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... This way companies, whether Governmental or charities can plan for the future, monitor situations and record for future reference. This report is to compare the differences between the different organisation types, government and charities. Each section requires several types of information. All information must be accurate, understandable and relevant. ... The Government receives information from Internal and External sources. ...
For the Government to be able to plan for the future it needs to collect information. ...
It needs to know information about the local swimming baths, parks and
Playgrounds. ...
Some areas might need more than others depending on the information collected
The different areas of the country. ...
Railways and buses need to know information for the amount of passengers they
Are likely to receive travelling. The government has this information which the
Transport bosses can act on. Roads and paths have to be maintained by the local
Governments, so they need to know information to be able to plan for future
Developments. ...
Sources of information
The Government has quite a few ways in which to collect data to process to information. ...
The Internet is also a great source of information, even though it is relatively new, businesses and companies, organisations and charities are using it more and more as a way of obtaining information. The local councils use the registry office to gather information, such as births, deaths and marriages. ...
Information is usually paper based until it is gathered together and processed to be used and programmed into Electronic systems (Computer data bases).
To gather information, specially designed forms are used. ... These can be used as back up if the Electronic System should fail, but also there should be back up of all information off the computer on other types of portable media such as zip drives, tape drives, floppy disks and CD.
Security Requirements
If records, data and information are to be stored on paper-based systems, the fling cabinets or storage boxes, and the rooms they are in should be locked outside normal working hours. ... Any information held on information Systems (IS) cannot be printed out, as governments and charities cannot afford to have all their details become public knowledge. ...
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As the diagram overleaf shows, there are many ways for data and information to be lost or become insecure, the hardware of IS can fail as can the software the IS uses. ... Personnel could gather information for their own benefit. ... Fire, electrical problems and telecommunication problems can cause a whole lot of disasters, where data and information can be lost.
Approximate Word count = 2041
Approximate Pages = 8.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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