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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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Thailand Plans for Supermax Prison Next Year

Super maximum prison with hi-tech security systems is planned for detaining major drug convicts in Thailand.

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Australia spends US$5.3 billion on ICT

The Australian Government is driving investment in information technology and ...

Government Cloud

Taiwan launches cloud-based map of municipal works

The Geographic Information Systems Research Centre of Feng Chia University ...

26 January 2012 | News

Australia delivers broadband telehealth services

Australian government spends $20.6 million (US$22 million) on telehealth services.

22 January 2012 | News

New Zealand joins US defence SATCOM pact

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.

19 January 2012 | News

New Zealand builds business case for G-cloud

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,

17 January 2012 | News

Vivek Kundra joins Salesforce.com

Former US federal government CIO will be in charge of driving social, mobile and open cloud technologies for emerging markets

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

Malaysia launches electricity supply application e-service

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Malaysia’s state grid, has introduced an e-service called ‘e-Application’ for residents and businesses to apply for electricity supply online.

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.

4 January 2012 | News

Sri Lankan Hospitals to go paperless

For the very first time in Sri Lanka, doctors in government hospitals will be able view a patient’s comprehensive medical records on their computer screen, all thanks to the newly developed Hospital Health Information Management System.

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