Transparent Digital Governance: A Blockchain-Based Workflow Audit Application

Digital governance requires transparent, auditable, and secure mechanisms for document circulation across public institutions. Existing workflow management and e-government systems, especially in the legislative field, often lack end-to-end auditability, leaving gaps in accountability and verification. This article introduces a blockchain-based workflow audit application designed to ensure integrity, traceability, and transparency of document exchanges and transitions in central and local administrations. This article presents a solution that oversees the auditing and monitoring of document circulation between different public institutions or within a single institution. The system is based on blockchain technology that stores data and preserves history, making every action traceable and auditable. The process of document creation involves the encryption, timestamping and addition of the document to the blockchain, the access to which is restricted only to authorised stakeholders. The system aims to enhance transparency and accuracy in the presentation of legislative process documents for public consultation. The preliminary prototype was subjected to a validation process by an end-user from the parliamentary legislative authority in Romania.