Porter Co. Considering Modernization
The Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana carries an article titled, “Porter County weighs digital record-keeping.”
Paperwork and documents are piling up in the Porter County Administration Center, and space for boxes of filings is running out.
Digitizing the records could be the answer, but some county officials are not sure what paperwork can be completely dispensed with after digitization, and what has to be kept.
Meanwhile, boxes of paperwork and legal documents are piling up in the basement, and officials are wondering if computer disks or microfilm is the answer.
In a meeting of Porter County commissioners and Porter County council members on Wednesday night, officials discussed solutions.
Earlier in the day, Commissioner President Robert Harper said computerized records are a possibility, as are microfilming documents.
But there will still be state-issued constraints.
