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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Document Authentication Systems Appoints Rae N. Cogar as Records Policy Analyst
BALTIMORE, Maryland, October 16, 1998 – Document Authentication Systems, Inc. (DAS), a software and services provider to the electronic commerce industry, announced the appointment of Rae N. Cogar, J.D., to
the position of Records Policy Analyst. Ms. Cogar joined DAS as a result of the company's need to form a team to handle the initiative to provide governments with a diverse portfolio of applications to
enable secure government transactions. "Rae brings to us 16 years of experience in records management and information systems management," said Jeffrey B. Ritter, director and project manager for
the government initiative. "She has a solid background and education in government agency policies and will be an asset to our team as we move forward with this initiative." Ms. Cogar served as
assistant attorney general with the Territory of Guam and as project manager for the development of the enforcement software program for the territory to comply with Title IV-D regulations. She provided
consulting services to the Department of Energy for the development and implementation of records retention schedules and software, and participated as a team member of the digital signature working group to
develop DOE agency policy for digital signatures. Prior to joining DAS, Ms. Cogar served as a consultant for ECLIPS, (Electronic Commerce, Law and Information Policy Strategies) a program of the Ohio
Supercomputer Center. She worked on many projects including research sponsored by the intergovernmental enterprise panel on personal privacy in government information systems, and a feasibility study with
the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on electronic tariff filing. As a member of the American Bar Association, Ms. Cogar serves on the committees for Cyberspace Law and Business Law. She is also a
member of the Ohio State Bar Association. She obtained her Juris Doctor from Capital Law School in Columbus, Ohio, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in business, records and information systems management from
Notre Dame College in Cleveland, Ohio. Document Authentication Systems, Inc. is an electronic commerce software and services company that develops, markets, licenses and implements an enterprise
application package solution under the name of DocuGuard™. The DocuGuard™ software system is designed to provide for the elimination of paper-based documents with the creation of
Electronic Originals™. DAS has licensed DocuGuard™ for the mortgage and commercial equipment leasing markets, and has recently signed a letter-of-intent with Sterling Commerce to implement
DocuGuard™ in the pharmaceutical industry. Other DAS partners and customers include: Arkoma Venture Partners, General Electric Capital Corporation, Perot Systems Corporation, Prime New Ventures,
Renaissance Capital Group, Seed Capital Partners and Xcert International, Inc. About Document Authentication Systems, Inc.
Established in 1996, DAS is located in Baltimore, Maryland, with
offices in Danbury, Connecticut, and Columbus, Ohio. Document Authentication Systems, Inc. develops and markets an enterprise application solution for the electronic commerce market space under the name
DocuGuard™. DocuGuard™ enables the creation of the "Electronic Original™." It is the essential piece and the missing link of true business-to-business electronic commerce
allowing business transactions to be conducted over a VAN or the Internet. DocuGuard™ and Electronic Original™ are trademarks of e-Original, Inc. |
