Organisational culture is an important initiative of OGCIO. Dedicated resources have been deployed to promote the culture change. In recognition of the remarkable efforts in the promotion of Human Resource Development (HRD), the OGCIO (or the then ITSD) was granted a Meritorious Mention in the contest for the Civil Service Training and Development Institute's Best Practices in HRD Award 2000, based on the HRD initiative of "Inculcating a 'Valuing People' Culture".