
The Ministry of Economy of Latvia and the institutions that subordinate to it, will soon be using DeskTime a application for recording work time. It allows you to see what the government employees are doing on work computers. Will it reduce the bureaucracy? Will it help make work in the sector more efficient? And how does the application of such systems look from the points of protecting personal data?Total costs for the implementation of the system, according to Valainis, will not exceed 10 000 euros. Changes are necessary, because there is “a huge change in the government.” last year, for example, at the Riga Free Port the number of employees was reduced by a third, and the Latvian Investment and Development agency is undergoing scale reforms. “We want to analyze data and make decisions
based on their decisions. DeskTime will help to understand who is performing tasks faster
andwhatmethodsheisusing,thesecretarysaid.Howwillthesystemoftrackingtheworkersandhoweffectiveisitinitsself?