CaseLogistix for Federal Government

The Challenge for Federal Government Agencies

Like many law firms and general counsel departments, federal agencies face many challenges in adhering to modifications of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), which are mandating these departments revisit their approaches to managing eDiscovery. Federal agencies in particular struggle with:

• Handling large amounts of data: Individual agencies may have to manage, collect, process and review millions of documents, making the search for relevant data a significant task. Many agencies that have invested in legacy or homegrown platforms have encountered challenges in managing large and growing amounts of data.
• Managing legacy data: Most federal agencies possess legacy information that may be old or otherwise difficult to read (e.g. on microfilm) that may still be requested for litigation purposes. In addition, to be able to review documents in modern formats (e.g. MS Word, Excel, etc.), many litigation support solutions require that the agencies convert these documents into a particular format, adding costs, complications and delays to the litigation process.
• Cumbersome processes: With the massive amount of information in varying formats, federal agencies are often challenged when moving data from one litigation process to another (e.g. reviewing the data, redacting, annotating, producing documents to opposing parties, etc.) As a solution, some legal teams simply print electronic records so they can be processed as paper documents in a workflow. This paper-centric process is slow, costly and error-prone and is compounded when moving data from one agency to another. Such outdated processes are no longer viable by the agencies and opposing parties.

The solution: CaseLogistix for Federal Government

CaseLogistix enables federal agencies to quickly collect, organize, review, analyze and produce any amount of electronically stored information. CaseLogistix empowers such agencies to manage large volumes of data, in legacy and obscure formats, with a proven, comprehensive and intuitive application.

With decades of experience managing sensitive documents and data for many U.S. federal agencies, Anacomp recognizes the different needs among various agencies, and partners with each to find the most cost-effective solution.

Here's how Anacomp's CaseLogistix makes sense for agencies of the federal government:

LEVERAGE AND SCALE BEYOND EXISTING INVESTMENTS

• Limitless scalability: Scalable from laptops to terabytes to accommodate any possible scope changes, CaseLogistix supports hundreds of concurrent users and millions of documents. Anacomp's docHarbor information platformholds more than 14 billion documents for a range of public and private customers in the U.S. and abroad.
• Leverage existing infrastructure: Agencies that have already invested in a litigation system can still reap the benefits of CaseLogistix. CaseLogistix works with case data from myriad software systems and those that may be used by other parties, including Concordance, Summation and many more.

COMPREHENSIVE

• Wide range of files format support: Anacomp's innovative docNative Paradigm approach to eDiscovery supports native (original) file review, empowering users to view hundreds of file types (eg. Microsoft Word, Excel, email, audio, video, etc.) without the need of third party file conversions. By managing documents in their original formats, the "TIFFing" conversion step can be skipped until the end of the discovery process, and only then as needed to format documents that are relevant and required for production. As such, users can greatly accelerate review, cut processing costs in half and reduce associated risks as reviewers can understand the hidden context if native files, such as formulas, notes, and track changes. In addition, this native file review approach also supports compliance with new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) around electronically stored information (ESI). CaseLogistix also supports near-native files (such as PDF) and image files (TIFF).
• Foreign language support: CaseLogistix is fully Unicode compliant and is able to recognize all foreign language character sets. CaseLogistix supports foreign languages with a side-by-side review of translated and original documents and the searching of worldwide languages.

EASY TO MANAGE

• Easy to use, maintain and administer: CaseLogistix allows users to move data seamlessly from one litigation process to the next with a single intuitive application. With its Microsoft Office look and feel and auto-organizing folders, users can quickly, easily and more accurately review documents, redact and annotate, and produce the documents to opposing parties. Furthermore, CaseLogistix is certified running against Microsoft SQL server 2005 database, making it easy to administer. This modern architecture is necessary for extending the solutions reach into multiple systems and processes, while reducing IT costs.
• Proven services and processes: Should an agency choose to leverage CaseLogistix as its main litigation support platform, Anacomp's professional services team can provide migration and conversion services to help ensure a smooth transition. To reap the benefits of CaseLogistix's flexibility to align the use of the application to the needs of each matter, consulting services are also available to assists with workflow, processing, production and project management.
• Available document scanning, capture and electronic storage services: While managing litigation often involves legacy and archived information, Anacomp also provides imaging and information capture services from documents, notebooks, microfilm, maps and many more formats. With over 40 years experience in managing critical information for federal agencies, Anacomp services allow you to convert legacy data into electronic formats to further streamline eDiscovery processes.