The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is using Office 2007 to improve their grants process:

“Making the grant process faster, easier, and more transparent helps us to track the impact of grant funding on Illinois businesses. It also helps boost morale for employees, citizens, and all our constituents.”

For years, DCEO used a multivendor, partly mainframe-based IT environment. Seeking to improve productivity and streamline processes, the agency deployed Office 2007. In addition, the agency deployed a simple, customized user interface and a powerful Office Business Application that provides access to a vital line-of-business solution. Now, office-based and mobile employees can access and track documents far more easily, the agency’s grant-approval process is more efficient and provides greater accountability and transparency and IT costs are down by more than U.S.$1 million yearly. For more information, view the full case study.