging technology.

PaaS Solutions are value added services that allows for API’s or platforms that you can subscribe and have access to the platform’s value-added services.

This encourages digitization and automation of manual processes as well as allow for innovative applications that can be developed by Software or Application developers by citizens and businesses.

Platforms as a service remove the need for organizations to manage the underlying infrastructure (usually hardware and operating systems) and allow you to focus on the deployment and management of your applications.

The PaaS solutions will be design and architected by DICT’s Government Cloud technical team or third-party Solutions providers that have been vetted and issued Certificate of compliance (CoC) by the Department of Information and Communication Technology.

Contact our onboarding@digital.gov.pg team to find out more.

Desktop as a Service

The Government Cloud Platform now enables National
Government Departments, Provincial Governments and other Government public
bodies to now host, manage and deploy Virtual Desktop as a Service.

The Virtual desktop service is ideal for deploying application services that is used across your organization. It allows for Office Applications to be securely accessed at remote places. Whether you at the District Office, Provincial Office or away on a duty trip overseas, you will have access to all your office applications as well as Data from anywhere.

Contact our onboarding@digital.gov.pg team to find out more.

Disaster Recovery Solutions

The Government Cloud Platform now enables National
Government Departments, Provincial Government and other Government public
bodies to now host and manage their own Disaster Recovery Services. We can deploy disaster recovery solutions using the AWS Disaster Recovery Services. The backed up Data are encrypted whilst at rest or inflight.

Contact our onboarding@digital.gov.pg team to find out more.

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Dept of Information & Communication Technology
PO Box 784
Vision City, National Capital District, PNG

Email:info@ict.gov.pg
Phone: +675 3250171
Location: Islander Drive, Waigani Drive, NCD

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