Imtran Selected For Two High Profile Government Technology Projects
(PRWEB) July 1, 2000
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Imtran Selected For Two High Profile Government Technology Projects
The State of Hawaii and Maricopa County (Phoenix, AZ) save time and money by radically updating key information-gathering systems
Contact: Mike Stuhley 949-457-0852
Mstuhley@imtran. com
Lake Forest, CA (June 29, 2000) – Imtran, Inc. announced today that they have been chosen to automate key data collection systems for the State of Hawaii and Maricopa County (Phoenix, AZ). The two contracts represent a major expansion of Imtran’s projects outside of California.
State of Hawaii
Over 6 million people visit Hawaii each year. Every person coming from the U. S. fills out a visitor survey card on the airplane. These tourists make up a major part of HawaiiÂ’s economy (www. hawaii. gov). Measuring the impact of tourism on the stateÂ’s economy requires accurate and timely information such as the number of visitors, which islands they will visit, how much they spend, where they are from, how many are in their group, etc. These figures are widely reported in Hawaii every month as an indicator of economic health.
Imtran is providing a sophisticated image-based system that will scan visitor surveys and automatically place the information into a database with minimal manual intervention. Over 2 million surveys per year will scanned through the system.
The new system will allow the State of Hawaii to cut processing time in half and reduce the number of operations personnel. Another benefit is the addition of handprinted data collection fields to the forms for questions on spending amounts.
Maricopa County (Phoenix, AZ)
Maricopa is home to Phoenix and is Arizona’s largest county. The Trip Reduction Program (“TRP”) is mandated by the State of Arizona. The program’s goal is to improve the air quality by reducing commuting mileage for employers with 50 or more employees. Employers are required by law to fill out the forms on a periodic basis.
Maricopa CountyÂ’s Division of Trip Reduction (http://www. maricopa. gov/sbeap/trplwnvr. htm (http://www. maricopa. gov/sbeap/trplwnvr. htm)) administers this statute. They are responsible for distributing and processing 5,000 TRP surveys a day. The surveys provide the information necessary to monitor program compliance.
Imtran is combining the latest in imaging hardware, software and custom programming to scan the trip reduction surveys, place the data into the existing database and store the original images for later retrieval. The impetus for the new project was replacement of an existing eight year-old system that is no longer manufactured or supported.
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The new system will allow Maricopa County to dramatically increase the number of forms processed in a single day. It will also save the County approximately $100,000 per year by reducing the number of data entry personnel required to operate the system.
Imtran
Imtran (www. imtran. com) specializes in using advanced technology to improve productivity for business, government and education organizations. Imtran is privately held and is one of the largest integrators of forms processing systems in the U. S. with Southern California offices in San Diego and Lake Forest.
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Imtran, Inc.
Michael Stuhley, President
Mstuhley@imtran. com
Phone: 949-457-0852
20331 Lake Forest Drive, Suite C6
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Fax: 949-457-0649
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