The objectives of these Regulations are—

(a) to promote e-government services and electronic communications and transactions with public and private bodies, institutions and citizens;

(b) to promote the use of the internet to provide increased opportunities for citizen participation in Government;

(c) to promote interagency collaboration in providing public services by consolidating, rationalizing and integrating related functions and using internal e-Government processes to improve the service to citizens, efficiency and effectiveness of the processes;

(d) to promote the use of the internet and other appropriate technologies within and across Government agencies in providing Government information and services;

(e) to reduce the cost and burden for Government and businesses entities in the provision of public services;

(f) to improve access and sharing of Government information and services.