Abstract

This article describes in general the term of “electronic document”, in particular the use of electronic documents in local government units. The need to introduce an electronic administration to include but not limited to an electronic document and description of legal regulations which have affected development and interest of this topic will also be presented in this article. In order to improve the functioning of local government units, it is indispensable to introduce most up to date types of information and communication technologies, hence it is of the utmost importance to get familiar with the concepts and role of an electronic document in public administration. It is also very important to know the benefits and risks on public administration performance associated with the implementation of solutions such as e-administration to include an electronic documentation. While using and implementing the electronic solutions, the local government units should follow two basic principles - the commonness and safeness, which will be briefly described in this article.