CloudSign, a contract management platform provided by Bengo4.com Inc., has been introduced and supported by five municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture: Tamura City, Aizubange Town, Aizumisato Town, Kawauchi Village, and Namie Town. CloudSign’s adoption share among municipalities nationwide is now approximately 70%, and as the electronic contract service with the highest number of adoptions among local governments, we will continue to promote electronic contracts nationwide.
In Fukushima Prefecture, five municipalities have introduced CloudSign, and including other companies’ services, a total of 10 municipalities have adopted electronic contracts. This is equivalent to 16.9% of municipalities in the prefecture, and the adoption rate is steadily increasing.
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There are multiple factors behind the accelerated introduction of electronic contracts in local governments. In addition to the fact that the 2021 amendment to the Enforcement Regulations of the Local Autonomy Act made it easier to introduce electronic contracts, the major driving force was the fact that concrete effects have become clear in leading local governments, and clear benefits shown in numbers, such as time savings, reduced labor costs, savings on stamps, postage, and printing costs, and reduced storage space, have attracted attention. Another factor is that the accelerated introduction in certain areas has led to an increase in local governments realizing the benefits of electronic contracts.
SOURCE: PRTimes
