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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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As Assistant Editor, Kelly Ng manages content across FutureGov Asia Pacific magazine, FutureGov.asia, FutureGovTV, and FutureGov conferences around the region. In her role, she regularly speaks to policy makers and government CIOs about how technology is transforming the public sector.
At FutureGov conferences around the region, Kelly participates as a panel moderator or interviewer, fielding topics in her speciality areas of educational technology, cloud computing and geospatial information system.
Kelly has a degree in Business Management majoring in Law and Marketing from Singapore Management University. She lives for good food, pink scooters and the underwater world.
Singapore’s higher education CIOs gather to discuss about transforming student experience
There is more work to be done before Sri Lankan citizens can access all government services via their mobile phones, but Chief Technology Officer Sanjaya Karunasena of Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka revealed steps that can make some aspects of m-government a reality in the short-run.
The Sri Lankan government needs to respond to changing and varied demands of citizens and businesses, Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to His Excellency the President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka said this morning at the FutureGov Forum Sri Lanka 2011.
FutureCampus Forum took on a new Interactive Discussion Table format in Kuala Lumpur. More than 120 Malaysian education thought leaders from ministries, schools and universities rotated over ten tables, each discussing one of the key challenges facing educators today.
Here, Discussion Leaders highlight the most interesting issues raised at each table:
National University of Singapore is collaborating with SAP to develop a strategic solution that will better measure and assess its research performance, CIO Tommy Hor told FutureGov Asia Pacific.
If there is one technology that North Vista Primary School can invest in, it will be interactive whiteboards, Phua Kia Wang, Principal, North Vista Primary School told FutureGov Asia Pacific.
Good IT governance and more sophisticated training for civil servants have been recommended as solutions to dealing with cyber security threats.
Government thought-leaders from education departments across Asia Pacific reported the progress of their national programmes and announced upcoming initiatives at last week’s FutureGov Summit 2010 in Kota Kinabalu.
Social media ranks high as a key tool in helping government organizations stay dynamic, Janice Fedak, Deputy CIO, Business, Management and Planning, Department of State, United States told over 200 public sector and industry thought leaders at the opening of the FutureGov Summit 2010.
River Valley High School is the first campus in Singapore to have a Virtual Reality Laboratory and has reported significant success in helping students understand concepts better. Subject Head Biology (Junior High) Chow Ban Hoe gave FutureGov Asia Pacific and 20 teachers a tour of the new facility.
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 ...