Thursday, 23 February 2012
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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.
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.
The advent of social media has seen governments hopping onto the bandwagon in a bid to further engage citizens.
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The UK Government has launched a public sector “appstore” that enables end-users to access services in the cloud.
Thailand has decided to buy up to 900,000 tablet ...
The Australian Government is driving investment in information technology and ...
New Zealand is boosting its satellite communications capabilities under a new partnership with the US Department of Defence’s wideband global satellite (WGS) program — with access to faster communications and data throughput for defence and other government agencies.
New Zealand (NZ) is building the business case for G-cloud services under moves to reduce agency-wide capital investment in ICT and operational costs, with government savings estimated at NZ$250 million (US$200 million) over 10 years,
The poll of 100 top finance and procurement officials conducted FutureGov Summit 2011 also reveal that 58 per cent of government CFOs still rely on cash and cheque payments
The National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) has awarded a contract to design, supply, install, and commission ten network facilities centers across Australia as part of the rollout of Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN). The plan is to connect businesses and homes across Australia with a “super-fast broadband network”, in a project spanning ten years.
The Philippine budget department will host three new functionalities in its e- procurement portal by the end of the year to increase transparency in government procurement and bring convenience to procuring.
The government of Timor Leste has launched on Friday a procurement portal in a bid to improve expenditure management and increase accountability and transparency in government procurement.
President Benigno Aquino III has issued an order requiring all government agencies and local government units to use the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System in all their purchases, which will translate into savings of as much as USD142 million annually.
The European Commission plans to push the take-up of e-procurement by governments and other public sector organizations when buying supplies and services or tendering for public works.
The government expects an estimated savings of US$470 million or up to 10 per cent of the target annual procurement deals through Malaysian e-procurement system—e-Perolehan—this year, Datuk Ibrahim Shukor, eP project director under the Ministry of Finance told FutureGov Asia Pacific Magazine.
“The excellence of Victoria’s ICT industry will be able to make a positive contribution to productivity in South East Asia, as it does in Australia” says Gordon Rich-Phillips, Minister for Technology.
In a visit to Ngee Ann Secondary School yesterday (22 July), FutureGov found students deeply ...
Ngee Ann Secondary School’s students are on a bid to “change the world” with ...
It’s all the rage for ministries and agencies to have a Facebook pages these ...