Non implementation of ZTE NBN is still fresh,RIFD non acceptance is still fresh.GSIS/IBM database issues are still fresh.
From corruption to mismanagement to fear of the unknown just to name a few problems.
Having said that, those problems should not stop our exploring new technologies.

BIR is geared toward data-based transactions as a matter of contemporary thrust precisely to do away with ‘windows of opportunity’ for corruption.

However, in a purely automated scheme, it could be difficult enough to check whether the transaction is true and correct as in the case of tax payments done via computerized assessments rather than those done manually.

i think we can mitigate these fears by simply asking our government to make everything above board. i mean, this government should really make things work this time. and i think the elites of this society knows that if they screw this thing up big time, they will get punished big time also.

i think so yes. however, let me check on this. I will set an interview with the NTC to see if we do, indeed, have these frequencies.

I think government has the wherewithal to secure the technology given its enormous resources. a National ID for example, if we start it, say, at SSS, we will see how it really works and if it works at all. I say, start it with a small government agency first and let’s see what happens.

i really believe that it is high time for us to put to good use, newer technologies for faster and more responsive government services. people see government in a bad light because it fails in its primary duty. if everything is linked, if everything is electronic, maybe we can avoid red tape as what Primer said and have a better government. we deserve better social services.

you’re also correct. yet, when must we start doing the changing? when do we start modernizing? every country in the world is fast moving from old tech to new tech. we all know that.

Let’s put aside so called “nationalist” feelings about having a National ID system and set aside fears that government will be using its powers to encroach or invade our privacy. Every one of us has a record in government already. Government, to be effective and efficient, should be given the power to centtralize data in a singular data base to allow it to serve the People more effectively.