We don’t have that level of centralized documentation in the US. A death certificate is issued by a much smaller subdivision of locally controlled government. The federal government doesn’t issue them.
My country blew a hole in that logic by making essentially any government issued document a virtual certificate accessible through a permanente code.
You can get one copy, scan and email it indefinetely and all entities receiving only need to check the permanent code online.
It was complete chaos when it rolled out, especially for old, outdated, progress resisting entities.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
You should.
Centralized documentation ensures accountability from the government to the citizens and vice versa.
In my little barbarian country, every child is born a citizen. If there is no possibility to registry a newborn at the hospital, through a special representation office that exists for that sole purpose on site, there is a time limit for the child to be registered; of failed, the parents face serious problems.
This simple gesture ensures the child exists and is accounted for. Social Security, Tax Number, NHS and personal identification number are immediatly issued.
In the same way, a death is immediatly reported and all those numbers are immediatly cancelled by the funeral agent - this is mandated by law. This ensures the identity can not be abused for nefarious purposes. Driving, mariner, pilot license, etc, follows the same logic.
All official documentation are centrally issued and accounted for. This even facilitates inter-agency exchange of information and speeds the issuing of social benefits and tax calculation.
A strong, transparent, central administration provides better services for the citizens.
Hupf@feddit.de 11 months ago
Like government agencies?
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Not really, in this case. It was the government issuing the new format, so it was the early adopter; some services are even interconnected and share information in real time.
In this case, it was more about banks, telecoms, energy and water companies.
Sequence5666@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This sounds very efficient of your country. Where are you from ?
qyron@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Portugal
Shialac@lemmy.world 11 months ago
For real… maybe we will get something like that in germany in like a hundred years when they finally stop using fax machines lmao