My EG Services Bhd (MyEG) announced today that its Indonesian associate PT Cartenz Inti Utama has secured additional government mandates to roll out its tax monitoring system to 30 more cities, marking an expansion to the programme that is already actively underway in Jakarta.
It did not disclose the value of the contract.
Read more: MyEG rolls out tax monitoring system to 30 more cities in Indonesia
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo remarked that the speed of service is the key to bureaucratic reform as one of the national priorities agenda for his next term during his speech in the Indonesia Vision event last July in Bogor, West Java.
He strongly emphasized that institutions without a reforming action would be eliminated and he himself would monitor the efficiency and effectiveness of institutions to improve the current public service speed.
Read more: Speedy public service: How can Indonesia realize it?
Government needs to utilize technology advances to improve public service, given the current global development that has entered the era of digital reform, presidential candidate number 01 Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stated.
"Therefore, reforms in public services are needed through the use of information and electronic technology such as e-government, e-procurement and e-budgeting to prepare (ourselves) for entering the digital era," Jokowi explained at the fourth round of presidential debate in Shangri-La Hotel, Jakarta, Saturday evening.
Read more: ID: Government utilizes technology to improve public service: Jokowi
The alarming increase in the number of traffic accidents in Indonesia every year motivated the developers to create the app.
The students of Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Indonesia have developed an application that will help reduce the number of traffic accidents.
According to a recent press release, D’BOS has the capability to assess driver behaviour, thereby preventing the possible occurrence of accidents.
Is Jakarta, a city with 9.6 million people, a smart city?
For six Jakarta administration officials and 80 expert staff members tasked with running the Jakarta Smart City (JSC) program, launched four years ago by former governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, the answer is a resounding yes.
Read more: ID: Four years on, Ahok's 'Smart City' legacy lives on