Äike
02-04-2011, 02:15 PM
Government Launches E-Accounting (http://news.err.ee/sci-tech/8b034cee-5a35-45dc-8593-160f4a3db49e)
Next month, state institutions will begin using an electronic system to pay their bills, and the finance ministry said hard copies may soon be a remnant of the past.
The overhaul to e-accounting aims to streamline bureaucratic agencies, simplify number-punching for bookkeepers and save money.
This week, the Ministry of Finance subcontracted the national postal service, Eesti Post, whose subsidiary e-accounting center will begin transforming hard copies of bills into electronic format.
Beginning March 1, agencies under the finance and justice ministries will be the first to regularly send their documents to Eesti Post.
The contract lasting until 2013 will cost 80,000 to 200,000 euros, depending on the number of participating agencies and the bulk of the paper load. The expenses are covered by the finance ministry's fund to centralize government bureaucracies.
Next month, state institutions will begin using an electronic system to pay their bills, and the finance ministry said hard copies may soon be a remnant of the past.
The overhaul to e-accounting aims to streamline bureaucratic agencies, simplify number-punching for bookkeepers and save money.
This week, the Ministry of Finance subcontracted the national postal service, Eesti Post, whose subsidiary e-accounting center will begin transforming hard copies of bills into electronic format.
Beginning March 1, agencies under the finance and justice ministries will be the first to regularly send their documents to Eesti Post.
The contract lasting until 2013 will cost 80,000 to 200,000 euros, depending on the number of participating agencies and the bulk of the paper load. The expenses are covered by the finance ministry's fund to centralize government bureaucracies.