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General Interest

DNA Penalty Assessment (Proposition 69) Distribution Guidelines http://www.sco.ca.gov/ard/local/acctng/guidelines/prop69.pdf

RFP for California Statewide Collection Services for Court-Ordered Debt (http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/reference/rfp/cscscod.htm )

CROA Member County Websites

see also StateLocalGov.Net, OfficialCitySites.org:CA

The California Association of Treasurers & Tax Collectors

Yahoo's California Government County Websites

League of Cities

Offering training, research, and resources for municipal officials.

California Voter

Provides access to helpful, non-partisan voter resources designed to help voters make informed choices and participate in the political process.

California Municipal Business Tax Association (CMBTA)

The CMBTA was founded in 1969 when business tax professionals recognized the value of regular networking to improve their knowledge, skills and performance.

Govtech.net's CA links

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Vendor

www.revq.com

RevQ is an industry leading software and consulting firm focused on government collections and compliance. RevQ staff has been providing software and expertise to government agencies focused on collecting their delinquent debt for over 25 years. Within the State of California specifically, we currently provide collection solutions to 46 City and County Departments.We have supported and worked closely with the CROA for almost 20 years to insure that our products and services offer as much value to our California clients as possible. RevQ has developed specific modules and functionality to work with the FTB as well as to meet the requirements of SB 940. We are uniquely positioned to help impact your collections quickly and expertly with automated solutions and proven better practices. In some cases, we could have you up and collecting within weeks if desired. We help you to be sure that each and every defendant contact is as productive as possible.
RevQ provides three areas of focus for the California government user:
Consulting – Specializing in delinquent account processes for all government users. We also have strategic partnerships with Nancy Bischoff and Chuck Wagner. Both are former government professionals who have a great history in California Collections.
RPCS - Is a feature-rich, flexible and highly customizable solution that provides proven and powerful tools for effectively improving collections for many California agencies.
Revenue Results - Focuses on government collection activities that will leverage your staff efforts to your greatest possible advantage. Revenue Results can be accessed via the internet or installed at your location. These two options allow either purchasing the software or paying an affordable monthly subscription, whichever works best for your government. In summary, our applications provide:

User defined Workflow Automation to push/pull each case through collections

Powerful standard reporting to monitor activity and improvement

Preset correspondence, user definable notices and legal document templates that are easily customized and automatically populated based on your workflow

Work-lists based on your criteria, frequency, objectives and account lifecycles

Ability to setup, track and manage multiple payment plans per case/debtor

Automated, electronic interfaces to case management/other information systems

User defined screens allowing you to display appropriate data by account type

CA specific modules for FTB COD, Tax Intercept, CalWIN, EDD SB940 and Enhanced Distribution

For further information or an online demonstration, please contact:
Craig Nielson - VP Sales & Marketing
craig.nielson@revq.com                        Toll free: 1-866-684-7387
4400 NE 77th Ave, Suite 100                  Vancouver, WA 98662

Jerry Anderson – Client Relations Executive
jerry.anderson@revq.com                      Toll free: 1-866-684-7387
4400 NE 77th Ave, Suite 100                  Vancouver, WA 98662

Or visit our website at www.revq.com and learn more about RevQ.

Merlin (www.merlindata.com)

Merlin Information Services provides skiptracing databases and locating tools designed for the Collection Industry. Merlin places a premium on providing the quality and freshness of data essential to the successful collector.   Flat Rate Billing, affordable 25¢ searches and the most comprehensive California and National location data make Merlin ideal for collection teams of any size looking for accurate and complete location data at affordable prices. We offer bulk pricing and batching options, too. Call us and ask for a free 24-hour trial of any of our products.   We'll have you searching and locating in no time. Mary Ernsperger - National Sales Representative, & Conference Exhibitor

215 South Complex DriveKalispell, Montana 59901800.367.6646 Fax 406.755.8568

406.755.8550

HigherGround (www.highergroundinc.com)

Jim Cubby - Business Development Manager21201 Victory Blvd, STE 105Canoga Park, CA 91303Direct: 949.515.7601Main: 818.591.3133Fax: 818.591.0301

Financial Credit Network (www.fcnetwork.com)

800.540-9011Nancy Tenhet (Account Executive)  1300 West Main Street, Visalia, CA 93101Jennifer Harley (Account Executive)315 East Canon Perdido, STE B, Santa Barbara CA 93101

Access Capital Services Inc. (www.acscollectors.com)

C. Patrick Lozano - General ManagerPO Box 1511, Visalia CA 93279-1511200 E Center, Visalia CA 93291T 599.627.5221 X 313Fax 559.732.6762

Stockton Pre-Sort (http://www.pre-sort.com/)

A complete processing and fulfillment center with color lasers

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Legal Links

Federal Trade Commission

FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT

American Bankruptcy Institute

    (http://abiworld.org/)

California Legislature
     (www.leginfo.ca.gov)

California Central District Court

    (http://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/)
California Codes
     (www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html)

California Court Info

    http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/
California Statutes
     (www.leginfo.ca.gov/statute.html)
Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute (see Law About . . . Governmental organizations and agencies)

    (http://www.law.cornell.edu)

FindLaw
     (www.findlaw.com)
LEXIS
     (www.lexis.com)
Library of Congress
     (lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html)
Martindale-Hubbell
     (www.martindale.com)

Megalaw (CA state law, Local Court Rules, legal forms, legal research, case law, Supreme Court)

    (www.megalaw.com)
San Diego County Public Law Library
     (www.sdcll.org)
WestLaw
      (www.westlaw.com)

Statewide Process Service

    (http://www.attorneysdiversified.com)

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Periodicals

Government Technology

- Solutions for State and Local Government in the information age

(www.govtech.net)

Governing

- information source for government managers and policy makers.
(www.governing.com)

Federal Computer Week

- a guide to government information technology.
(www.fcw.com)

GovExec.com

- news for federal managers and executives with job listings, management help, and searchable archives

(www.GovExec.com)

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Skip Tracing (Internet Search Engines & Services)

Accurint Collections - Free trial account

Acollaid (LexisNexis - Previously Dolan Information)

- Free on-line phone searchs

American Research Bureau, Inc

Aries Data Corp.

Cheasapeake Credit Solutions, inc.

ChoicePoint Inc.

CU*Source

Integration of 3rd party data scrubbing services (bankruptcy, deceased searches, skip tracing, etc.) with The Collector System.

Contact: Ranee 360.256.7358 x227

DataServe

DataLure

DebtWatcher, Inc. - free 30 day account

DirectoryNET

Estate Information Services - Estate and Asset Searches

Estate Recoveries Inc.

Excel Investigations Inc.

First Data Corp./First Data Resources/First Data Solutions

Info USA

InsightAmerica Inc.

International Locate & Asset Services

Larry's World

- List of useful search engines and directories

LexisNexis RiskWise

Merlin Information Services (www.merlindata.com)

- Merlin data offers a large catalog/link list of search services (many of which are free) under "Industry Links"

Midwest Protective Services

MCRI Inc.

PeopleLocator Inc.

Quick Info.net

QWEST National Electronic Directory Assistance Services

Real EDA Electronic Directory Assistance Services

Roquermore & Roquermore Inc.

ReversePhoneDirectory

- Enter a phone number and see who is listed as the owner

Search America

Search Data Inc.

SkipMaster Inc.

Teletrack Inc.

Tracers International

TrakAmerica

Transunion Corp.

Universal Communications

Vantage Data Solutions

Verifacts Inc.

Verifind Solutions

Victory Recovery Service, Inc.

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Bankruptcy

American Bankruptcy Institute

(http://abiworld.org/)

www.caeb.uscourts.gov

US Bankruptcy Court - Eastern District

Has all the bankruptcy forms on line and it has local district rules etc.

CU*Source

Data scrubbing services with free installation and support for Columbia Ultimate customers, including information from LexisNexis Banko service.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/bankruptcy.html

Good general law reference with recent decisions from Federal and State courts on ~.

http://www.lawdog.com/bankruptcy.htm

Simple Bankruptcy explanations for accounts receivable professionals

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