GovNews Blog
Our GovNews Blog focuses on indexing and redacting methods and news regarding identity theft, land records, court technology, manual data entry, workflow productivity, and more. If you are a court clerk, county attorney, register of deeds, or secretary of state, this blog may be beneficial.
OCR (also known as Optical Character Recognition) is defined as the mechanical or electronic conversion of images that are typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-coded text. The technology deals with the problem of recognizing and converting all different types of characters into text your computer can read.
I can guarantee that anybody reading this blog uses machine learning dozens of times each day without even realizing it. When you perform a web, search usingGoogle or Bing, for instance, the search engine works so well because their software has figured out how to predict searches and rank pages for you.
Last month I shared my experience at the NCSC Industry Summit. One of the major changes I’ve witnessed with the courts over the last ten years is the transition to e-filing. Whether limited to select case types, mandatory, or optional – e-filing is transforming the courts. E-filing vendors continue to enhance the services they provide to streamline the process for filers and courts.
Greg has been Clerk of Court since 2007. He was elected in 2008, and re-elected in 2012 and 2016. Greg shared his experience in evaluating and implementing redaction software for the Montgomery County, Ohio court system.
The Property Records Index exists in order to find necessary information so a document itself can be retrieved. The documents determine whether ownership of property or an interest in the property may have changed. The only way to ensure the integrity of the indexes is for the recording jurisdiction to be responsible for, and to maintain, quality control. In order to maximize the Recorders’ Index, it is critical to follow a guide of best practices in order to index consistently and accurately.
Land records have been electronically submitted and recorded for over a decade in the United States, representing millions of successful e-recording transactions. Submission requirements still vary significantly among e-recording jurisdictions as far as completeness and accuracy tolerance are concerned.
Every good process has a starting point. In the instance of making the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich, “first you take the peanuts and you crush ‘em, you crush ‘em" view entire peanut butter and jelly sandwich process here. Whereas, the first step of a government data entry process, is document handling. First you take the paper documents, and you sort ‘em, you sort ‘em. Then you take the documents and you scan ‘em, you scan em...
Automated Document Classification is defined based on your business requirements and documents. Documents may be classified according to subjects or based on other attributes such as; document type, author, printing year, etc.
Once these classifications are defined, documents stored in an assigned repository or arriving by fax, e-mail or via an upstream workflow, are sent to an Automated Document Classification application.
As our workload continues to build and technology continues to advance, it may be time to analyze your current procedures to see if an advanced OCR solution is right for you. Applying such a solution can save valuable work hours, improve turnaround times, increase transcription accuracy and yield an exceptional ROI all while streamlining your workflow. Here are four signs that you should look into an advanced OCR software solution.
In my previous blog I talked about managing your workload, and one of the keys pieces to being able to do so is to prioritize what the most important projects are. But how are you supposed to prioritize projects when everything is a top priority? While working at a software company, I quickly realized that no matter how well organized the preparation – you always encounter surprises along the way requiring changes, and re-prioritization of tasks.
I searched for some tips on workload management and came across an article from Entrepreneur Magazine 6 Steps to Managing Your Overwhelming Workload. I found this article to be very valuable in managing my personal workload and I wanted to share my findings with you.
