Electronic signatures advantages at government departments
Government agencies have recognized e-signs as a secure, enforceable, compliant, and economical way to achieve digital transformation.
And since electronic signatures can be set up either on the cloud or on- premise, governments can take advantage of the high degree of customizability, scalability, functionality, and control realized in an enterprise solution, without worrying about limited IT and financial resources.
On next slides you can find few ways state and federal governments are using e-signs to better their services.
Sending loads of documents across government departments and agencies can add up considerably, in ink and paper costs.
Various form of contract work, including local and international work, can be easily transferred to an electronic service making it more economical.
The 2001 E-Sign Act was intended to ease and encourage the use of esign technology; however, years later, there is still a lot of mistrust of electronic signatures, even though they are evidently more secure and efficient than their handwritten counterparts.
It’s common for people to sometime question about a contract’s originality and validity.
Actually, the cause of many potential legal issues with contracts signed electronically relates to enforceability.
For instance, remember the many checkboxes you click when purchasing goods online?
How are you sure it’s the intended signer who truly executed the signature?
For such situations, you trust that what you get is real.
