The State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia has selected Hummingbird CompInfo to provide software and services for implementation of a new case and document management system. Hummingbird CompInfo will serve as prime contractor for the project, which will feature implementation of CompInfo&singlequot;s LawPack case management system in concert with the Hummingbird document management system.

The Virginia State Corporation Commission is vested with regulatory authority over many business and economic interests in the state of Virginia. The Commission combines legislative, administrative and judicial powers into one authority, operates as a fourth branch of government within the state, and has regulatory responsibility for corporations, financial institutions, insurance, securities retailing and franchising, trademarks and servicemarks, public utilities, and other areas of commercial and public life.

In addition to performing many other functions, the Commission receives and responds to complaints from citizens, processes numerous types of claims, applications and filings, conducts hearings, handles cases, issues orders and directives, and, where necessary, imposes fines and judgments.

The case and document management system to be implemented by CompInfo is expected to provide the Commission with a significantly enhanced knowledge infrastructure to support its critically important public mission. Using the configuration toolkit included in the LawPack application, CompInfo will create tailored case management facilities seamlessly integrated with Hummingbird document management. LawPack will be the focal point for linkage to other applications and key systems within the Commission, and will serve as a principal data store for analytical and data mining applications. In addition, the implementation is expected to support the Web-enablement of Commission-approved case-related and other data, allowing citizens greatly improved direct access to governmental services.

Rod Piette, vice president, government systems, Hummingbird CompInfo, said: "We are very excited to have this opportunity as it marks another major milestone for Hummingbird CompInfo. For a surprisingly large and diverse group of knowledge organizations, meaningful institutional knowledge will increasingly be recognized as knowledge about matters. This announcement confirms that LawPack is better positioned than ever to meet the needs of matter-centric knowledge organizations with new technologies, new services, and new ideas."