Noticing News
On June 6, 2008, the Administrative Office of Courts awarded a bankruptcy noticing contract to BAE Systems Information Technology Inc. (BAE). The contract became effective on October 1st. Just want does BAE offer to court customers? I'm glad you asked. According to Susan Thurston, Clerk of the Court for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island in Providence, key features of this contract include:
1) Improved Address Matching: Data Quality XI will be employed by BAE to increase multi-stuffing efficiency, reduce costs and improve notice delivery.
2) Single Mailing to Joint Debtors: Duplicate notices to joint debtors will be eliminated for joint debtors with the same address.
3) Complete Online Electronic/ Preferred Mailing Address Registration: Under the new contract, complete online sign-up for creditor registration of preferred e-mail and/or U.S. mail addresses will be available.
4) Desktop Notice Management System: In January of 2010, an optional desktop notice management system for notice recipients will be offered to retrieve and store EBN notices transmitted through the E- mail Link service.
5) Online Notice Recipient Surveys: BAE is also charged with the task of providing online surveys at the EBN and National Creditor Registration Service websites.
6. National Change of Address: To help improve notice delivery and reduce the amount of returned mail, BAE will use the U.S. Postal Service National Change of Address database for print mailing and address creation through CM/ECF and PACER systems.
7) Alert and Web Page for Correcting/Maintaining Addresses: BAE will send messages to notice recipients alerting them to errors in the addresses provided for them in the case mailing list. The recipient will then be able to correct its address by accessing a new Web page provided by the BNC for correcting and maintaining addresses.
8) Bypass List to Debtor's Attorney via E-mail: Instead of printing the bypass list, the BNC will send the list to the debtor's attorney by e-mail. Under the current system, when the BNC is unable to deliver a notice to an intended recipient due to an address deficiency, a bypass list is mailed to the debtor's attorney.
9) Certificate of Notice to Include Notice of E-Filing Recipient Information: Once the CM/ECF is enhanced, the BNC will add a section to the end of the current Certificate of Notice, which will display the CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing information as received from the court. The luxury of this will result in all noticing and delivery information being included in one document for easier verification and follow-up.
If you would like to learn more about the impending changes or to register for EBN or NCRS, go to:
http://www.ebnuscourts.com/ and https://www.ncrsuscourts.com/.
