We’re proud to announce the eight organizations who will be receiving Run Smarter Awards at the 2009 Laserfiche Institute Conference.

Please join us as we congratulate this year’s winners: the City of Lynwood, CA; Thurston County, WA; the City of Okotoks, AB; BC Biomedical; Berger Financial Group; Texas A&M University; Jamestown, NY, Public Schools; and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

We’d like to thank everyone who submitted nominations for this year’s award—and we’d like to invite you to join us at the Conference January 12-14 in Los Angeles to congratulate this year’s winners.
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Running smarter sometimes means pacing yourself.

That’s the lesson from 2008 Run Smarter Award winner Thurston County, WA. Until implementing Laserfiche in 2007, the rustic county, peppered as it is with forests and Puget Sound waters, was beset with what could best be described as information management logjams.

But in less than two years, Thurston County has evolved its use of Laserfiche from a pilot project handling backlog conversion to the backbone of a department-by-department phenomenon. In short, Thurston County has realized the very essence of what it means to Run Smarter.
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As the winner of a 2007 InfoWorld 100 Award for IT innovation, Gaston County, NC, is a shining example of the way technology can help move government forward. So when it came time to implement a digital document management solution, it’s no surprise that CIO Brandon Jackson sought the system that could best promote broader-ranging citizen services. As part of the award-winning initiative, a rapidly-growing Laserfiche® system now provides solid technological support for Gaston County’s service mission. . . Full story »

When you spend most of your day processing paperwork, it can be difficult to feel that you’re making a difference in society. But thanks to an integrated document management solution from Laserfiche^®, staff at the Pinellas County, Florida, Juvenile Welfare Board (JWB) have significantly reduced the amount of paper that crosses their desks—leaving them with more time to support the agenciesm that serve the county’s disadvantaged residents. . . Full story »

Last year, a rising tide of paper records convinced Benton County that it was time to update its filing system. There were 22 shelves on the second floor of the Benton-Corvallis Law Enforcement Building, 115 boxes of older records in the basement, and 30 boxes stored at an off-site warehouse two miles away. Incident reports for everything from barking dogs to murders filled shelves, drawers, and boxes. There was even a county jail ledger from 1858.
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