Govt. Rolls Out Public Sector Remote Work Guidelines 📈

The Government has issued interim digital guidelines to expand remote work across the public sector to manage energy constraints and ensure service continuity. • Strategy & Leadership: Led by the Digital Economy Ministry following directives from Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya to ease pressure on fuel and energy resources. • Legal Framework: Operations will leverage the Electronic Transactions Act, No. 19 of 2006, recognizing digital signatures, scanned signatures, and official emails as legally valid for government documents. • Technology & Tools: Institutions are directed to use the official meet.gov.lk platform for virtual meetings, with provisions for hybrid or fully remote arrangements. • Implementation: Under Circular No. 02/2026, all Ministry Secretaries and Heads of Departments must adopt these guidelines to improve efficiency and ICT/BPM literacy within the state workforce. • Data Security: Guidelines emphasize strict safeguards for official data as services transition to the Digital Economy Blueprint framework. _Source: Ministry of Digital Economy (Provisional Guidelines)_