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.

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.

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 government decision making

process (e-Cabinet)

• Paperless legislation development process

(e-Parliament)

• Digital Government Official Journal

(e- Journal)

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Shakespeare

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”

STOP

Benefits of implementing Paperless Legislation Development and Management Platform

• 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

• enhanced efficiency and flexibility

• 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

NEXTNEWS Issue 2 | April 2010

e-gov

NEXTNEWS Issue 3 | September 2010

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.

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.

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 government decision making

process (e-Cabinet)

• Paperless legislation development process

(e-Parliament)

• Digital Government Official Journal

(e- Journal)

14

Shakespeare

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”

STOP

Benefits of implementing Paperless Legislation Development and Management Platform

• 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

• enhanced efficiency and flexibility

• 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

NEXTNEWS Issue 2 | April 2010

e-gov