Monday, 2 December 2013

Techy-fy the Government Part 2

The class continued with the presentations of potential solutions to government related problems. Five students reported today including me.

First was a suggestion by Mr. Ludovico of a Radio Frequency Identification Device. It is basically a device which contains information about the owner of the vehicles and the vehicle itself. This would help in tracking motorists as there would be Radio Frequency Identification Scanners in every traffic light. This may help reduce traffic violations and make sure everyone follows our regulations or is punished rightfully if caught disobeying the law.

Next reporter was myself. I suggested having an Electronic Barangay Recording System because I noticed how a lot of work and papers processed in our Barangays are still being done manually and this usually consumes a lot of time and effort. Having automated processes in the Barangay would save a lot of time and energy and retrieval of information would be so much easier.


Third was Ms. Gonzales with her proposal of putting up CCTV's in rural areas. A lot of rural areas still don't have CCTV's so Ms. Gonzales suggested putting them in very strategic places where criminals can't tamper with them or steal them. She also suggested having a government card for public officials. Basically, all the officials' funds would be in the card and they could use the card to pay for their transactions. This way, we would know where the money is going and this way, reduce corruption. She also proposed putting Digital Map Directories in train and bus stations to help with the people who are visitors or new in some places.

Next up was Ms. Hatol with her proposal of creating an app called MyGov available for all androids, iPhones, Windows phones and the like. The app would contain a list of all government projects. This way, we would know what the elected public officials are doing.

Lastly, Mr. De Leon proposed a Light Powered but Cheap Solar Energy. The idea is to provide cheap solar panels to provide electricity especially for people affected by natural disasters.



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