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It’s that time of year when Santa checks his list twice. Apparently, he’s been keeping tabs on how organizations approach their large-scale digital conversion projects and modern records management implementations. Who knew the North Pole had gone digital? After consulting with his elves (who’ve been managing toy production records for centuries), Santa has compiled his […]

You’ve got a massive records modernization project looming, tight deadlines to meet federal compliance standards, and no idea where to find the specialized talent to make it happen. The knee-jerk reaction is to start posting job listings for full-time employees. But let’s talk about what that decision actually costs you, and how outsourced staffing solutions […]

If you work in government document management, you’ve probably heard the terms “508 compliance” and “FOIA compliance” thrown around in meetings until your eyes glaze over. But here’s the thing: These aren’t just bureaucratic buzzwords to check off a compliance list. They represent two fundamental pillars of how modern government agencies serve the public. Getting […]

Implementing a Clean Slate initiative isn’t just about passing legislation—it’s about execution. For municipal courts and law enforcement agencies, that means preparing to automatically expunge eligible criminal records. The stakes are high, and the timeline is tight. Clean Slate laws are already in effect across several U.S. states—including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of […]

If you’re reading this, you’re likely overwhelmed with paper documents and wondering whether to tackle the digitization yourself or hand it over to professionals for outsourced document scanning. It’s a decision that keeps many executives awake at night, especially when they start calculating the cost of scanning documents at the scale they’re dealing with. The […]

If you’ve ever squinted at a grainy microfilm reader in a library or struggled with an ancient microfiche machine that seems to have been designed before the invention of user-friendly interfaces, you know the frustration of trying to access information trapped in these legacy formats. While microfilm and microfiche served their purpose brilliantly for decades […]

Let’s talk about something that’s keeping federal records officers awake at night: M-23-07 compliance. If you’re working in a federal agency and haven’t fully grasped what this directive means for your organization, you’re not alone. But here’s the thing – ignoring these requirements isn’t going to make them go away, and the consequences of non-compliance […]

When it comes to document digitization, not all projects are created equal. Sure, scanning a few hundred employee files might be straightforward enough for your local copy shop to handle, but what happens when you’re staring down a project that involves 50-year-old microfilm, fragile historical documents that can’t leave your facility, FADGI 3-Star compliance requirements, […]

Quality assurance in document scanning isn’t just important – it’s essential. A comprehensive quality management system can make the difference between a successful digitization project and an expensive mistake. Let’s start with a scenario that probably sounds familiar: Your organization has finally decided to tackle that mountain of paper documents sitting in storage rooms and […]

Remember when processing invoices meant someone manually typing every single line item into a spreadsheet? Or when handling insurance claims required an army of data entry clerks squinting at handwritten forms for eight hours a day? If you’ve been in business long enough, you probably have vivid memories of those soul-crushing manual processes that consumed […]

Remember when the most significant security concern was making sure the office filing cabinet was locked at night? Those days now seem like ancient history. With remote work becoming the norm rather than the exception, we face a completely different set of challenges in the field of remote work cybersecurity, such as keeping our documents […]

Let’s be honest—when most government employees hear “FADGI compliance,” their first thought probably isn’t, “This is going to make my life so much easier!” More likely, it’s something along the lines of “Great, another regulatory hurdle to jump through.” But here’s the thing: while FADGI-compliant digitization initially started as a compliance requirement, it has turned […]