Tyler Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) announced the national recipients
of its 2015 Tyler Public Sector Excellence Awards for the Odyssey®
courts and justice solution at its national user conference, Connect, in
Atlanta. Peoria County, Illinois, the state of North Dakota, Washtenaw
County, Michigan, and the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan were
awarded for increasing efficiencies, improving access to justice and
moving toward a paperless environment by implementing Odyssey.
This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150526005098/en/
Bruce Graham, president of Tyler's Courts & Justice Division, presents a Tyler Excellence Award to Peoria County Business Operations Manager Tom Seckler. (Photo: Business Wire)
Tyler's Excellence Awards for Odyssey recognize organizations that
demonstrate excellence in deploying Odyssey in novel and impactful ways
that extend best practices. Award submissions were evaluated by a panel
of Tyler leadership and entries were judged on business value, maturity,
innovation and relevance to other public sector organizations.
Additional criteria met by award winners includes:
-
Creating a unique process that utilizes a Tyler application
-
Realizing significant savings after implementing a Tyler product
-
Increasing staff productivity by implementing a Tyler product
-
Empowering employees, citizens or vendors
Peoria County, Illinois, deployed Odyssey's integrated case management
system in 18 months and enabled instant access to case information for
court staff and the public. The county also made it easier to import
traffic citations issued by the city of Peoria, the largest municipality
within the jurisdiction. Peoria County is at the center of a multiple
county region along the Illinois River, midway between Chicago and St.
Louis, and has a population of 182,500.
North Dakota's courts used Odyssey to streamline processes to manage
complex cases, including asbestos cases. The enhanced process decreased
the length of time to settle civil litigation cases from years to
months. The court system also evolved Odyssey's document management
capabilities, saving staff hours and reducing court costs.
Washtenaw County, Michigan, rapidly deployed Odyssey for all case types,
implementing multiple courts in one year. The county eliminated paper
files by scanning all case documents and shredding paper files after 60
days. Washtenaw increased case file accessibility, creating access
anywhere in the courthouse, and providing online access to the public
and attorneys. Washtenaw County, with a population of 354,000, is
located in southeast Michigan and is home to Ann Arbor and the
University of Michigan.
The Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan moved four separate systems onto
a single integrated Odyssey platform for criminal, civil, family and
juvenile courts, and implemented e-filing, which resulted in an increase
in case filings processed to more than 300,000 per year. The Third
Judicial Circuit also became an early adopter of Odyssey Guide & File™,
an online portal that provides self-service access for self-represented
litigants, and used new technology to continuously improve processes to
achieve an electronic courtroom.
Odyssey's Tyler Excellence Award national winners were honored on May 4
at the Connect 2015 user conference in Atlanta, where they were
presented with the award and given the opportunity to share their best
practices and lessons learned with their public sector peers.
Oregon Fourth Judicial District, Clark County District Court, Nevada,
and Florida's Lee County and Miami-Dade County were all recognized as
Tyler Excellence Award finalists for their successes. Oregon Fourth
Judicial District improved access to justice and increased operational
efficiency in Multnomah County; Clark County's District Clerk's Office
implemented mandatory e-filing and decreased service times; Lee County,
part of Tyler's Early Adopter Program, was the first to implement
Odyssey 2014 and shared its knowledge and documented processes with
other Florida counties; and Miami-Dade County implemented Odyssey Batch
Scanning™ in less than four months to meet the state mandated timeframe
for civil operations to be fully electronic.
"We are pleased to publicly recognize innovative clients that serve as
thought leaders for other courts. These clients are continuously finding
ways to improve their court systems, and use Odyssey to create
efficiencies and improve access to justice," said Bruce Graham,
president of Tyler's Courts & Justice Division. "We thank all of our
Excellence Award participants for sharing their successes.
Congratulations to the national winners and finalists of Odyssey's Tyler
Excellence Awards."
About Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) is a leading provider of end-to-end
information management solutions and services for local governments.
Tyler partners with clients to empower the public sector - cities,
counties, schools and other government entities - to become more
efficient, more accessible and more responsive to the needs of citizens.
Tyler's client base includes more than 13,000 local government offices
in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and other
international locations. Forbes has named Tyler one of "America's Best
Small Companies" eight times and the company has been included six times
on the Barron's 400 Index, a measure of the most promising companies in
America. More information about Plano-based Tyler Technologies can be
found at www.tylertech.com.
View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150526005098/en/
Jetstream PR for Tyler Technologies
Tony Katsulos, 972-788-9456,
ext. 301
katsulos@jetstreampr.com