The minister in charge of government efficiency, Michael Eitan of the Likud party, which has both religious and secular supporters, suggests that the computers be programmed to receive online requests from citizens on the Sabbath but to respond to them only afterthe Sabbath.
Solar charge times are determined by the total area and efficiency of the solar cells -- the Spark uses high-efficiency monocristalline cells which will charge an iPad from about 10 hours of sunshine.
Layers of management have been removed, doctors and nurses are now in charge of their own departments and efficiency savings are being made, the company said.
Understandably, the development-agency bosses reckon a lot of bureaucracy could be cut out and efficiency gained if they took charge of these services.