Digital Signatures for Local Government Fact Sheet

CoSign makes it easy for local government entities to digitally sign transactions, documents, forms, etc., by embedding standard (PKI-based) signatures directly into common files and business applications. CoSign digital signatures are legally-enforceable and compliant with worldwide regulations. By using standard digital signature technology, CoSign allows any party to easily verify signer identity and intent, and document integrity, without requiring any costly, complex, or proprietary technology for verification.  
With CoSign, you can easily and securely produce digitally signed electronic records that are portable and sustainable throughout a local government ecosystem, including internal employees and external partners, suppliers, constituents and even other government entities that need to trust source documentation in an electronic format.

From an ROI perspective, customers experience a payback period of 3-6 months with CoSign. The value proposition of CoSign is:

• Decreased Costs. This includes staff time as well as the hard costs of paper processes, i.e. paper, printing, copying, signing, processing, routing, faxing, mailing, couriering, scanning, indexing, storing, shredding, etc.  Government entities easily save $3-$5 per document signed.  200 people each signing 1 document per business day can generate savings of over $200,000 a year.
• Increased Efficiencies. CoSign accelerates the pace of approvals, particularly for documents requiring multiple signatures across different departments and locations. The solution works side-by-side with any document management and workflow application.  Further, CoSign enables seamless digital signing in all major document formats, including Microsoft® Word and Adobe PDF. 
• Enhanced Quality & Compliance. Compliance with requirements under ISO, Financial Reporting, HIPAA, & Public Record regulations can be supported more efficiently with digitally signed documentation that can be accessed electronically.  Source documentation that is used to support audits can be digitally signed in a manner that severs any dependency on the document repository in order to verify the identity and intent of the signer, and guarantee the integrity of the document and/or data being signed.

CoSign keeps your business processes fully automated and provides for consistent and controlled signatures across the enterprise. With CoSign, you are assured that you are using the simplest, most widely-deployed and cost-effective solution for the widest range of applications and business processes requiring approvals and security.