Thursday, 23 February 2012
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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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Taiwan launches cloud-based map of municipal works
The Geographic Information Systems Research Centre of Feng Chia University in Taiwan, has successfully completed Taiwan’s first municipal works cloud-based map platform, which will allow city government officials and policy makers to have a clear picture of the city’s major construction projects.
Singapore to build digital elevation map
The map that shows the height of land across Singapore ...
Australia announces location-based emergency management system
The service, “world-first” according to the country’s Federal Minister ...
13 January 2012 | News
Vietnam Modernises Land Administration
The World Bank and the Embassy of New Zealand are collaborating with Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to develop the most complete and modern land management system, in an effort to increase access to land information services by all stakeholders.
6 January 2012 | News
Delhi Police launch e-crime initiative
India’s National Capital police force has recently launched an e-crime initiative on its website that will allow residents to have better involvement in policing and public safety.
6 January 2012 | News
Indonesia to use GIS for forestry management
The Forest Utilisation Monitoring Centre located in West Papua, Indonesia, has unveiled plans to develop a forest and ecological GIS solution for its long-term ecological research for sustainable forestry management.
4 January 2012 | News
The Philippines reviews proposed web GIS system standards
The data standards and data policies include the information on Geographic Information System data structures for the project, and the data sharing policy and responsibilities of the members and other end-users of the GIS data.
23 December 2011 | News
NZ App virtually reconstructs pre-quake city
Staff and students from the University of Canterbury have developed a free “augmented reality” smartphone app called CityViewAR that allows users to see Christchurch city as it was before the earthquake.
8 December 2011 | News
Taiwan county adopts GIS for pollution control
The Department of Environmental Protection of Yilan county has developed a GIS application that will help local authorities monitor and control environmental pollution in the county.
6 December 2011 | News
AU to launch soil mapping facility
A new soil mapping facility will be established in order to respond to the need for more valuable information needed to manage Australia’s vast landscapes and ecosystems.
24 November 2011 | News
Driving Spatial Enablement Worldwide
Given the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association’s pro-active role as both initiator and advocator of SDI developments worldwide, Prof Abbas Rajabifard, President of GSDI, shares with FutureGov how GSDI is helping societies and governments to be spatially enabled.
17 November 2011 | News
Indian state to develop GIS for coastal management
The Gujarat Government is implementing a Geospatial Information System development project to better improve coastal zone management practices in the state.
15 November 2011 | News
Thailand introduces online flood map
The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology introduced an online mapping application in order to give users up-to-date and detailed information on the current situation of the flooding in Thailand, and to also help local authorities develop future plans for better flood management.
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