Culture and Information Ministry awarded prize of Dynamic

Riyadh, March 09, SPA -- Minister of Culture and Information Dr.
Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja expressed thanks to and appreciation of
the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al
Saud for his support and encouragement for the development of
government departments' electronic transactions and services to keep
abreast of contemporary technology.

In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency, these remarks were
stated by the Minister Dr. Khoja after receiving the "Dynamic
Organization Award 2009" which was awarded to the Ministry of Culture
and Information by a Paris-based organization.
This is the first time the prize was granted to a government body.
Dr. Khoja was handed over the prize at his office here today by Dr
Abdulaziz Al-Melhem, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of
Culture and Information for Planning and Studies, who is also the
General Supervisor of Information Technology.
For his part, Dr. Al-Melhem, who was recently handed over
the award at the Palace of Conferences in Paris, thanked the
Minister of Culture and Information for his efforts to introduce
modern technical means which enabled the Ministry to achieve this
accomplishment.
The award is usually given to four educational,
governmental, industrial and banking agencies across the world by a
committee comprised of 40 arbitrators.

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