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Each year millions of Americans are the victims of fraud or identity theft. In 1997 the Consumer Sentinel Network (CSN) was established to create a secure online database to track complaints filed with the FTC, state law enforcement agencies, and Federal agencies like the IRS and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The ultimate goal of your data entry process is to create an organized set of data, in a specified format, which can be easily accessed and utilized.  The success of your organization in achieving this goal depends on the quality of your data entry process.  Here is a list of Top 10 Best Practices that--if followed--can deliver an accuracy rate of 99% or higher from Invensis.net.

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 reprioritization of tasks.

“Work smarter not harder” 

Let’s face it we’ve all probably had someone say this to us at some point in our life, but it's often easier said than done...

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.

As I travel around the country talking to elected officials and government employees one of the most common talking points is the challenge with managing their data.  Many of them still do a lot of manual data entry while others struggle with getting accurate indexing data from submissions using electronic recording/filing.  This often leads to:

My high school typing teacher would be disappointed with my current ‘Hunt and Peck’ approach to data entry.  I know the keyboard pretty well, but still have to look at it to make sure I don’t make mistakes.  A lot has changed since I learned to type – White Out and correction tape are no longer required.  However, mistakes or incorrect index data can make it impossible for users to find records.

What is better? Manual or automatic?  How do they work? Which one to choose? Why?

No, this isn’t an article about buying cars.  Although it may sound like it, I'm actually talking about redaction software.  There are some striking parallels when comparing car purchases and redaction software purchases.  I know, it sounds a little crazy but bear with me.  

Almost two years in the making, the merger between IACREOT and NACRC won’t officially take place until September of 2016.  However, recently the new organization released their new name and logo and requested applications for the inaugural executive board. 

The new organization will be called, the International Association of Government Officials.  Abbreviated IAoGO (pronounced "eye go”), the new organization is actively seeking candidates for the inaugural Executive Board. 

I attended my fifth Court Technology Conference (CTC) in Minneapolis, MN this past week. The educational track that resonated with me was How IT Can Design and Deliver Solutions to Create a High Performance Court. Here is a quote from the session description that really sums up the state of technology in the courts: