Document & Records Management

With the launch of a new project code-named “Deep Insight” , Canada’s Adlib Software plans to exploit the capabilities of its Advanced Rendering platform, and extensive experience working with unstructured content, to elevate the “findability” of information.

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton isn’t the only one who used a personal email account to conduct government business, with sole discretion over which emails she kept or deleted. US Department of Energy employees routinely use private email accounts for public business and decide on their own which emails to keep or delete, according to the DOE Office of Inspector General. The US government employs more than 13,000 people at the department.

New Zealand’s Chief Archivist Marilyn Little has released the report of her review into Prime Minister John Key’s record-keeping practices in regard to text messages.

Information Management and Governance (IMG) specialist, iCognition, has helped Australia’s National Blood Authority win the J Eddis Linton Award for excellence in records and information management. This Records and Information Management Professionals Association Award recognises organisations that have achieved outstanding results through excellence in implementation of a project.

Victoria’s paper mountain continues to grow ever higher, according to a survey of state government agencies by the Public Records Office of Victoria (PROV).

Technology firm Professional Advantage has commenced a migration to a cloud-based intranet solution for the Australian Red Cross. With around 22,000 volunteers, 20,000 members and 2,500 employees and headquarters in each state and territory, Australian Red Cross is one of Australia’s largest not-for-profits.

World Software Corporation, makers of the Worldox Document Management Solution for the legal industry, has announced the availability of the Worldox Cloud solution in Australia.

Nuance Communications Australia has announced the introduction of new versions of its capture software products, Nuance AutoStore 7 and eCopy ShareScan 5.4.

If you are a law firm still relying on paper records, don’t feel you are being left behind, as a recent survey of US and Canadian firms found 84% of firms rely on paper records for their official matter file, with 13% noting their firms had no official matter file policy at all.

South Australian technology company Parashift has been chosen to help streamline the digitisation and cataloguing of artefacts for the world’s largest collection of material relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and knowledge, held by The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).

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