"There is no greater priority for Georgia's Secretary of State than to make interacting with this agency as convenient and business-friendly as possible, so the transformational improvements in our corporations division are among our proudest achievements," said Cox. "I know how important rapid turnaround is for Georgia businesses, and to their attorneys and others who assist them with this work. That's why I am especially proud that, as I complete my final term in office, our corporations division is a national model for customer service, rapid response and technological innovation," Cox added.
Georgia's Corporations Division has also now digitized and made available online more than 2.5 million records and images of corporate filings made in the last decade. Users can easily and conveniently research and view the articles and application documents of most companies created after 1997. A new virtual "shopping cart" feature also allows customers to make a single payment for multiple transactions.
These new online offerings further expand the Corporations Division's already substantial suite of e-commerce offerings and will result in substantial savings to Georgia taxpayers. An immediate savings of $300,000 per year will be achieved by removing the corporate database from the state's mainframe computer system and managing the data in-house.
