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Entries Being Accepted for Career Awareness Week 2024 Poster Competition

The Ministry of Education and Youth is accepting entries for its annual National Career Awareness Week 2024 poster competition. This competition is open to students at the primary and secondary levels and will culminate during the Week’s celebrations. In collaboration...

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Programme Manager at the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU), Luke Jackson.

Data Centre Upgrade Project Near Completion

Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Enthrose Campbell (fourth left); Corporate Services Director, Errol Gardner (left); and Human Resources Director, David Knight (right), share a moment with winners and finalists in the JIS Heritage Competition at the awards ceremony held at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on December 12.

JIS Awards 2023 Heritage Competition Winners

Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay, says access will be granted to the Data Controller registration form after the Data Protection Regulations have been promulgated.

OIC Launches Website to Facilitate Registration

Digital padlock icon, cyber security network and data protection technology on virtual interface screen.

Data Protection Act Takes Effect Today

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan.

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ATI Unit Services Being Bolstered

Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, says the Access to Information (ATI) Unit is undertaking pivotal initiatives aimed at elevating its services. “There is an upgrade taking place, currently, of the ATI website, as well as aligning it to modern accessibility standards,” he indicated. Mr. Morgan said the vision...

Minister with responsibility for Information and Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Central, Hon. Robert Morgan, makes his contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on November 28. Listening are State Minister for National Security and Member of Parliament West Rural St. Andrew Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (left), and Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern, Ann-Marie Vaz.

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Broadcasters Commence Testing for Digital Switchover

Various broadcasters have commenced testing for digital switchover (DSO), says Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan. DSO refers to the transition from analogue television broadcasting to digital television broadcasting. It will involve a phased transition from the outdated analogue technology to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0, also...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan makes a statement in the House of Representatives on November 28.

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JIS Modernising, Expanding Reach

Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, has hailed the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) for steps being taken to modernise and increase its presence to reach Jamaicans wherever they reside. He cited, among other things, the pending launch of an online radio option, as well as a main channel to transmit government events in real time, and the establishment...

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst, National Housing Trust (NHT), Shauntelle Ricketts (left), engages with from (from second left) Head of Department/Senior Lecturer and Museum Curator, Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Dr. Sherene James-Williamson; Vice President and Executive Director of Trimble, Albert Momo; and Director General in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr. Sharon Morrison. The occasion was the 21st National Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day event held on November 15 at the Mona campus in St. Andrew.

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PHOTOS: GIS Day Exhibition

Project Manager, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dane Mclean (right) shares information about the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank at the agency’s head office in Kingston. Listening is Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney.

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JSIF Looking to Provide Additional Support Under Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project

With the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) ending in May 2024, the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is looking to provide additional support under the initiative where necessary. “In terms of the National Risk Information Platform (NRIP), initially it was going to be primarily looking at having most of the data local. We have been able to identify additional resources,...

Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner, Celia Barclay.

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Registration of Data Controllers Begins Dec. 1

Data Controllers in Jamaica are being encouraged to prepare for registration with the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) come December 1. Under the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2020, data controllers are considered to be organisations or individuals that process the personal information of others. “If you are holding, receiving, using, collecting, or dealing with personal data of any individual,...

Principal Director (Acting) of the National Spatial Data Management Branch, Simone Lloyd, speaks at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank.

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Jamaica to Host First Trimble Day in the Caribbean

Jamaica will host Trimble Day in the Caribbean for the first time on Thursday (November 16) as part of activities to observe Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Week. Trimble is an international technology firm delivering solutions that enable companies and organisations to operate more efficiently and improve productivity, quality, safety, transparency and sustainability. Trimble Day, which will be held at the...