▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁Service ▁Computer ization ▁Program me ▁( CS CP ), ▁which ▁the ▁Singapore an ▁government ▁launched ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁to ▁turn ▁Singapore ' s ▁public ▁sector ▁as ▁a ▁world - class ▁explo iter ▁of ▁IT . ▁The ▁initial ▁goal ▁was ▁the ▁improvement ▁of ▁internal ▁oper ational ▁effic ien cies ▁through ▁the ▁autom ation ▁of ▁traditional ▁work ▁functions ▁in ▁the ▁b ureau c racy . ▁Within ▁twenty ▁years , ▁the ▁Internet ▁was ▁integrated ▁into ▁the ▁framework ▁so ▁that ▁IT ▁became ▁a ▁tool ▁for ▁public ▁service ▁delivery . ▁By ▁the ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Singapore ▁launched ▁its ▁own ▁e - g overn ment ▁platform ▁with ▁the ▁following ▁object ives : ▁▁ ▁re - in vent ▁government ▁in ▁the ▁digital ▁economy ; ▁ ▁deliver ▁integrated ▁electronic ▁service ▁delivery ; ▁ ▁use ▁I CT ▁to ▁build ▁new ▁capabilities ▁and ▁capac ities ; ▁and , ▁ ▁In nov ate ▁with ▁I CT . ▁ ▁The ▁S GE A ▁was ▁adopted ▁to ▁drive ▁the ▁e - g overn ment ▁initi ative . ▁The ▁expectation ▁for ▁its ▁ad option ▁was ▁that ▁it ▁will ▁transform ▁the ▁public ▁sector ▁by ▁optim izing ▁end - to - end ▁business ▁processes ▁and ▁system ▁capabilities ▁so ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁aligned ▁with ▁the ▁Singapore an ▁government ' s ▁needs , ▁miss ions , ▁and ▁strateg ies . ▁This ▁is ▁demonstrated ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁the ▁government ▁adopted ▁frameworks ▁that ▁are ▁custom ized ▁according ▁to ▁its ▁structure ▁and ▁components ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁its ▁economy ,