National Judicial Staff Services partners with FX Business centre to digitise historic legal archives

The National Judicial Staff Services (NJSS) in Papua New Guinea is embarking on a significant digital transformation initiative, partnering with FX Business Centre to manage its vast historical legal archives. FX Business Centre, a business unit operating under the Remington Group, will lead the effort to digitize an estimated 96,000 hardcopy court files that date back to the 1930s.

This collaboration aims to address a critical operational challenge for the NJSS: the sheer volume and difficulty of managing and retrieving information from its extensive collection of physical documents. The growing accumulation of these historical records has become a substantial hurdle for the department's efficiency.

A tangible measure of the scale of this undertaking is evident in Port Moresby, where approximately 20 shipping containers filled with legal archives are slated for conversion into secure digital formats. This project signifies a crucial step for the NJSS in modernizing its record-keeping systems and ensuring better accessibility to vital legal history.