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organization under the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology hasresponsibility for monitoring progress by closely coordinating with relevant agencies suchas the Prime Minister’s Office, which overseeing government procurement.(4) The Government Data Exchange (GDX) projectThe project aims to enable every public organization to exchange dataefficiently by using data-code and data-exchange standards through thegovernment's high-speed Intranet.All government agencies should prepare their database system to allow fordata exchange with others electronically. Such preparation includes datadirectory, identification of specific staff responsible for exchanging data, inthe capacity of users and providers, the log-file of operation for recordingdata enquiries by public organizations, and the use of electronic signature.Where the public sector has already provided information to the public, theorganizations owning the data may offer the private sector such datathrough the GDX by using the same standards and methods.The appropriate organization under the ICT Ministry is to take leadresponsibility for the establishment and administration of the GDX bycoordinating with relevant agencies.(5) The National Spatial Data Infrastructure projectThe project aims to coordinate the implementation of the GeographicInformation System (GIS) among relevant organizations and define spatialdata standards, so that organizations can run on the same standards withthe same metadata. This includes the spatial data improvement of theorganization under the Ministry of Information and CommunicationTechnology, which is to have a major role in setting up standards andregulations.(6) The e-Government Institute projectThe objective of the project is to have an agency overseeing thedevelopment and enhancement of the standard of human resources in thepublic sector in preparation for e-government, at both the organizational28 Thailand ICT Master Plan (2002-2006)