{"id":3959,"date":"2025-03-19T20:51:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?page_id=3959"},"modified":"2025-03-20T00:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T00:39:31","slug":"ict-division","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/?page_id=3959","title":{"rendered":"ICT DIVISION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; prev_background_color=&#8221;#777777&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.mnre.gov.ws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/background-scaled.jpg&#8221; min_height=&#8221;905.2px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-300px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; top_divider_style=&#8221;arrow3&#8243; top_divider_height=&#8221;41px&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{%22gcid-3cfc8c0c-5557-4a5d-9dab-24e78d615311%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;effca831-cf1f-4180-9809-16eed7c012cb&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;f61274b5-b69d-45ef-baed-54e85e23e02d&#8221; border_width_bottom=&#8221;1px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><strong>INFORMATION COMMUNICATION &amp; TECHNOLOGY <\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.22.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;effca831-cf1f-4180-9809-16eed7c012cb&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;f61274b5-b69d-45ef-baed-54e85e23e02d&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#000000&#8243; border_style_all=&#8221;inset&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About us\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Information, Communication, and Technology Division (ICT) is one of the supporting Divisions within the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE). 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