Accela and DocuSign to Digitize Government with Electronic Signatures

Integration Brings Paperless, Secure Signature Capabilities into Accela Legislative Management Solution

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Mar 21, 2016, 10:00 ET

SAN RAMON, Calif., March 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Accela, the leading provider of productivity and civic engagement solutions for government, and DocuSign, the electronic signature and digital transaction management solution provider, today announced the introduction of eSignatures into the Accela Civic Platform's Legislative Management solution.

The digital portal introduces a secure, paperless signature capability that will help government offices, employees and residents save time and money. It can also streamline the entire legislative process from agenda creation to contract finalization. Considering that Intellicap found that the average savings per electronically signed document is $22.18 and the average turnaround time is reduced by 13.5 days (97%), the potential impact is significant.

"Our vision is to enable governments to deliver services to businesses and residents how and when they want to be served – with convenience, security and transparency," said Maury Blackman, Accela President and CEO. "By integrating eSignature into the Legislative Management solution on the Accela Civic Platform, agencies can now handle the entire legislative process seamlessly in the cloud, eliminating paper and wasted time, and offer users a comprehensive, efficient, digital government experience."

"Even in a world where many processes are going digital, organizations still needlessly rely on pen and paper for a large number of transactions – thereby slowing everything and everyone down," said Chris McClain, head of enterprise sales, DocuSign. "By integrating electronic signatures into the Accela Civic Platform, it will be easier for governments to go digital from start to finish."

DocuSign's eSignature capability will be integrated into Agenda and Minutes within the Legislative Management solution on the Accela Civic Platform. The integration is possible through Accela's robust and flexible application programming interface (API), which will enable governments to leverage their investment in a variety of eSignature products across all solutions offered on the Accela Civic Platform.

Each month, Accela customers process approximately 18,000 documents through its Agenda and Minutes solution, with nearly every document requiring a signature. DocuSign's eSignature solution will deliver significant benefits through hard dollar savings, productivity improvements and revenue gains with every transaction.

About DocuSign, Inc.
DocuSign® is changing how business gets done by empowering more than 100,000 companies and more than 50 million users in 188 countries to sign, send and manage documents anytime, anywhere, on any device with confidence. DocuSign replaces printing, faxing, scanning and overnighting documents with the easiest, fastest, most trusted way to make every approval and decision digital. Organizations of all sizes and industries are accelerating contracts, approvals and workflows with DocuSign's Digital Transaction Management (DTM) platform and eSignature solution. DocuSign keeps life and business moving forward. For more information, visit www.docusign.com.

About Accela
Accela provides a platform of cloud-based productivity and civic engagement solutions to governments of all sizes worldwide. The Accela Civic Platform includes solutions to cost-effectively manage critical enterprise functions, and mobile apps to foster greater citizen engagement. From asset, land and legislative management to licensing, finance, environmental health and more, Accela's software drives efficiency for more than 2,200 governments, including over fifty percent of America's largest cities. The Company was named Government Technology's GovTech100 in 2016, a distinction of the top 100 companies focused on government customers. Accela is headquartered in San Ramon, California, with offices in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Portland, Melbourne and Dubai. For more information, visit www.accela.com.

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