Microsoft Corp Japan will give small local governments free software to help with clerical work related to providing child-rearing allowances the national government will introduce in fiscal 210, company sources said Monday. Microsoft intends to start offering the software via download from its website, possibly on Tuesday, to local governments that might find it financially too burdensome to have software written for the clerical work, the sources said.
Microsoft plans to give the template for its Excel spreadsheet program to local and municipal governments with 100 or fewer employees and 10,000 residents or fewer, they said, adding it aims to get more than 40 local governments to take advantage of the free software.
Costum ordering such a template would cost some 1.5 million to 3 million yen per order, they said.
Employees at local governments will be able to transfer data on residents from the Basic Resident Register, a computerized comprehensive list of Japanese citizens, onto the template, and use that to check qualified households, confirm payments and compile reports, the sources said.
Microsoft plans to give the template for its Excel spreadsheet program to local and municipal governments with 100 or fewer employees and 10,000 residents or fewer, they said, adding it aims to get more than 40 local governments to take advantage of the free software.
Costum ordering such a template would cost some 1.5 million to 3 million yen per order, they said.
Employees at local governments will be able to transfer data on residents from the Basic Resident Register, a computerized comprehensive list of Japanese citizens, onto the template, and use that to check qualified households, confirm payments and compile reports, the sources said.
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