Gemini Digest, Vol 25, Issue 4

[Almaember]

On 07/08/2021 19:32, The Doctor wrote:
> Not necessarily.  One of the reasons services in the States have moved to the "you can
> only fill forms out online" model is because it's far cheaper than maintaining office
> space staffed with personnel who manage physical paperwork, plus the cost of printing,
> storing, archiving, and managing those dead trees goes away.
> 
> There is also the highly tone-deaf "apps fix everything, let's make smartphone apps"
> attitude.
That might be true for the US, I wouldn't say it's true here. Although 
yes, forms get digitized, you can still fill them out in an office. The 
ID cards can't be easily validated by computers either, so...

I know, that last time I had to do govt things (e.g. get a new ID), I 
had to go in the office and do it there. There's an office for every 
district, I think, in bigger ones probably multiple.

So at least in this particular case, you can do everything in person. 
Although the situation might not be the same in other countries.

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