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The chief secretary responsible for tax revenues to the Ministry of Finance Harris Teoharis, who has been recently appointed to this new position, identified three key criteria that should be introduced in public administration. Transparency must be the first principle on the basis of which public institutions must be managed. So, he has voluntarily sought the public announcement of his financial situation. "If I show that I have nothing to hide, I can require the same from my subordinates in the regional tax offices".

"Rules against arbitrary acts are the second thing that we must establish in the public administration," said Teoharis. In his opinion, staff allocation is one of the most mismanaged sides of public administration. The new secretary responsible for tax revenues has developed an indicator to calculate the workload of controlling authorities by regions. It has found that the municipality of Athens is one of the busiest areas for the controlling authorities and that it works with 129 tax inspectors less. The municipality of Central Macedonia, on the other hand, has appointed 53 tax inspectors more although the amount of inspected sites there is two times less. Teoharis stressed that so far, the state system has not been taking decisions on the basis of the needs of the regions and that the efficiency of all activities of the public administration based on real needs and objectives should improve in order to achieve results, not only to give an account for activities.