HALL OF FINANCE AND RECORDS
12 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, ROOM 202
POST OFFICE BOX 567
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92702-0567
(714) 834-2450 FAX: (714) 834-2569 http://www.ocgov.com/ac
JOHN
H. NAKANE
Chief Assistant Auditor-Controller
JAMES M. McCONNELL
Assistant Auditor-Controller
Central Operations
SHAUN M. SKELLY
Assistant Auditor-Controller
Agency Accounting
MAHESH N. PATEL
Assistant Auditor-Controller
Information Technology
DAVID E. SUNDSTROM, CPA
Auditor-Controller
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 11, 2003
For further information contact:
David Sundstrom, 714.834.2456
Orange County Auditor-Controller
David Sundstrom
Accepts This Year's "AIIM Best Practice Award"
(New York, NY) - The
Association of Information and Imaging Management (AIIM)
announced today that the County of Orange was one of three
winners of its prestigious Best Practices Award for 2003.
David E. Sundstrom, county Auditor-Controller accepted
the award on behalf of the county at the association's
annual convention that was attended by over 20,000 industry
professionals. Encompassing North America and Europe,
the AIIM Best Practices Award recognizes innovative applications
of document and/or process management technologies to
solve critical business requirements. The term "Best Practice"
denotes a standard of excellence that has been achieved
within an organization and refers to a process that can
be quantified, adapted, and repeated. These awards were
established to acknowledge personal or organizational
excellence within the enterprise content management industry.
Sundstrom accepted the award for the Electronic Report
Management and Imaging (ERMI) system. ERMI provides nearly
800 system users with online access to over 12,000 financial
reports and 1 million documents that support financial
transactions that are produced annually. Also accepting
an award was A. J. Hyland of Hyland Software, the developer
of the OnBase technology that serves as the backbone of
the ERMI system. The county has estimated that the system
saves over $2 million per year in print, distribution
and document retrieval costs while costing less that $200,000
to maintain. According to Sundstrom, "the recognition
for this award is particularly gratifying given the funding
shortfalls that will be experienced by the county that
are resulting from the State's economic woes." As impressive
as the cost savings are, Sundstrom thinks the most beneficial
aspect of the system is the increased accountability it
provides for the county. He adds, "with this system all
transactions are available to all users at all times.
It's like having an additional 800 auditors continually
reviewing the county's business."
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