U. S. Office of Personnel Management Expands Use of Captiva's InputAccel; Agency Streamlining Employment Operations and Improvin
Captiva Software Corporation (NASDAQ:CPTV), a leading provider of input management solutions, today announced that the Investigative Division of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has elected to expand its use of InputAccel(R), Captiva's award-winning document capture software, to transform approximately 90 million paper employment documents into streamlined electronic content. The contract extension is valued at approximately $550,000.
Widely known as "the federal government's human resources agency," OPM initially implemented Captiva's InputAccel to digitize 18 million paper documents annually as part of the federal government's electronic "eClearance" initiative. After initial program success in electronically capturing all closed investigative case files, management chose to expand its use of InputAccel to capture approximately 72 million additional pages of open file personnel documents annually.
OPM utilizes InputAccel to capture more than 80 different document types, including employment applications, signature forms, release forms, background checks and related paperwork. InputAccel is used to scan the documents to create digital images, recognize the document type and export the resulting electronic content to OPM's secure storage system. By storing investigative files as digital images rather than paper, authorized government agencies have immediate, on-line access to better assess an applicant's security risk level without having to wait to view hard copy documents.
According to the federal government's management agenda concerning a citizen-centered e-government, the longest delay in a personnel investigation often relates to the retrieval, copying and mailing of inquiry documents. Such delays can cause duplicate investigations, as it is sometimes quicker to perform an additional investigation rather than retrieve data from an existing one. Electronically capturing the documents with InputAccel has quickened the dissemination of material to authorized users and saved the agency money by eliminating unnecessary investigations.
"We're pleased OPM has again turned to Captiva to help with this important initiative to accelerate its employment and clearance processes," said Howard Dratler, Captiva's Executive Vice President of Field Operations. "One of the many advantages of our solutions is their scalability and ability to grow with increasing document volumes. This contract reaffirms Captiva's expertise in the federal government market, where we have proven to reduce costs, improve service and improve regulatory compliance efforts by eliminating dependency on manual paper processes."
About the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) oversees the federal work force and provides the American public with up-to-date employment information. OPM also supports U.S. agencies with personnel services and policy leadership including staffing tools, guidance on labor-management relations and programs to improve work force performance. One of the three central management agencies in the federal government, OPM administers compliance with personnel laws and regulations and assists agencies in recruiting, examining and promoting people on the basis of their knowledge and skills, regardless of their race, religion, sex, political influence or other non-merit factors. It provides guidance to agencies in operating human resource programs and to provide an array of personnel services to applications and employees. OPM also supports government program managers in their human resources management responsibilities and provides benefits to employees, retired employees and their survivors. For more information, please visit www.opm.gov.
About Captiva Software Corporation
Captiva Software Corporation (NASDAQ:CPTV) is a leading provider of input management software solutions. Since 1989, the company's award-winning products have been used to manage business critical information from paper, faxed and scanned forms and documents, Internet forms and XML data streams into the enterprise in a more accurate, timely and cost-effective manner. These products automate the processing of billions of forms and documents annually, converting their contents into information that is usable in database, document, content and other information management systems. Captiva's technology serves thousands of users in insurance, financial services, government, business process outsourcing, direct marketing and other markets. For more information, visit www.captivasoftware.com.