Nghe An: Strictly handle violations in the work of protecting state secrets
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of August 17, under the chairmanship of Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Xuan Dai, the Provincial People's Committee had a working session with the working delegation of the Ministry of Public Security to approve the conclusion of the inspection of state secret protection work in Nghe An province.
Previously, the working group of the Ministry of Public Security inspected the work of protecting state secrets in Nghe An province at 6 units: the Provincial People's Committee Office, the Department of Home Affairs, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Department of Planning and Investment, the Vinh City People's Committee and the Nghi Loc District People's Committee.
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| Overview of the working session. Photo: Phu Huong |
Through the inspection results, the main contents in the work of protecting state secrets have been implemented quite seriously by units in Nghe An province.
The Provincial People's Committee has established a Steering Committee for the protection of state secrets, which was completed in 2018. The Steering Committee and the standing body have advised the Provincial People's Committee to effectively implement the protection of state secrets, creating important changes for the team of leaders and civil servants directly involved in the protection of state secrets. The Provincial People's Committee has developed and issued documents on the protection of state secrets; organized many training sessions and signed commitments on the protection of state secrets for the team of officials working on this issue.
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| The delegation representative recommended that Nghe An should take measures to overcome shortcomings in the work of protecting state secrets in the area. Photo: Phu Huong |
However, there are still some existing problems such as: A number of civil servants and public employees directly involved have not been fully informed of regulations on protecting state secrets, leading to low awareness of this work and limited implementation; many officials have not yet mastered the list of documents related to state secrets; there is still a situation of drafting and storingConfidential documents on computers connected to the system or the internet; propaganda work is still formal, some cadres are still subjective, taking lightly the work of protecting state secrets; inspection of compliance with this issue in some units is not regular, handling of violations is not serious and deterrent enough...
At the working session, the representative of the working delegation of the Ministry of Public Security requested the People's Committee of Nghe An province to organize experience sharing, clarify the causes and propose measures to overcome the limitations mentioned after the inspection. Strengthen propaganda, equip key leaders and officials with legal knowledge and skills; strictly comply with regulations in drafting and transferring confidential documents, put an end to the situation of drafting and transferring on computers with network and internet connection, taking photos of documents via phone and sending via email; periodically organize annual inspections and strictly handle violations...
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| Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Xuan Dai assigned relevant departments to rectify existing problems in the work of protecting state secrets. Photo: Phu Huong |
Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Xuan Dai affirmed that Nghe An is seriously aware of the shortcomings in the work of protecting state secrets in the area that the working delegation has pointed out; fully absorb the recommendations of the delegation, organize experience drawing, clarify the causes to have remedial measures.
He also requested the PA83 Department - Provincial Police to coordinate with the Provincial People's Committee Office to advise the Provincial People's Committee on documents to immediately rectify the limitations related to the work of protecting state secrets; issue plans for units to overcome and rectify existing problems; request the standing agency advising the Provincial People's Committee to issue documents assigning tasks to units to self-check the contents of implementing state secret protection at their units, on that basis, the Provincial Police will organize re-inspections to rectify this activity in the whole province.
The province will strengthen training for key leaders and cadres working directly related to protecting state secrets in the area./.
