Thursday 23 July 2020

Online file processing in Secretariat

File processing in State Secretariat is now made easy for OSS officers. Regular effort is there to make everything digital as a part of technology implementation under 5T. 
File Processing
OSWAS application has been introduced in Secretariat w.e.f. October 2012. With certain modifications, the updated version OSWAS 2.0 has been rolled out on 26 November, 2018. 
Facilities available-
- Dak creation, receiving and forwarding
- Noting & Drafting (English & Odia) 
- File sending & pulling
- Status of dak/file lying with
- All dak/files accessible on search

Official e-Mail ID:
Recently individual official email ID has been provided to all employees with domain odisha.gov.in.  (Ex: akbar.pal@odisha.gov.in
Employees can have their ID from the message box of OSWAS. 

Digital Signature:
All employees have also been instructed to creat their digital signature through OCAC. (Download Procedure

Draft/letter Issue:
In addition to this, because of typist cadre dying in Secretariat, Home Department have instructed all departments to have the facility of auto issuance of drafts/letters in concerned sections instead of issue section through OSWAS. (Download.pdf) 

Hence, now it can be said that within a few months the whole system of file works (Dak receive - file processing - Draft issue) will be digital. It will help in transparency, easy processing, saving of time and paper. 

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