OREANDA-NEWS. May 28, 2013. The Chamber of Auditors (CCRM) has stated problems in using information technologies by institutions subordinated to the Justice Ministry (MJ).

The CCRM examined, at a meeting, a report, which stated that „the management of the information technologies and communications (ITC) area has a fragmentary and a non-uniform nature”.

The CCRM auditors also emphasised the fact that there were divergences and gaps within the legal framework that regulates this system’s functioning. The audit report on the ITC management refers to the inter-operability of records administered by the judicial system, by the Ministry’s Centre for juridical information, by the Civil Status Service and by other agencies. It stated that the automation of the interior process of these institutions was „morally and functionally overpassed”.

Attending the Chamber’s meeting, Deputy Justice Minister Vladimir Grosu said that the ministry was aware of the existing problems in the ITC area and, soon, it would approve a strategy on their solving. The Justice Ministry’s specialists started the elaboration of a reform document in 2012. Grosu admitted that the ministry had not had a clear policy in the area so far.

Other public servants responsible for the ITC management in the justice sector noted that the mayoralties from the rural areas were facing problems in using technologies while working with citizens and that most of the ITC projects in the justice sector were generally backed by foreign donors.