On February 21, 2011, Royal Decree establishing the Electronic Government Agency (Public Organization) B.E. 2554 (2011) was announced and published in the Royal Thai Government Gazette. It  stipulated that powers, duties and activities of the National Science and Technology Development Agency according to the Science and Technology Development Act B.E. 2534 (1991) would be transferred to the newly established agency. Specifically, such authorities, duties and activities of the Government Information Technology Services Office and those related to the development of information technology and communications in the field of e-government of the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, would be transferred to the Electronic Government Agency (Public Organization), under the supervision of the Minister of Information and Communication Technology. Later on, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology changed its name to the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, which is responsible for providing services and managing information infrastructure related to e-government, such as Government Cloud services and data communication network services connecting state agencies (Government Information Network or GINet).