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Imaging and Electronic Records

Dallas County Texas Courts Moving to Electronic Files - Friday, October 30, 2009

DallasNews.com reports on efforts by the Dallas County Courts to move away from paper files.

King County Electronic Court Records System Video - Tuesday, June 02, 2009

The Harvard Ash Institute posted their video on the King County, Washington Electronic Court Records system on YouTube.

AIIM 2008 Report - Friday, March 14, 2008

Some highlights from the AIIM 2008 Conference and Exposition held in Boston, Massachusetts from March 4-6. 2008.

Norfolk Virginia Plans Digital Files - Friday, March 07, 2008

In preparation for a new courthouse the Circuit Court Clerk in Norfolk, Virginia is going digital.

Garland Texas Municipal Court Goes Paperless - Wednesday, July 18, 2007

In a preview of a CTC-10 session, the Garland, Texas Municipal Court announces their paperless project.

Washington State Tests Electronic Citation System - Wednesday, April 25, 2007

A select group of law enforcement officers from local and state law enforcement agencies are using a system that allows electronic ticketing and collision reporting.

Ohio Supreme Court Goes Digital - Thursday, February 01, 2007

In a press release the Ohio Supreme Court announced their digital document program began operation in December, 2006. They wrote: "Digital images of case documents filed with the Supreme Court of Ohio are now available on the Court's Web site, through the Clerk of Court's online case docket search."

Ohio Supreme Court Announces Imaging and RSS technology - Monday, December 04, 2006

The Supreme Court of Ohio announced on November 30, 2006 that as of December 1st, all case documents filed on and after that date will be available online soon after filing.

Self-Docketing Smart Documents - Wednesday, August 16, 2006

I've been spending time in Orlando, Florida recently and I had the privilege of meeting with Ms. Carolyn Weber who is their E-filing (ECF) project manager. Carolyn has a great example of smart documents on the Orange County Clerk of Court ECF project website.

Federal Court Visiting Judges Helped by Electronic Files - Wednesday, March 01, 2006

The US Federal Court newsletter, "The Third Branch" has published an article titled Visiting Judges Take Their Work On The Road in which it notes:

Careful What You Electronically Redact - Thursday, May 05, 2005

Recently, a report issued by the Italian defense department tried to use Adobe Acrobat to "redact" the text that was deemed classified by simply changing the color to be the same as the document background.

Imaging Space Calculations - Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Computer storage requirements for various digitized document types: