One of the benefits of ERK for agencies is a reduction in the cost and risk of FOIA and litigation. This includes processes to comply with FOIA regulations and to reduce the burden and costs of discovery. Currently, email discovery is the fastest growing area of discovery in litigation, underscoring the importance of managing electronic records that information systems create. ERK can aid in business dispute resolution. To resolve disputes or other issues, agencies have a critical need for fast access to records produced by systems used to transact business with their customers and partners.
Management is even more critical in transactions that involve disparate systems.
In particular, ERK reduces the labor costs associated with the problem of misfiles that are common in paper files. ERK improves productivity. Productivity is about doing things in less time, by streamlining and consolidating processes, by automating them, and by doing tasks simultaneously rather than sequentially. Automation can increase the amount of work you can do with your resources. Improvements may result from digitization and process automation, as well as time savings and storage savings.