State and local entities are looking for new ways to engage citizens and provide value through digital channels. Yet they face challenges that are different from those faced by private industry. What are the best practices for rolling out electronic signatures? Can a policy help? Our panel will help you avoid common mistakes and provide guidance for a smoother transition to digital government.
E-Signature Webcast for Financial Services Legal Counsel (Slides)eSignLive by VASCO
Slides from the October 20, 2011 Silanis Webcast "E-Signature Webcast for Financial Services Legal Counsel"
http://www.silanis.com/resource-center/webcasts/2011/e-signature-webcast-for-financial-services-legal-counsel.html
Leveraging eDiscovery Data in Legal Practice with Logikcull
Use cutting-edge technology to reveal important facts in your cases.
Tuesday, August 07, 2018 | 11 a.m. PT | 2 p.m. ET
Law firms are drowning in data.
Discovery data can come from clients, opposing counsel, government agencies, and interested parties. How are you supposed to find anything in a mess of paper, emails, copies of emails, and PDFs?
To sort through the clutter, law firms of all sizes are turning to a new class of technology and automation to quickly and easily convert, sort, search, and highlight important facts hidden behind walls of text.
Does your firm need help sorting fact from fiction?
Join Joshua Lenon, Clio’s Lawyer in Residence, along with Robert Hilson of Logikcull, a cloud-based eDiscovery software solution, and a panel of attorneys as they show how lawyers are revolutionizing their discovery practices—and building more competitive, profitable firms—through automation.
In this 1-hour webinar, you’ll learn how to:
How legal industry changes have created new discovery challenges and opportunities
How automation helps growing practices control the flow of data
How to leverage technology for a strategic advantage
How to use Clio and Logikcull’s integrated eDiscovery functionality
Logikcull is a Diamond Sponsor of the 2018 Clio Cloud Conference in New Orleans. Get your passes today!
Presented to the Michigan Digital Government Summit on 9/25/18. Co-presented with state of Illinois' Sunil Thomas, who had his own presentation about blockchain in Illinois.
E-Signature Webcast for Financial Services Legal Counsel (Slides)eSignLive by VASCO
Slides from the October 20, 2011 Silanis Webcast "E-Signature Webcast for Financial Services Legal Counsel"
http://www.silanis.com/resource-center/webcasts/2011/e-signature-webcast-for-financial-services-legal-counsel.html
Leveraging eDiscovery Data in Legal Practice with Logikcull
Use cutting-edge technology to reveal important facts in your cases.
Tuesday, August 07, 2018 | 11 a.m. PT | 2 p.m. ET
Law firms are drowning in data.
Discovery data can come from clients, opposing counsel, government agencies, and interested parties. How are you supposed to find anything in a mess of paper, emails, copies of emails, and PDFs?
To sort through the clutter, law firms of all sizes are turning to a new class of technology and automation to quickly and easily convert, sort, search, and highlight important facts hidden behind walls of text.
Does your firm need help sorting fact from fiction?
Join Joshua Lenon, Clio’s Lawyer in Residence, along with Robert Hilson of Logikcull, a cloud-based eDiscovery software solution, and a panel of attorneys as they show how lawyers are revolutionizing their discovery practices—and building more competitive, profitable firms—through automation.
In this 1-hour webinar, you’ll learn how to:
How legal industry changes have created new discovery challenges and opportunities
How automation helps growing practices control the flow of data
How to leverage technology for a strategic advantage
How to use Clio and Logikcull’s integrated eDiscovery functionality
Logikcull is a Diamond Sponsor of the 2018 Clio Cloud Conference in New Orleans. Get your passes today!
Presented to the Michigan Digital Government Summit on 9/25/18. Co-presented with state of Illinois' Sunil Thomas, who had his own presentation about blockchain in Illinois.
Our fully-automated filing system eliminates the need for you to prepare lengthy forms, research filing requirements in different jurisdictions or monitor your UCCs to ensure ongoing compliance. And, whether you do 100 filings or 10,000, we support you with a service team of filing specialists who not only understand the legal requirements and procedures of each jurisdiction, but whose process is the result of implementation of the Six Sigma methodology for operational excellence and customer focus.
www.uccdirect.com
GDPR Summit RDS May 2018 - DAMA VP Opening remarks and links to all presentat...DAMA Ireland
DAMA Ireland was delighted to both moderate and present at the #GDPR Summit in Dublin on Wednesday last 30th May. (http://www.gdprsummit.ie)
There was standing room only for the excellent presentations.
We view GDPR as a tipping point for common sense Data Management.
I presented on "The Data Value Map for GDPR" in which I explain how smart businesses are using the #DataValueMap.com (a free to use business tool from Cork University Business School) to extract #BusinessValue from their GDPR preparations.
See my presentation on the DAMA Ireland Slideshare account:
https://lnkd.in/eerfydT
#Nudge
#Innovation
#OpenConsultingGroup
#SolveForHappy
#Analytics
Estonia has evolved a remarkable digital society. Here we'll explore key aspects of the technical infrastructure behind Estonian digital governance and provide some theories as to why they have emerged.
There are a few ways to manage/archive/produce your digital public records, and 2 of them can cause your department to spend needless legal dollars and countless IT man-hours. Join Don DeLoach (Former CIO of City of Tallahassee) and Smarsh as they review the 3 methods, and show you which one drastically reduces the time, effort ,and costs associated with your State and Local Public Records Laws.
In this webinar, Smarsh and Don DeLoach cover:
- 3 ways to manage/archive/respond to digital public records
- Identify the pain points in current records processes
- What to look for in a records management and archiving solution
California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is
one such law that empowers the residents of
California, United States to have enhanced
privacy rights & consumer protection. It is the
most comprehensive US state privacy law to
date.
Presented on the main stage at CVC2019 in Zug, Switzerland. Discusses the shifts in how digital identity, particularly CULedger's self-sovereign identity solution MyCUID is being used to return to a normal approach for relationships. Discusses future application in payments as well.
Our fully-automated filing system eliminates the need for you to prepare lengthy forms, research filing requirements in different jurisdictions or monitor your UCCs to ensure ongoing compliance. And, whether you do 100 filings or 10,000, we support you with a service team of filing specialists who not only understand the legal requirements and procedures of each jurisdiction, but whose process is the result of implementation of the Six Sigma methodology for operational excellence and customer focus.
www.uccdirect.com
GDPR Summit RDS May 2018 - DAMA VP Opening remarks and links to all presentat...DAMA Ireland
DAMA Ireland was delighted to both moderate and present at the #GDPR Summit in Dublin on Wednesday last 30th May. (http://www.gdprsummit.ie)
There was standing room only for the excellent presentations.
We view GDPR as a tipping point for common sense Data Management.
I presented on "The Data Value Map for GDPR" in which I explain how smart businesses are using the #DataValueMap.com (a free to use business tool from Cork University Business School) to extract #BusinessValue from their GDPR preparations.
See my presentation on the DAMA Ireland Slideshare account:
https://lnkd.in/eerfydT
#Nudge
#Innovation
#OpenConsultingGroup
#SolveForHappy
#Analytics
Estonia has evolved a remarkable digital society. Here we'll explore key aspects of the technical infrastructure behind Estonian digital governance and provide some theories as to why they have emerged.
There are a few ways to manage/archive/produce your digital public records, and 2 of them can cause your department to spend needless legal dollars and countless IT man-hours. Join Don DeLoach (Former CIO of City of Tallahassee) and Smarsh as they review the 3 methods, and show you which one drastically reduces the time, effort ,and costs associated with your State and Local Public Records Laws.
In this webinar, Smarsh and Don DeLoach cover:
- 3 ways to manage/archive/respond to digital public records
- Identify the pain points in current records processes
- What to look for in a records management and archiving solution
California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) is
one such law that empowers the residents of
California, United States to have enhanced
privacy rights & consumer protection. It is the
most comprehensive US state privacy law to
date.
Presented on the main stage at CVC2019 in Zug, Switzerland. Discusses the shifts in how digital identity, particularly CULedger's self-sovereign identity solution MyCUID is being used to return to a normal approach for relationships. Discusses future application in payments as well.
Didier Delanoye en Jasper Kerremans lichten toe hoe de steeds sneller veranderende processen bij hun klanten de aanpak van financiële audits beïnvloeden.
Ze tonen hoe ze daarop antwoorden bieden via de de data-enabled audit methodologie en process mining technieken.
Vertrekkende van enorme volumes aan gegevens, biedt de data-enabled audit methodologie nieuwe inzichten en meer assurance via verbeterde risico-inschattingen, analyses en testing, bijvoorbeeld van journaalboekingen.
Process mining wordt enerzijds ingezet om het functioneren van key controls te bevestigen, en anderzijds om betere inzichten in bedrijfsprocessen te verwerven, bijvoorbeeld door middel van visualisaties en animaties die belangrijke afwijkingen van de verwachte processen blootleggen of efficiëntieverschillen tussen entiteiten tonen.
Critical success factors in e-Governance projectsMukund Nadgowda
This presentation narrates various critical success factors in e-Governance projects (particularly in the Indian scenario). The presentation is shared with a hope that it turns out to be a useful guide to students / seekers in the e-Governance sector.
Future of digital identity Programme summary - 15 dec 2018 lrFuture Agenda
Over the past few months we have run a series of expert workshops exploring the future of digital identity. Supported by Mastercard five events took place in London, Singapore, Sydney, San Francisco and Brussels building a collaborative expert view.
The project online and initial perspective is here https://www.futureagenda.org/news/the-future-of-digital-identity
The full report will be published in the New Year
Developing Countries National ICT Identity Governance StrategyGuy Huntington
Reviews the governance components required to successfully implement and maintain an e-government strategy:
* Identity data governance
* Identity infrastructure governance
* Laws and regulations governance
Digital Retail Africa 2023 hosted by IT News Africa - Carrie Peter speaks on Balancing User Experience and Security Compliance at Scale at the Digital Retail Africa 2023 conference. #retailtech #ecommerce #customerexperience #onlineshopping #securitycompliance
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Understanding the Challenges of Street ChildrenSERUDS INDIA
By raising awareness, providing support, advocating for change, and offering assistance to children in need, individuals can play a crucial role in improving the lives of street children and helping them realize their full potential
Donate Us
https://serudsindia.org/how-individuals-can-support-street-children-in-india/
#donatefororphan, #donateforhomelesschildren, #childeducation, #ngochildeducation, #donateforeducation, #donationforchildeducation, #sponsorforpoorchild, #sponsororphanage #sponsororphanchild, #donation, #education, #charity, #educationforchild, #seruds, #kurnool, #joyhome
Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war activities are presented, as well as strategies of support for political prisoners, and modest successes in supporting their struggles.
Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
3. Jenti Vandertuig
Oversees the procurement and contracting
functions of California’s sixth-largest county
Transformed the procurement functions into a
high-value, strategic operation with over $200
million in cost savings.
Now transitioning from a paper to a cloud-based
procure-to-pay system.
Chief Procurement Officer, County of
Santa Clara
4. Dominic Namnath
$300 million private non-profit contracted to the
California Department of Developmental Services
(DDS)
Developed a Program Directive for collecting and
accepting electronic signatures for TCRC.
CIO, Director, Tri-Counties Regional
Center
5. Howard Hill
Account manager providing IT services to the
Board of Supervisors, County Administrator’s
Office, Registrar of Voters, Alameda County Health
Care Agency, and the Community Development
Agency.
Spearhead the implementation of Enterprise
Solutions such as DocuSign and SalesForce.
Now works with county agencies to implement
electronic signatures.
Information Technology Manager,
Alameda County
6. Scott Bream
Served as the state’s digital certificate
program manager.
Appointed in 2015 to lead a multi-agency team
responsible for drafting statewide e-signature
policy guidelines.
Information Technology Security
Policy Manager, Washington State
Office of Cybersecurity
8. Uniform Electronic Transactions Act – 1999
• Drafted by Uniform Law Commission
(responsible for UCC)
• Overlay statute that amends state laws
or rules
that require “writing or “signature”
• Adopted in 47 states + DC
• WA, IL, NY have e-signature statutes
that predate UETA
9. “A record or signature may not
be denied legal effect or
enforceability solely because it
is in electronic form.”
Legality of eSignatures
10. Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act
• “ESIGN” – June 2000
• Federal version of UETA
• Instant 50-state baseline
• Consumer protections
• Preemption of nonconforming state
laws
11. What is an Electronic Signature?
11
An electronic signature is an “electronic sound,
symbol or process, attached to or logically
associated with a contract or other record and
executed or adopted by a person with the
intent to sign the record.”
Sound, symbol, process
Associated with record
Executed or Adopted
By a person
With intent to “sign”
13. Why have a policy?
The process of implementing any electronic solution will require
answers to many questions that have never come up before, such as:
What documents will we sign electronically?
What documents will we accept electronically?
How do we authenticate electronically signed and stored records?
Whose workflow will we acknowledge in a multi-party
transaction?
How do we control when and how we create a digital workflow?
How will we retain and preserve electronic records?
14. Internal
workflows
• Risk
assessment
• Business rules
• Permissions
• Procedure
• Change
management
Digital
transactions
• Authentication
• Consent
• Notices and
disclosures
• Signatures
• Record
retention and
access
Acceptance
• Transaction
profiles
• Assessment
tools
• Communication
planning
Digital Policy Development
Three distinct policy types
16. Business owner’s challenge – County of Santa Clara
Decision to automate our procurement & contracting functions required
eSignatures as part of the digital transformation
Partnered with County Counsel and IT Security teams to develop an
eSignature Policy
Board adopted eSignatures as a standard for contracts in 2016
Countywide directive to adopt eSignature platform for a more paperless
environment issued in May 2017
17. Technologist’s view— County of Alameda
Problems to be solved
Reduce our paper consumption to meet our County's Green Goals for paper reduction
Speed up business processes
Improve staff efficiency
Lessons learned
Don’t expect everyone to beat your door down just because you offer eSignatures
Expect users to submit use cases requiring complex workflows and solutions
What we’d would do differently
Bring in County Counsel participation early - get them up to speed on legality of
eSignature long before contract is signed
18. Top-Down Policy Development - State of Washington
No UETA
Legacy digital signature law
Amended 2015 to allow e-
signatures that follow CIO
guidelines
Guidelines published in 2016
19. Need Drives Action—Tri-Counties Regional Center
Regulations require data collection, retention, approvals, and certifications that
result in lengthy delays in providing services to the people we serve. We can do
better than that.
• 45-120 days is considered within regulations for intake and assessment
• 3-5 weeks is not unusual to start new services
Allowing staff to insert eSignature within existing processes delivered results
immediately.
• Training wasn’t an issue – eSignature was viewed as “just another option” and procedures weren’t
altered.
• Large majority of people were already aware of or had used eSignature
• Year 1: 40,000 docs, Year 2: 140,000, Year 3: looking like 225,000
20. Tri-Counties Regional Center
Concern for uniformity in process weighted more than uniform outcomes.
• People got caught up in details and process
• “Testing” outside agencies can drive progress (forgiveness vs permission)
• 3x Annual Audits passed with no findings
Legal Certainty (lack of) will result in “no” and education is the only answer. This
must be applied at the highest level.
• Federal level with CMS to get approval for Medicaid participants
• State Level – Laws amended to add eSignature to Civil Code
• State Level – Define more clearly what eSignature is and is not
• Department Level – Program directives to define and allow use of eSignature
• Local Level – Meet with local providers to review laws and remove impediments to adoption
23. Other Resources
ESRA (Electronic Signature and Records
Association)
http://www.esignrecords.org
With expansive membership and cross-functional
representation, ESRA focuses on issues affecting the
adoption of electronic signatures and records.
SPERS (Standards and Procedures for Electronic
Records and Signatures)
http://spers.org/
Source for legal considerations for designing US
electronic signature and records systems
Online collection of e-signature policies
http://www.esignaturepolicies.com
Free resource for policymakers and educators.
K6 Partners / K6 Legal Blog
http://www.k6blog.com
E-Signature law and policy
Editor's Notes
As the CPO of the 6th largest county in California, Jenti oversees the procurement and contracting functions with an annual spend of over $2 billion.
As a thought leader with a clear strategic vision, Jenti transformed the procurement functions from a tactical, low impact, back office function into a high-value, strategic operation with proven success in driving change and transformation across the organization with over $200 million in cost savings.
Most recently, Jenti brought collaborative commerce to the County and is transforming the procurement processes from a paper to a cloud-based procure-to-pay system.
Jenti earned a BA from Madras University, India.
Since 2001 Dominic has been Chief Information Officer, Security Officer, and HIPAA Compliance Officer for Tri-Counties Regional Center (TCRC), a $300 million private non-profit contracted to the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) to support and provide services for 13,000+ people with developmental disabilities in three counties.
Dominic developed a Program Directive for collecting and accepting electronic signatures for TCRC.
Prior to TCRC Dominic spent 12 years at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) working in Account Management, infrastructure, systems integration, process automation, and support services for Xerox, Hitachi Data Systems, Levi Strauss, The Gap Inc., and Delco Systems (GM).
For the past 24 years, Howard Hill has been employed by the Information Technology Department at Alameda County, California’s 7th largest County. Currently he serves as the account manager providing IT services to the Board of Supervisors, County Administrator’s Office, Registrar of Voters, Alameda County Health Care Agency, and the Community Development Agency. His team of developers also spearhead the implementation of Enterprise Solutions such as DocuSign and SalesForce.
Howard’s team now works closely with the County’s 28 agencies and departments to help them implement electronic signatures to streamline their business processes so as to provide the citizens of Alameda County with a more robust and responsive County government.
Following the passage in 2015 of a state law confirming the ability of public sector entities to use electronic signatures, Scott was appointed to lead a multi-agency team responsible for drafting statewide guidelines.
The team published its guidelines in August 2016.
Scott previously served as the state’s digital certificate program manager. In this role, he was responsible for providing Public Key Infrastructure policy and services to support the issuance of digital certificates used to create legally-binding digital signatures and provide external authentication to the state’s most sensitive information.
Types:
Procurement Agreements
Employment-related Agreements
Sales Agreements
NDAs (presales versus others?)
Content and Technology Licenses
Signature: Electronic, Digital or Handwritten
Where is the signer located?
Can you use choice of law?
Lots of creative possibilities:
instead of simply dividing contracts into electronic/digital/handwritten, some use simple electronic signatures but require a scan of a handwritten signature be used, adding an element of biometric authentication to an otherwise simple signature;
some have dispensed with the additional burdens of digital signatures and have simply chosen to use simple signatures for 98% of all business and handwritten for the other 2%
Types:
Procurement Agreements
Employment-related Agreements
Sales Agreements
NDAs (presales versus others?)
Content and Technology Licenses
Signature: Electronic, Digital or Handwritten
Where is the signer located?
Can you use choice of law?
Lots of creative possibilities:
instead of simply dividing contracts into electronic/digital/handwritten, some use simple electronic signatures but require a scan of a handwritten signature be used, adding an element of biometric authentication to an otherwise simple signature;
some have dispensed with the additional burdens of digital signatures and have simply chosen to use simple signatures for 98% of all business and handwritten for the other 2%
Question for Jenti: How did you go about developing your digital policy, and what were the steps in implementing it?
Question for Scott: What are the critical elements of a digital policy that help you meet your objectives?
Question for Howard: Who/what were the critical resources behind the policy drafting?
Question for Dominic: Based on your experience, what are some best practices for driving adoption of digital government?