デジタル庁、来年発足目指す　トップに民間人登用も―平井担当相

　平井卓也デジタル改革担当相は１８日のインターネット番組で、日本社会のデジタル化の司令塔となる「デジタル庁」について「来年中にはスタートさせたい」と述べた。来年１月召集の通常国会に関連法案を提出する方針で、菅内閣の看板政策の早期実現を目指す。
　平井氏は、デジタル庁の職員について「基本的には公募しようと思っている」と強調。トップも含め民間人を積極登用する考えを示した。「究極のことを言えばオフィスもなくていい」とも語った。
　政府は２３日、菅義偉首相と全閣僚が出席して「デジタル改革関係閣僚会議」の初会合を開催。デジタル庁創設に向けた検討を本格化させる。平井氏はこれに先立ち、１９日に内閣官房の実務担当者らと、今後の進め方などについて協議する。（2020/09/18-23:55）

Japan's digital transformation minister Takuya Hirai said Friday that he aims to create in 2021 an envisaged government agency tasked with playing a central role in promoting digitization of Japanese society.
   "I want to get it started next year," he said in an internet program. Hirai showed plans to submit necessary legislation to next year's regular session of the Diet, the country's parliament, to be convened in January.
   The establishment of the agency is one of key policy measures of new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who assumed the post and launched his cabinet on Wednesday.
   Staff employees of the agency will be picked through a public recruitment process in principle, Hirai said, suggesting plans to actively hire private-sector people, including for its top post. "Ultimately, the new agency may need no physical offices," he added.
   On Wednesday, the government will hold the first meeting of a ministerial council on digital reforms participated by Suga and all his cabinet ministers, launching full-fledged work on establishing the proposed digital agency.