The management of e-documents in Latin America

Ponencia presentada en el I Coloquio Internacional E-DOCPA 2006, celebrado en Oviedo los días 22, 23 y 24 de noviembre de 2006.The development of computer technology and telematics in Latin America can be observed in the laws about electronic documents and digital signature. Within that regulatory framework, electronic government is being implemented as part of the States’ modernization process, the main objective of which is to optimize the relationship between the State and the citizen through the information and documentation services offered by public administration. Documentary management can be placed between both components, as related services are based on documents belonging to public archives and stored in different media. We will consider this problem in the following lines to deal, in a general sense, with the real situation of documentary management in Latin America