INFORMATION POLICY IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Authors

  • Mokmin Basri Selangor International Islamic University College (KUIS)

Keywords:

INFORMATION POLICY, NATIONAL, DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

National and community development commonly rest on the management of information
considering the importance of the role of information, the policies are required to regulate the
infrastructures and sources of information. Historically, the basic concepts and practices of
information policies have changed since 1950 suited with the social needs. In the recent years, the
policies and practices have been integrated with the sophisticated Information and
Technology (IT). This design aims to provide the information more informative easily
consumed by the society. The use of IT based-information is expected to promote the growth of
the modernization of the government and a good e-commerce environment.

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