| December 11, 2007 | | The weekly GovPro Newsletter is produced by the editors of Government Product News and Government Procurement Journal.
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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 evacuation and notification tool
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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
Reasonableness of action is part of your professional DNA. It defines how you advise your organization, how you make decisions, how you view the way your organization governs and, most importantly, how you will be remembered as a professional.
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