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Tax and Revenue Management: A government’s lifeblood
IT has provided the opportunities for governments to remodel the entire process of tax collection over the last decade. It is, however, a continuously evolving process and governments the world over need to constantly upgrade their tax systems to optimise their revenue workflows.
Unlocking Public Value
A recent SAP study confirmed that those organisations which adopt best practices in the areas of scope and adoption, process standardisation, technology and customer governance, do perform better, and do so as their best practice maturity increases.
Governments and Socialising
The advent of social media has seen governments hopping onto the bandwagon in a bid to further engage citizens.
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Singapore takes green roads route
Japan, United States and the UK have been using recycled materials to build roads for sometime - now Singapore’s roads are going green too.
The city-state’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) wants to offset the high cost of materials and reduce its impact on the environment, so is planning to use materials recycled from old roads to build new ones.
Green roads can free up funds for additional highway construction, preservation and maintenance - and can create jobs, the LTA says.
The material used, Incineration Bottom Ash, or IBA, contains mainly silica, ceramic, glass and metal. IBA is made by exposing incinerated waste to weather for three months to allow it to dry. It is then screened to eliminate unwanted materials, then purified and treated.
The US currently recycles 90 per cent of used asphalt - but still uses a large percentage of virgin materials in the recycled mix.
Frederick G. Wright, Jr, Executive Director of the Federal Highway Administration of the United States (FHWA) said: “The same materials used to build the original highway system can be reused to repair, reconstruct, and maintain. Where appropriate, recycling of aggregates and other highway construction materials makes sound economic, environmental, and engineering sense.”
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