Document Scanning Blog: November 2012

Corruption case might be abandoned

Friday, November 30, 2012

Even after legal charges have been filed and a court case is underway, if documents concerning the lawsuit go missing, the judge can declare a mistrial because of a lack of evidence. Many authorities now combat that possibility by adopting an electronic information management policy.

Ohio state department sued over record loss

Friday, November 30, 2012

Documents go missing for various reasons - they can be lost in the shuffle among other papers, get misfiled or end up being thrown away unintentionally. However, there are sometimes more sinister causes behind missing files.

US military examines paperless options on naval craft

Friday, November 30, 2012

The U.S military has begun to look into more uses for document management and paperless initiatives, implementing the first paperless system on an aircraft carrier.

Civil War documents provide new look into American history

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Letters often provide people with a fascinating and intimate look into the past. The Library of Congress will soon display around 200 documents dating back to the Civil War.

Bank of America loses documents, drags out mortgage issue

Thursday, November 29, 2012

When someone passes away, family members are often left to put affairs in order. Unless various businesses like lenders and lawyers have ready access to multiple documents, like bank account information, deeds and other legal files, this process might drag on.

Document management essential to business survival

Thursday, November 29, 2012

With the changes in the way companies gather, use and store data occurring so rapidly these days, it is essential for a business to keep up with innovation and adopt the most efficient solution for its own needs, or risk falling behind the competition.

Almost 300,000 go paperless in UAE eco-initiative

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

A cooperative Paperless Day, hosted by the Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi, UAE, recently saw participation increase to an impressive 294,000 this year, the largest ever for the eco-friendly event.

Digitization taking off worldwide

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Using conversion services, leaders across the globe are copying documents and placing the images into online databases. This process can not only ensure that information is available to remote researchers but administrators can take primary source documents and further preserve them.

Getting the most out of document management

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Document management solutions can provide many benefits for a business, but to maximize returns on the technology, a company needs to take further steps.

Leaders support document preservation

Monday, November 26, 2012

Allowing documents to be preserved online using electronic information management systems can ensure that consumers have access to public data. As such, a number of leaders are calling for increased digitization efforts.

Baltimore school looks to go paperless in the classroom

Monday, November 26, 2012

For students at Loch Raven Technical Academy in Baltimore County, Maryland, textbooks will soon be a thing of the past as the school swaps out paper supplies in the classroom for digital equivalents.

How much paper do we really use?

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Talking about "going paperless" or reducing paper waste is all fine and good, but to understand how these initiatives can actually benefit a business, the decision-makers have to know how much paper is actually being used. According to Conversable Economist, it's a lot.