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Troy Burke

With 20+ years’ experience providing clients with stellar service and strategic solutions for growth and development, Troy is committed to ensuring his customers receive the highest quality solution, training and support with every implementation. He frequently speaks on the topic of redaction and is actively involved with National Association of Court Management, Property Records Industry Association and several other government organizations. His specialties include: Redaction Software and Services, Automated Data Capture Technology, Identity Theft Prevention and Legislative Compliance. He holds a BA from Carroll College and works from Extract’s main office in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Saving Time, Money and Preventing Identity Theft – Part 4: The Cost of Identity Theft, and How Redaction Can Help?

Posted by Troy Burke on Oct 18, 2016 7:45:00 AM

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.

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Saving Time, Money and Preventing Identity Theft – Part 3: Data Entry Best Practices

Posted by Troy Burke on Oct 11, 2016 8:00:00 AM

 

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.

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Saving Time, Money and Preventing Identity Theft – Part 2: Prioritizing Projects

Posted by Troy Burke on Sep 29, 2016 8:02:00 AM

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.

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Saving Time, Money and Preventing Identity Theft – Part 1: Managing Your Workload

Posted by Troy Burke on Sep 22, 2016 8:50:00 AM

“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.

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How to Solve the Biggest Problems with Data Capture

Posted by Troy Burke on Sep 8, 2016 8:30:00 AM

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:

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How to Fall in Love with Data Entry

Posted by Troy Burke on Aug 4, 2016 8:00:00 AM

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.

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Manual or Automatic? A Breakdown of Redaction Methods

Posted by Troy Burke on Jun 30, 2016 8:00:00 AM

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.  

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IACREOT - NACRC Merger Rolls On, Seeks Executive Board Members

Posted by Troy Burke on Apr 13, 2016 7:10:44 AM

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. 

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NCSC partners with HackerNest for CourtHack Hackathon

Posted by Troy Burke on Sep 29, 2015 5:50:05 PM

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:

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Texas Prosecutors Conference - Transformation from Good to Great

Posted by Troy Burke on Dec 10, 2014 9:16:00 AM

I arrived at the Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA) Conference held in Austin earlier this week. The City known as the Live Music Capital of the World is one of the fastest growing areas of the US and draws people from all over the world because of its university, abundant entertainment, and active lifestyle. At one hotel in The Domain located minutes from the historic IBM research campus the topics being discussed were decidedly more serious. In the aftermath of the Ferguson and New York grand jury decisions not to indict officers involved in the tragic deaths of two black men.
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