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“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
Shakespeare
Going Green is no longer just nice to have for the “tree huggers”. Government representatives are sometimes surprised to hear that “going green” can also shrink operational costs and at the same time can increase productivity.
Nextsense Legislative Knowledge Management Platform The full solution deployment eliminates the need to use more than 40 million sheets of paper a year, saving more than 5.000 trees and eliminating over 500 metric tons of carbon dioxide. It also saves 1 Million Euros per year in printing, packing, and dispatch costs.
Nextsense Legislative Knowledge Management Platform integrates the following 3 solution pillars
• Paperless legislation development process (e-Parliament) • Digital Government Official Journal (e- Journal)
NEXTNEWS Issue 2 | April 2010
• greatly reduced environmental impact and costs • improved information access
• enhanced efficiency and flexibility
• Paperless government decision making process (e-Cabinet)
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• protect natural resources and ecosystems
• the service to politicians is improved since the cases can be distributed continuously as soon as they are ready
The impact of hardcopy usage on the environment is generally considered to be significant, but few truly understand its magnitude. Often, printing a hardcopy is ignored. But it shouldn't be. The costs of using paper, toner and ink supplies as well as the machine energy consumption associated with printer devices are considerable. Nowadays many Governments and Parliaments have highly prioritized staring "green IT" strategies in order to gain the financial benefits of being more environmentally sensitive.
Benefits of implementing Paperless Legislation Development and Management Platform
• the administration saves time and expense by avoiding the need for printouts, copies, packaging, postage and transport. Customers experience increase in case management capacity by 6 times
14 e-gov
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
Shakespeare
Going Green is no longer just nice to have for the “tree huggers”. Government representatives are sometimes surprised to hear that “going green” can also shrink operational costs and at the same time can increase productivity.
Nextsense Legislative Knowledge Management Platform The full solution deployment eliminates the need to use more than 40 million sheets of paper a year, saving more than 5.000 trees and eliminating over 500 metric tons of carbon dioxide. It also saves 1 Million Euros per year in printing, packing, and dispatch costs.
• protect natural resources and ecosystems • greatly reduced environmental impact and costs • improved information access • the service to politicians is improved since the cases can be distributed continuously as soon as they are ready
The impact of hardcopy usage on the environment is generally considered to be significant, but few truly understand its magnitude. Often, printing a hardcopy is ignored. But it shouldn't be. The costs of using paper, toner and ink supplies as well as the machine energy consumption associated with printer devices are considerable. Nowadays many Governments and Parliaments have highly prioritized staring "green IT" strategies in order to gain the financial benefits of being more environmentally sensitive.
Benefits of implementing Paperless Legislation Development and Management Platform
• enhanced efficiency and flexibility
Nextsense Legislative Knowledge Management Platform integrates the following 3 solution pillars
• the administration saves time and expense by avoiding the need for printouts, copies, packaging, postage and transport. Customers experience increase in case management capacity by 6 times
• Paperless government decision making process (e-Cabinet) • Paperless legislation development process (e-Parliament) • Digital Government Official Journal (e- Journal)
P O ST NEXTNEWS Issue 2 | April 2010
NEXTNEWS Issue 3 | September 2010