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Government Applications of Electronic Signatures

When we think of paper documents, it’s easy to think of government. No sector generates more paper per hour than our various governmental agencies. From directives and pending legislation to benefits documentation and income tax forms, marriage and driver’s licenses to birth and death certificates, it seems at times that government actually runs on paper.

And much of it needs to be signed. Just the amount of paper used to authorize mundane daily government operations is staggering, not to mention the man hours spent moving the approval process along or waiting for signed authorization to continue working.

Electronic signature capture helps government at all levels greatly reduce the cost of using and moving paper. No more in-boxes filled with approval requisitions. No more costly and time-consuming logging and filing of application forms. No more clerical errors and correctional steps due to illegible scrawls. And no more delays while someone searches the archives for a signed deed or record.

Heightened security concerns today further underscore the need for verifiable signatures. Electronic signature capture authentication positively identifies the signer based on biometric data from past signings, virtually eliminating the chance of fraud or forgery. In governmental applications where security is paramount, Electronic signature capture enables positive identification using such advanced biometrics as hand/fact geometry, fingerprint and iris scans.