Act 4
National Information Technology
Authority, Uganda Act
2009
(d) to regulate and enforce standards for information technology
hardware and software equipment procurement in all
Government Ministries, departments, agencies and parastatals;
(e) to create and manage the national databank, its inputs and
outputs;
(f) to set, monitor and regulate standards for information
technology planning, acquisition, implementation, delivery,
support, organisation, sustenance, disposal, risk management,
data protection, security and contingency planning;
(g) to regulate the electronic signature infrastructure and other
related matters as used in electronic transactions in Uganda;
(h) to promote and provide technical guidance for the establishment
of e-Government, e-Commerce and other e-Transactions in
Uganda;
(i) in liaison with other relevant institutions, to regulate the
information technology profession in Uganda in order to
ensure its effective utilisation promotion and development;
(j) to act as an authentication center for information technology
training in Uganda in conjunction with the Ministry
responsible for Education;
(k) to provide advice on information technology project
management services to Government;
(l) to provide for information management service through acting as
a records management facility and an information depository;
(m) to provide guidance on the establishment of an infrastructure
for information sharing by Government and related
stakeholders;
(n) to provide guidance in information technology audit services
to Government;
(o) to undertake and commission research as may be necessary
to promote the objects of the Authority;
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