Year 2010 marked the fifth year of Malaysia Government Portals and Websites Assessment (MGPWA) by Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). A total of 1,145 Government portals and websites nationwide were assessed and the report is inclusive of Assessment and Best Practices.

From the assessment which incorporated about 80% of the criteria undertaken by International E-Government Assessment of Brown University/Brooking Institute, 101 portals/websites are awarded with 5-star rating. This percentage has increased tremendously to 9.58% from 7 in 2009 to 101 this year. Meanwhile, the 4-star portals and websites has improved to 20.87%.

Overall Top 10 achievers for MGPWA 2010 consist of all 5-star portals and websites. Ministry of Housing and Local Government topped the rank, followed by Attorney General Chambers and Local Government Department and two agencies that are Ministry of Finance and Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit at third place.

The noteworthy finding of MGPWA 2010 is the number of portals and websites obtaining 3-star and above has increased to 61.57%, as compared to 49.35% in 2009. This significant increase is mainly due to the directive by YBhg. Tan Sri Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia for more agencies to obtain 5-star rating and making Government online services more prominent on their respective websites.