Electronic Filing

7.	Does your state offer electronic filing of articles of incorporation and organization or periodic reports? For the purposes of this survey, periodic reports include semiannual, annual, or biennial reports.
	(Check only one answer.)
	1.		Offer for articles only
	2.		Offer for reports only
	3.		Offer for both articles and reports
	4.		Do not offer for either articles or reports (Click here to go to Question 17.)
	5.		No response

8.	Does your state provide a state Web site for filing articles of incorporation or organization?
	(Check only one answer.)
	1.		Provide Web site for corporations only
	2.		Provide Web site for LLCs only
	3.		Provide Web site for both corporations and LLCs
	4.		Do not provide Web site
	5.		No response

9.	Does your state provide the means for filing articles of incorporation or organization by e-mail?
	(Check only one answer.)
	1.		Provide for e-mail filing by corporations only
	2.		Provide for e-mail filing by LLCs only
	3.		Provide for e-mail filing by corporations and LLCs
	4.		Do not provide for e-mail filing
	5.		No response

10.	Does your state require periodic reports for corporations or LLCs?
	(Check only one answer.)
	1.		Require for corporations only
	2.		Require for LLCs only
	3.		Require for both corporations and LLCs
	4.		Do not require for either corporations or LLCs (Click here to go to Question 13.)
	5.		No response (Click here to go to Question 13.)

11.	Does your state provide a state Web site for filing periodic reports?
	(Check only one answer.)
	1.		Provide Web site for corporations only
	2.		Provide Web site for LLCs only
	3.		Provide Web site for both corporations and LLCs
	4.		Do not provide Web site
	5.		No response

12.	Does your state provide the means for filing periodic reports by e-mail?
	(Check only one answer.)
	1.		Provide for e-mail filing by corporations only
	2.		Provide for e-mail filing by LLCs only
	3.		Provide for e-mail filing by corporations and LLCs
	4.		Do not provide for e-mail filing
	5.		No response

13.	What other electronic means, such as fax, does your state provide for filing articles of incorporation or organization or periodic reports? (If you reach the end of the text box and need to type more, please continue; the box will scroll forward as needed.)

14.	How much has your state benefitted from each of the following as a result of providing the means for electronic filing of articles or periodic reports?
	(Check one for each row.)

		Very greatly benefitted	Greatly benefitted	Moderately benefitted	Somewhat benefitted	Not a benefit	Not applicable	No response
14a.	Less paperwork
14b.	Less staff time for recording and processing a filing
14c.	Reduced number of staff
14d.	Less need to store paper records
14e.	Decreased cost of printing and mailing materials
14f.	Electronic transfer of filing fees
14g.	Built-in edit and data reliability checks to identify missing or incorrect information
14h.	Faster company formation turnaround time
14i.	Increase in volume of company formations
14j.	Improved compliance with periodic reporting deadlines

	14k. What other benefits has your state experienced by providing the means for electronic filing of articles or periodic reports? (If you reach the end of the text box and need to type more, please continue; the box will scroll forward as needed.)

15.	What cost, if any, from each of the following has your state experienced by providing the means for electronic filing of articles or periodic reports?
	(Check one for each row.)

		Very great cost	Great cost	Moderate cost	Somewhat of a cost	Not a cost	Not applicable	No response
15a.	Increased technology costs
15b.	Loss of data due to technological issues, such as failure to back up data or hard drive failures
15c.	Increased staff training costs
15d.	Slower company formation turnaround time
15e.	Greater vulnerability to security breaches

	15f. What other costs has your state experienced by providing the means for electronic filing of articles or periodic reports? (If you reach the end of the text box and need to type more, please continue; the box will scroll forward as needed.)

16.	Based on your experience with electronic filing to date, overall, how do the benefits and costs of electronic filing compare for your state?
	(Check only one answer.)
	1.		Benefits greatly exceed costs
	2.		Benefits somewhat exceed costs
	3.		Benefits and costs are about the same
	4.		Costs somewhat exceed benefits
	5.		Costs greatly exceed benefits
	6.		Too early to tell
	7.		No response

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Full Report: GAO-06-376

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