Nghe An: Proposal for agencies and units to gradually reduce paper documents.
(Baonghean.vn) - This was the directive given by Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa at the Conference to evaluate the activities of the Provincial Steering Committee for Information Technology Application in 2017 and to implement tasks for 2018.
On the morning of November 9th, under the chairmanship of Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa, the Provincial Steering Committee for Information Technology held a meeting to evaluate the results of 2017 and implement tasks for 2018.
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| Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa suggested that state agencies should gradually reduce paper documents and switch to electronic documents. Photo: Thanh Le |
Speaking at the conference reviewing the results of 2017 and implementing the tasks for 2018 of the Provincial IT Steering Committee, Director of the Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Do reflected that the Department of Planning and Investment receives and processes a large volume of documents related to citizens and businesses every day, and if IT applications are stopped for even one day, the unit's operations would be paralyzed.
To move towards e-government, the Director of the Department of Planning and Investment suggested that agencies and localities need to gradually reduce paper documents and replace them with electronic documents. To achieve this, it is necessary to classify and define which types of documents should be sent and stored electronically. Specific targets and percentages need to be set, as some sectors and communes have a very large volume of documents.
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| Director of the Department of Planning and Investment, Nguyen Van Do, suggested that regulations on both paper and electronic documents are needed to facilitate implementation by relevant agencies. (Photo: Thanh Le) |
Mr. Phan Nguyen Hao, Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications, expressed concern: Many units only use the system to receive applications directly at the "One-Stop" service counter and to store the results of application processing after completion, while the processing of applications between departments is still done manually, not through the system.
Although the online public service system is ready, its application by citizens and businesses is still limited, and the number of online applications submitted is very low (in 2017, only 66 applications were submitted online). "The infrastructure is complete, but its use is limited, like building a road that nobody uses – a huge waste!" Mr. Hao emphasized.
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| Mr. Phan Nguyen Hao, Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications, expressed concern about the low rate of online public service usage, which he believes is wasteful. (Photo: Thanh Le) |
Agreeing with the proposal to eliminate paper documents from the Director of the Department of Planning and Investment, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa requested the Department of Information and Communications to coordinate with relevant departments and agencies to submit to the Provincial People's Committee a regulation on sending, receiving, processing, and storing electronic documents in January 2018. The goal for 2018 is to gradually replace paper documents with electronic documents.
It is affirmed that the goal after building the e-government framework is to develop e-government and smart cities.
Vice Chairman Le Ngoc Hoa stated that online public services are the backbone of e-government and urged departments and agencies to strengthen and promote the application of information technology in management and operation to perform their professional tasks.
