The mission of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) of the Republic of the Philippines is to raise revenue for the government through the efficient collection of taxes, provide quality service to taxpayers and to ensure impartial and uniform enforcement of tax laws. In its role as the tax collection agency of the Philippines, the BIR is the pillar of the economy. As recently as 1998, however, tax collection was in a freefall, resulting in lower governmental revenues and higher budget deficits.

Government CIO Jeremy Godfrey has resigned before his three-year appointment ends with his last day slated for Feb 12, 2011, said the Hong Kong government Friday.

What is a T-shape? What is the value of a T-shape personality in an organization. Swee Cheang Lim, director and CEO with the Institute of Systems Science at the National University of Singapore, talks about the origin of the ISS, its goals and commitment to society. He describes a new generation of leaders called T-shapes, that posses strong horizontal expertise with a strong IT competence.

Singapore has appointed Accenture and ST Electronics to design and implement its Intelligent Energy System pilot project, which will jumpstart the use of intelligent metering and smart grids in its power industry.

Australia’s national broadband network may be on the brink of getting shelved after the country’s recent elections determined the loss of majority of the Labor party, who has been laboring for the implementation of the critical network project.

Creativity is a competitive advantage. But how do you create an environment conducive to nurturing creative thinkers? K C Lee, CEO of the Singapore Institute of Management, shares his views on the importance of creativity, its origins in the organization, and the environment needed to sustain it.

As part of a new push to weed out piracy in the country, China will inspect central and local government computers to ensure all the departments are using copyrighted software.

The Australian elections this year has been one of the tightest in the country's history, but would the winning candidates be able to deliver on their promises, including in the IT aspects of governance?

The public sector IT spending in Singapore is set to reach US$ 1.2 billion in 2013, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.8 percent from 2008-13, making it as one of the most advanced and progressive public sectors in the world, Springboard Research said.

To enhance its effectiveness, the Ministry needed to integrate data housed in disparate sources to provide a holistic one-MOM view. The impetus for a holistic view of the Ministry’s work led to the conceptualization of an enterprise-wide platform called Employer Relationship, Industry Knowledge Analysis (ERIKA). It turned to SAS to build such a platform.