Standing Committee of provincial People's Council supervises localities on work of arrangement and merger

On the morning of May 28, a supervising delegation of Binh Duong Provincial People's Council Standing Committee led by Ms. Nguyen Truong Nhat Phuong, Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council, had a meeting with People's Committee of Thuan An City on the preparation of conditions, facilities, and arrangement of working offices for new communes and wards after the arrangement and merger; the preparation of operating conditions for the new commune-level Public Administration Service Center; the digitization of documents, archiving and management of documents, and digital databases in the area. Accordingly, after the merger, Thuan An City has 5 wards, including Thuan An, Binh Hoa, Lai Thieu, Thuan Giao and An Phu wards.

At the meeting, Representatives from various departments and branches of Thuan An City requested that the Provincial Department of Finance promptly advise and submit a proposal to the Provincial People's Committee. This proposal would seek approval for the planned renovation and repair of the new People's Committee headquarters in the ward, in order to meet the working needs for the foreseeable future. Department of Finance and Department of Home Affairs should soon issue documents guiding the standards and norms for working offices and the number of employees of new grassroots administrative units to meet working needs in the coming time.

Department of Home Affairs advises Provincial People's Committee to issue a plan to digitize archived documents of agencies and organizations when reorganizing the apparatus in the province. At the same time, Department of Science, Technology and Communications will soon issue a document guiding the restructuring of the network system and the operation of information technology equipment systems to ensure information security and network security...

* On the same day, a working delegation of Standing Committee of Provincial People's Council led by Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai, Head of Legal Committee of Provincial People's Council, inspected and supervised Tan Uyen City on the process of transferring administrative procedures, upgrading technical infrastructure, digitizing records, and arranging working offices.

At the meeting, after listening to representatives of Tan Uyen City report on the arrangement of working headquarters for the new grassroots administrative unit, the delegates clarified a number of issues related to document digitization, document storage and management; upgrading technical infrastructure, transmission lines; transferring administrative procedures...

* On the same afternoon, Provincial People's Council working delegation led by Ms. Nguyen Truong Nhat Phuong, Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Council, inspected and supervised Di An City on the preparation of conditions, facilities and arrangement of working offices for new wards after the arrangement and merger according to the general policy of the Central and the province.

At the meeting, Di An City reported on the preparation progress, proactively arranged working headquarters and ward-level Public Administration Service Centers in accordance with the reality of each locality. In which, the new Di An ward will use the existing headquarters of Di An city as its headquarters. The new Dong Hoa Ward will use the existing headquarters of 3 wards: Dong Hoa, Binh An and Binh Thang. The new Tan Dong Hiep Ward will arrange its headquarters at the existing facilities of Tan Dong Hiep and Tan Binh wards. At the same time, Di An City proposed that Provincial People's Committee invest in additional equipment and renovate facilities to ensure that the new headquarters can operate effectively and serve people and businesses well as soon as they come into operation. In particular, the city proposes to replace old, low-configuration machinery and equipment with new, high-performance equipment to meet the requirements of document digitization and administrative reform.

For Public Administration Service Centers of the new wards, the city proposes to expand the usable area at Dong Hoa and Tan Binh reception points (in the new Tan Dong Hiep ward) by connecting walls or using adjacent rooms to arrange functional areas. The city proposed to supplement equipment and mobilize personnel from Provincial Public Administration Service Center - Di An Branch to work at new centers to ensure sufficient resources to serve people in performing administrative procedures and online public services.

Standing Committee of Provincial People's Council acknowledged the opinions and recommendations from localities and stated that it will issue a document summarizing these for the Provincial People's Committee's consideration.

Reported by T.Thao, H.Thuy, D. Trong - Translated by Ngoc Huynh