E-Government versus electronic documents – experiences from Czech Republic and EU.
Expansion of e-Goverment brings expansion of electronic documents as well.
This is the reason why in some countries, the Czech Republic is one of the sample, is eGovernment becoming the leading segment in usage of electronic documents. Number of electronic documents increased in the Czech Republic during last years dramatically. Surprisingly biggest share in this growth has Justice. E-Government became defacto the leader in establishing methods how to manage electronic documents for other sectors. Boom in usage of electronic documents brings quite a few problems as well. Largest problem is long-lasting usage of electronic documents, which means unlimited usage of electronic documents for such period, as they are needed. This problem is in the present day called „Digital continuity“ and solving of this problem belongs to priorities of secure future of e-Goverment. We will cover some cases of solution of this problem in the Czech Republic and EU, including efforts of EU of standardization in this field.