The Information Technology Department (ITD) was created by the Royal Government of Cambodia's Sub decree number 20 GNRK.BK dated on 29th February 2008. Having inherited and expanded from the Information and Communication Technology Unit (ICTU) of the Economic and Public Finance Policy Department, ITD has the major roles to carry out the Public Financial Management Information System project for the entire Government's line ministries and institution and manage the ICT development, maintenance and other related tasks in the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

According to Article 1 of the Ministry of Economy and Finance's Prakash number dated on 2008, ITD has the major roles and functions to endorse the implementation of the «Financial Management Information System (FMIS)» and other relevant projects or tasks related to the development and implementation of Information and Communication Technologies within the Ministry of Economy and Finance more efficiently as the norm and standard, the Ministry of Economy and Finance decides to assign the Information Technology Department (ITD) as its arm the below roles and function:

• Implement the directions, orders or the decision of the Royal Government of Cambodia on all activities related to the ICT Development.
• Develop and strengthen the ICT strategies and policies to patronize the Public Financial Management Reform Program more efficiently and transparently.
• Compile and review on the all the laws and regulation which affect or affected to the Financial Management Information System and other associated ICT projects.
• Improve the implementation of Intellectual Property Right and other laws and regulation related to the exercise of ICT and Internet System.
• Implement and manage the Financial Management Information System project in every stage to achieve goal of Public Financial Management Reform Program of the Ministry and the Royal Government of Cambodia.
• Account for the procurement on Network Infrastructure, computers, hardware and computer software for all projects that funded by the development partners particularly the Financial Management Information System project.
• Take part in the procurement of ICT equipment funded by the national budget in cooperate with other stakeholding departments of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
• Cooperate in national, regional and international framework on the ICT development for the Ministry of Economy and Finance on the establishment of e-Government, e-Procurement, and e-Commerce etc
• Build the security system and secured data warehouse for the computer users in the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
• Improve the implementation and disseminate the Change Management of the Financial Management Information System project to all officials of the Ministry of Economy and Finance at all levels and to every Government's line ministries and institutes.
• Conduct training courses in the FMIS project's capacity building plan for all Governmental line ministries and institutes by cooperating with the Economy and Finance Institute-EFI and other training institutes.
• Support to the national budget preparation and execution through the FMIS project.
• Offer the ICT services such as Internet, email, website, file sharing, video conference and other services to all line departments in Ministry of Economy and Finance.
• Answer for the management, maintenance and reparation of computers and ICT equipment and computer software in all line departments of Ministry of Economy and Finance.
• Do other ICT related tasks according to the direction of the Ministry of Economy and Finance's management.

In Article 2 of the same Prakash, ITD managed by a Director and assisted by some of Deputy Directors and has the institutional structure below:

1. Administration and Cooperation Office
2. Information and Communication Technology Office
3. Change Management Office
4. Training and Dissemination Office