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No more paper-file headaches in this Bucks
County, Pa., office
By Michael Keating
With more than 16,000 open cases on its books, the Domestic
Relations Office of Bucks County, Pa., is responsible for a lot of
important documents and reports. What's more, some of those 16,000 open
cases can remain active for as long as 18 years. The county's new
centralized digital document storage and management system is designed
to help ensure that those documents are safely stored and available when
needed.
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Texas taps AT&T to develop emergency
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Lessons from the cherry orchard
By Eileen Miller, CPPO, CPM
"Set your sights high" was my father's implication as he
inexplicably retrieved an extension ladder from our barn, complete with
4-foot worn cotton rope that was intended for securely tying the ladder
to skyscraping trees!
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People, let's be reasonable
By Frederick Marks
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