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Governments Use Document Imaging to Manage Paper Documents

- Aug 25, 2008

Wasn't paper supposed to go away? Isn't this the era of digital government? Then why are so many governments scanning pages into document imaging systems?


Some examples:

  • In March, the National Archives and Records Administration awarded a $2.1 million contract for a solution to scan and process millions of government documents.
  • The Indiana Department of Environmental Management recently used a service bureau to scan archives into a virtual file cabinet, providing online access to more than 9 million documents.
  • Austin, Texas, implemented document imaging in two city departments since 2006 and is eyeing further applications.

Despite the e-government trend and the move toward enterprisewide information systems, there's still no end of paper in the public sector. Between government's historical archives and the myriad forms used to transact business, paper management is still a major challenge.

Many use document imaging systems to close the gap between hard copy and digital business processes.Continue Article...


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