Cabinet Goes Paperless Documents Now Digital

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The cabinet will now operate completely paperless after fully transitioning to a digital system, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
"The Malaysian cabinet, finally, goes completely paperless today. After transitioning for six months where we still received a box of physical papers every week, today there is none.
"Everything on a secure server accessible by our devices. Better late than never!" he tweeted this morning.
The government has been on a push to go paperless since 2016.




Khairy Jamaluddin
Last year they launched the second version of their Digital Document Management System (DDMS 2.0) for government agencies to create and manage records online.  
Previously, in 2018, under the Pakatan Harapan government, Parliament also began putting up written replies online.
However, Malaysiakini understands that MPs are still given printed copies of written replies, as well as a document listing all questions being asked at the start of each Dewan Rakyat sitting.
Subang MP Wong Chen said the questions document comes up to around 300 pages each, and each of the 159 MPs that is not a minister or deputy minister will get a copy.
This means that 47,700 pages are printed at the start of each Parliament session, just for MPs to know what questions are being asked.
"This is a waste of funds and paper," Wong told Malaysiakini.
He also said the government has thus far ignored calls urging them to transition to sustainably sourced paper, such as those certified by the international Forest Stewardship Council(FSC). - Mkini

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