Expedite FOIA and Public Records Requests with Leading eDiscovery Solution

By |2023-10-06T10:14:35-04:00September 6th, 2023|Data Compliance, Information Governance and Management, Technology|

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and similar state laws give the public the right to access records from federal, state, and local government agencies. These laws promote transparency and accountability in the public sector. However, FOIA and public records requests often pose significant challenges for the agencies that must process and respond to them. For example, in 2021 agencies subject to FOIA received 838,164 FOIA requests. Responding to such requests can prove time-consuming and expensive, particularly if the records contain sensitive information that must be redacted. Large volumes of data spread across multiple platforms compound the problem. And not

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LGIS – Local Government Information Services Improve Services and Efficiency

By |2023-10-06T10:30:23-04:00August 9th, 2023|Information Governance and Management|

Municipal agencies face a host of challenges, from limited resources and aging infrastructures to natural disasters and cyber attacks. LGIS – local government information services play a key role in meeting those challenges. In fact, by leveraging information technology in innovative ways, governments can improve services, drive productivity, and increase citizen engagement. Government Agencies Face Unique Information Challenges Because of the services they provide and the position they fill in society, municipalities face a particular set of challenges. In the first place, they deal with diverse and complex data sets, from public documents to health records and environmental data. Keeping

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Data Governance in Municipalities: Driving Innovation and Public Trust

By |2023-07-28T07:52:19-04:00June 28th, 2023|Data Compliance, Information Governance and Management|

Cities face both opportunities and challenges in relation to data. Well-managed data can help to improve service delivery, optimize resource allocation, and drive innovation. On the other hand, concerns about privacy and transparency hold particular weight in the public arena, driving data governance in municipalities. Municipalities collect massive amounts of data in numerous formats and from many sources, ranging from court documents to traffic sensors. Data governance efforts manage data quality and availability to support decision making. Those efforts must also prioritize data security and privacy to satisfy regulatory requirements and safeguard public trust. To that end, the city’s data

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Messaging Architects has been providing professional consulting services around unstructured data and information governance for over 12 years.  Our topnotch experienced project management and engineering team assists organizations to address information risk management strategies, eDiscovery processes, data security and information management policies.    Information is an organizations biggest asset but it can also be that organizations biggest risk.

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