transparency

The move toward Open Government is gathering steam and rides on the back of the value proposition that when the public is fully informed of what sits in the government's data warehouse, corruption is lessened and innovations can happen faster.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the World Bank and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has joined AidFlows.org to provide the world a better picture of how much development aid is provided and received around the world.

Karen Copeland, an industry principal with SAP's public sector practice, elaborates on how government funding administration must provide for transparency in financial arrangements and support business relationships. Government funding administration must provide for transparency in financial arrangements and support business relationships in order to minimize fiscal risk.

Technology is used technology in developed countries to help streamline business processes resulting in improve citizen service. According to Karen Copeland, a public sector specialist working for SAP, governments like Singapore are using business process management to improve efficiency, transparency, risk management, productivity and cost reductions. Governments across the world are deploying one-stop-shop services using technology and best practices to improve service delivery and program management.

BPM is hot in the public sector because civil servants realize that they are being more closely compared to their private sector counterparts. The BPM challenge in the public sector is daunting with human behavior as the biggest hurdle to make. But it can be done.