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Citizen Engagement, E-Government

NZ “igovt” project gets more funding for expansion

By Adrienne Valdez | 23 May 2011

New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs’ igovt project will get $27.6 million over the next two years to make it easier for people to interact with government online.

The igovt project helps users verify their identities to government service providers securely via the Internet, with two separate, but related services- logon and identity verification.

The logon service gives users the same logon details to access all participating government service provider’s online services. This saves citizens from having to remember multiple logon details for different services. While the identity verification service verifies identities to participating government service providers via the Internet, replacing the process of document submission in service applications.

According to Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy, “The igovt services provide an easy and secure way of accessing government services online and proving identity. This is another important step by the Internal Affairs Department to coordinate the use of information and communications technology across government.”

Many government agencies, including the Labour Department, New Zealand Transport Agency, the Police, Internal Affairs Department, and the Auckland and Wellington City Councils, are already using igovt log-ons for various online services and an increasing number of agencies are looking to adopt it this year for their services.

“Without this investment, most government agencies would be forced to develop their own authentication and verification systems. This duplication would be expensive and complicated, and many smaller agencies simply wouldn’t be able to provide online services,” Guy added.

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