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Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - "Millions of records going digital" in Fort Wayne
Benjamin Lanka reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:
Fort Wayne hopes to spend $250,000 to begin digitizing its millions of paper records.The City Council on Tuesday approved a contract with HOV Services to scan and index nearly 2.7 million documents for four city departments to make them available electronically on the city’s computer system.
Jim Haley, city information technology director, said the vendor will digitize a portion of the records for the city’s human resources, payroll, benefits and community development departments.
The work is needed in part because of the city’s pending move to Renaissance Square, 200 E. Berry St. It would be nearly impossible to physically move all the documents to the building, he said.
The contract would just be a start for the city, Haley said, as there will be countless other records to digitize. He said when the process begins, it is difficult to go back to keeping paper records.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 8, 2010 09:00 AM
Posted to Indiana Government