GovTech is tasked with harnessing info-communications technology and related engineering for public sector transformation. GovTech?s role include deploying a wide range of ICT solutions within the public sector, growing new capabilities and talent to support digital service delivery, and developing the Smart Nation infrastructure and applications.

GovTech and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) are formed as a result of a re-structuring between the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) and the Media Development Authority (MDA).