デジタル庁、次期通常国会に法案　看板政策、具体化急ぐ―菅首相

　菅義偉首相は１７日、平井卓也デジタル改革担当相と首相官邸で会い、日本社会のデジタル化の司令塔となる「デジタル庁」創設に向けた検討を急ぐよう指示した。来年１月召集の通常国会に設置法案を提出し、成立を目指す。１年後の自民党総裁任期切れもにらみ、早期に政権の成果を出したい考えで、来年中の発足も視野に入れる。
　デジタル庁創設は首相が総裁選で掲げた看板政策。首相との面会後、平井氏は記者団に「今まで霞が関でやったことのないスピードを求められている。全力でやりたい」と語った。この後の記者会見では「既存の役所とは一線を画し、次の時代を感じてもらえる役所にしたい」と述べ、民間からも人材を積極登用する考えを示した。（2020/09/17-18:40）

New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday instructed digital transformation minister Takuya Hirai to speed up preparations to establish a government agency to lead the efforts for digitizing Japanese society.
   The government aims to submit legislation to set up the agency to next year's regular session of the Diet, Japan's parliament, which is expected to be convened in January, for enactment during the session.
   Suga hopes to see the launch of the new agency as early as next year so that his government, which was inaugurated on Wednesday, can rack up achievements before his term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party expires in September 2021.
   The establishment of such an agency is one of the key policy proposals Suga presented during the LDP leadership election earlier this month.
   "What is required is speed that Kasumigaseki has never experienced before," Hirai told reporters after meeting with the prime minister, referring to the district in Tokyo where many central government offices are located. "I want to do this with full effort."