IM fosters collaboration in government
Since 1994, impoverished and ordinary citizens have had high expectations regarding improved service delivery and almost two decades later, one could argue, little has changed. Despite attempts at reforming on a national, provincial and local level, government is yet...
Citizen-centric government is possible
The process of transforming government services in administrations around the world has been focused largely on two main issues: technology and information. Using best practices and technologies that have enabled the modernisation of other governments, South Africa...
Radwin provides network for municipality
Internet connectivity is essential to the functioning of any business, and municipalities are no exception. Municipalities around the world are using Internet connectivity to operate more efficiently and improve service delivery to their communities, and require the...
Mobile app aids municipal asset management
IMQS, a supplier of market leading asset management software to more than 100 South African municipalities, has launched a new mobile application designed to make municipal asset register data capture up to 10 times faster and more accurate than conventional methods....
IT in the public sector
Governments around the world are under enormous pressure to deliver more services with fewer resources. The current European economic climate in countries such as Greece, Spain and others have forced government to cut their budget by as much as 50% in some cases – a...
CNE Ecuador to modernise elections
Scytl, the world leader in secure online voting and election modernisation and the National Election Council of Ecuador has announced their continued partnership and next steps towards an end-to-end fully integrated election administration system, the key to the...
Gemalto to supply new electronic ID cards
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, will supply the Government Printing Works (GPW) of South Africa with Sealys eID cards for their national identity programme. GPW will harness Gemalto’s secure embedded software to protect the holder’s image and biometric...
Risk profiling improves border control
Looking back over the last couple of years, South Africa has attracted the interest of several high-profile events - the most prominent being the 2010 Soccer World Cup and, more recently, the 2013 BRICS Summit and World Economic Forum Africa 2013. These are...
Information Builders helps fight fraud
Information Builders, the supplier of business intelligence (BI) and analytics, information integrity and integration solutions, says it is working with numerous public sector customers to reduce the instances and impact of fraud, waste and abuse through realtime data...
WebFOCUS tracks government spending
Information Builders says its WebFOCUS technology is being used to distribute and manage public funds. “Currently many organisations create reports using personal productivity tools such as Microsoft Excel. However, there is little consistency, the process is...
Bytes launches new SAMRAS module
Bytes Systems Integration has launched a new performance management module for its SAMRAS enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for municipalities. SAMRAS Performance Management is designed to integrate with any ERP, offers an easy-to-use interface and is easily...
Datacentrix enhances infrastructure for GPW
An enhanced server and storage infrastructure solution has been rolled out for the Government Printing Works (GPW) in Pretoria by Datacentrix, a provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions, in order to improve management, standardisation and control at the...