Dumont Diaries

New things are always happening at FileBank as we improve our services for you, our clients! As you may have heard, we have recently engaged Dumont as our new client. We are helping them jump into the 21^st century along side with their mayor and staff.

Our services will change their offices into organized, and pleasant working environments. I hope you stay along for the ride as we track how their everyday lives are changed through our system.

The city of Dumont’s government serves over 17,000 people, which naturally means that they have a lot of paperwork to deal with. Starting with the Building Department, FileBank is helping Dumont to scan their blueprints and papers associated with each house and building within the city limits.

When finished, Dumont will easily be able to access the documents related to each building. Finding the repair work done on a particular house ten years ago will become a breeze. Steve Cavadias, the director of the Building Department, will be working closely with us as we begin to show Dumont how amazing this transformation can be.

When finished, we will be moving on to the Clerk, Finance and Payroll departments for their own extreme makeovers. Our archivist and staff will frequently visit Dumont onsite to demonstrate the computer system so they are easily able to access their documents.

Customer service, naturally, is our most important goal! We are working to go above and beyond because we know how difficult the transition to paperless can be. But we can assure you that it is worth the momentary difficulties and we hope that after seeing Dumont’s transformation, you will become a convert too.

As always, feel free to check out our website at www.filebankinc.com or give us a call at 972-279-4411. We are always happy to talk with you!

FileBank Launches LL 84 Initiative To Assist Property Managers in NYC

Interacting with government policy is one of the most challenging tasks a business can take on. Recently, that challenge in New York City became a little bit more difficult with the passage of local law 84. LL # 84 is a recent measure passed in order to help make NYC’s buildings greener and more energy efficient. According to this law, owners of buildings in the city are responsible for benchmarking how much energy and water they use every year, and then saving this information for 3 years, and making it available for inspection by the government during that time. Though this law might seem like just another example of so much more bureaucratic red tape, FileBank has devised innovative, cost effective solutions that can assist property managers in compliance.

FileBank is prepared to become a property manager’s back office in order to make compliance with LL 84 a breeze instead of a chore. Because of our company’s convenient location in urban New Jersey, we already make frequent deliveries and other work related trips into the city. Our customers already enjoy the benefits of having all the functions of a back office delegated to FileBank: their documents are instantly accessible online through an easy-to-use system, their physical files are available to be delivered to their offices on a one hour or overnight basis, they receive professional help interacting with local government, and their files are shredded in a safe, redundant process when they’ve reached their expiration date. We intend to apply all of these skill sets to clients that want assistance complying with LL 84.

So stay tuned for more news about this exciting new initiative. FileBank is eager to contribute to the creation of a greener community in NYC, and to the bottom line of our business neighbors across the river.

Until next time,

Vanessa Banti
Master Archivist