Speaker inaugurates MIS for activities of parliamentary committees
Dhaka: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Monday said newly introduced Management Information System (MIS) will play a special role to ensure competence, transparency and accountability in the activities of parliamentary standing committees.
‘Management Information System will be introduced in the financial oversight committees first. Through it, the transparency, competence and accountability of Public Accounts Committee, Committee on Estimates and Committee on Public Undertakings will be ensured,’ she said.
The Speaker, also the chairperson of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, said this while inaugurating the MIS in the Oath Room of the parliament.
Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said three separate websites will be developed under financial oversight committee through MIS. She also said that similar websites will be established for other committees gradually.
She said MIS will be connected with concerned websites and through it the notice of committee meeting, press release, committee report and follow-up report will be published immediately to reach concerned people.
MIS activities, consistent with the rules of procedure of the parliament, will further strengthen the activities of parliamentary committees, said the Speaker adding that this will help move the digitization activities of the parliament one step forward.
Observing that the type of activities of all parliamentary committee is not the same, she said there will be some changes in the activities of the committees to be consistent with MIS.