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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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UK university curbs waste with social media
Facebook and camera phones are being used by the Newcastle University, an academe in north-east England with an almost 20,000-strong student base, to raise awareness on garbage recycling among students. The university’s computer scientists have enlisted five student households to join a pilot initiative that entails the placement of a small sensor attached to a camera phone in the participating households’ kitchen bins, called “BinCam.”
Education IT
Central Government
Asian E-Government in 2010
FutureGov announces the availability of a new report Asian E-government ...
29 June 2010 | Research
Sharing in govt: HK Vs Singapore
It’s good to share. But in government, sharing information between departments is not always easy, as a FutureGov Research report reveals.
27 May 2010 | Research
Study shows innovation partnerships produce growth
Synopsis of an econometric study of macroeconomic effects in 15 economies in the Asia Pacific region
16 December 2009 | Research
E-Registries in Public Sector: Getting Them Right
Public-sector organisations in Singapore are taking to e-registries in a big way. A recent survey of 170 personnel from government ministries, statutory boards and institutes of higher learning found that 83% were either implementing information management (IM) systems or already had them in place.
12 October 2009 | Research
Looking Ahead
The Development of Information Management in Asia’s Public Sector. A survey of public sector IT executives in Asia
Government agencies in Asia now better realise the importance of information, as there is much demand from the public. In the past, people would accept what was offered to them from their government. Now, people are generally well-versed with information-and-communication-technology tools and are more aware of what government is doing for them. So the public in Asian countries wants more information and they want it faster.
31 March 2009 | Research
Asia’s public sector boosts spend in networking
Research expects more than 40 per cent growth in enterprise networking spending over the next four years
25 February 2009 | Research
Healthcare and government shine amid gloomy 2009 IT forecasts
Worldwide IT spending is projected to take a big hit this year, however healthcare and government are expected to be among the most resilient segments, according to a Gartner report.
7 January 2009 | Research
Chinese find public feedback channels ineffective
Channels for public feedback remain inadequate despite government efforts in recent years to solicit more views on the ground, according to a recent survey conducted by People’s Daily newspaper in China.
30 December 2008 | Research
Technology for engaging England’s pupils
Commissioned by the UK government’s technology agency Becta, new research by Manchester Metropolitan University shows that online learning has been useful in engaging students who have become disaffected by education, and is helping to re-engage those who are not succeeding in school or are not learning by traditional teaching methods.
30 December 2008 | Research
Internet main source of news for 206 million Chinese
According to a new report, the Internet is the main source of news for about 206 million Chinese.
29 December 2008 | Research
Australia: turned off by telephone, turned on by online
Fresh research spurs government to experiment with social media.
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Better learning with web 2.0 and virtual worlds
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Students take a green stance with social media
Ngee Ann Secondary School’s students are on a bid to “change the world” with ...
Will Facebook profiles replace govt web sites?
It’s all the rage for ministries and agencies to have a Facebook pages these ...