An organization or enterprise, for functional versatility, needs an aesthetic, scientific and dynamic approach. Only this can improve its work efficiency and effectiveness. Such an approach can best be discerned through the IT solutions to its functional areas. The Home department of Orissa Government has the administrative control over a wide range of public services such as police, fire services, prisons, prosecutions and the Secretariat services. Computerization of in-house activities of Home department can boost a great deal the benefits that it renders to public and also to its employees. There is no doubt that this is a daunting task not only due to large variety of its functions but also the diversity of legacy computer systems. Moving in this direction, the NIC, Orissa State Unit accepted this challenge and came up with a plan of step-by-step computerization of the department. Within a given time-span, NIC successfully implemented the Photo Identity Card Systems (PICS) , Cadre Information System (CIS) and Budget Information System (BIS). Photo Identity Card System (PICS) • PICS for all the employees of Orissa secretariat is a unique attempt, away from what is normally understood by computerization. Seven thousand and six hundred Photo Identity Cards of the Secretariat employees have been prepared and distributed while creating a large employee database including their digital photographs. • Each laminated Identity Card contains information such as printed digital-photo, name, designation, department, blood group, date of issue and date of its validity. The Date of Validity of the Identity Card is up to the date of superannuation of the employee or five years counted from 01/01/ 2004, whichever is earlier. • For the first time, the Identity Cards were prepared electronically through computer. Demonstration of Identity Card Software to Hon’ble Home Secretary Shri Santosh Kumar Scanned copy of the I-card Cadre Information System:(for Employees of Different Cadres) CIS is a versatile information system software that encapsulates several functional modules such as Employees’ Gradation List, details of Transfer/Posting, Disciplinary Proceedings, Grievance Monitoring etc. At the outset, the Gradation List has been prepared and published for different cadres such as Common Cadres of Orissa Secretariat, Fire Services, Prison Services and the Inspector of police. There are six sections in Home Department, dealing with their respective cadres. Each such section has a computer in which CIS has beeninstalled. The Gradation Lists have been generated and printed locally. The CIS has opened a flexible and transparent system for the employees, who could not easily witness their positions earlier in the Gradation Lists, and can now easily file their objections, if any. Budget Information System:(for Intra-departmental Budget Expenditures) BIS has been developed & implemented in the Home Department. It can generate various kinds of reports on plan and non-plan budget, its expenditures and re-appropriations. The budget data of Home Department, of each financial year, is brought electronically from the NIC Computer Cell of Finance Department, and is imported into the BIS. The budget expenditures, supplementaries and re-appropriations are regularly entered in the BIS throughout the financial year. As a result of which, the required reports can be generated in no time for supporting the decision-making. Technical Details for PICS GUI: Visual Basic 6 DBMS: MS Access 2000 Report Tools: VB Data Report and Crystal Report 7 Print Page: 8 Identity Cards per page