The following links are provided as a courtesy. While we believe that these websites may provide useful information and resources, GCAT is in no way responsible for their content.
General Interest
- The Office of Court Administration (OCA)
- Texas Association of Counties
- National Court Collections Symposium
- Texas Department. of Public Saftey
- Texas Penal Code
- Sex Offenders
- Texas Attorney General
- Texas Law Enforcement
- Texas State and Local Government Links (www.statelocalgov.net/tx.htm)
- Texas Cities (www.officialcitysites.org/state.php3?st=TX)
- California Revenue Officers
Association (www.CROA.net)
- CROA is similar to GCAT, but for the State of California, with some members from AZ, & NV. This site contains useful links particular to collections in CA, as well as general collections links, some of which are duplicated here.
- See also StateLocalGov.Net, OfficialCitySites.org:CA
- Texas Government – County Websites (Yahoo! Directory)
Vendor Sponsors
Vendor
- Access Capital
Services Inc. (www.acscollectors.com)
C. Patrick Lozano - General Manager
PO Box 1511, Visalia CA 93279-1511
200 E Center, Visalia CA 93291
T 599.627.5221 X 313
Fax 559.732.6762
- Financial Credit
Network (www.fcnetwork.com)
Mason Talamo - Account Manager
1300 West Main Street,
Visalia, CA 93101
315 East Canon Perdido, STE B,
Santa Barbara CA 93101
800.540.9011
- HigherGround
(www.highergroundinc.com)
Jim Cubby - Business Development Manager
21201 Victory Blvd, STE 105
Canoga Park, CA 91303
Direct: 949.515.7601
Main: 818.591.3133
Fax: 818.591.0301
- Merlin
(www.merlindata.com)
Mary Ernsperger - National Sales Representative, & Conference Exhibitor
215 South Complex Drive
Kalispell, Montana 59901
800.367.6646
Fax 406.755.8568
406.755.8550
NetPLEA (www.netplea.com)
NetPLEA is a full service consulting firm specializing in the unique area of delinquent fine collections, fee collections, and court compliance.
- RevQ (www.revq.com)
Click, Comply, Collect. It is just that easy, with Revenue Results!
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 Texas specifically, we currently provide collection solutions to numerous Counties as well as the Cities of Dallas and Austin.
With our unmatched nationwide experience and the knowledge of current collection issues within the State of Texas, RevQ has developed specific functionality to meet the requirements of SB 1863 and we are uniquely positioned to help impact your collections quickly and expertly with automated solutions and proven best practices. In fact, we could have you up and collecting within weeks if desired. We help you to sure that each and every defendant contact is as productive as possible.
Our newest product, Revenue Results, focuses on government collection activities that will leverage your staff efforts to your greatest possible advantage. Building upon your current collections processes, Revenue Results can interface with your current system(s) to make it easier to meet your collection objectives with using powerful workflow tools and strategies. 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, Revenue Results provides:
- 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
- Automated SB 1863 reporting
We are listed on the Texas State DIR. The DIR number is: DIR-SDD-294. On the Software House International (SHI) contract, the Revenue Results is listed under Columbia Ultimate (our parent company) so that will help you to locate us easier. RevQ is also an approved Catalog Information Systems Vendor (CISV) in the State of Texas. Our VID is #1201142216400.
For further information or an online demonstration, please contact:
Craig Nielson - VP Sales & Marketing
Toll free: 1-866-684-7387
Cellular 360-903-3379
4400 NE 77th Ave, Suite 100
Vancouver, WA 98662
Legal Links
- Texas Penal Code
- Federal Trade Commission - FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT
- American Bankruptcy Institute (abiworld.org/)
- Cornell Law School - Legal Information Institute (see Law About . . . Governmental organizations and agencies) (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)
- WestLaw (www.westlaw.com)
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)
Skip Tracing (Internet Search Engines)
- Larry's World - List of useful search engines and directories
- ReversePhoneDirectory - Enter a phone number and see who is listed as the owner
- ReverseAddressDirectory - Enter an address and see the residents
Bankruptcy
- American Bankruptcy Institute (www.abiworld.org)
- US Bankruptcy Court - Eastern District - Has all the bankruptcy forms on line and it has local district rules etc. (www.caeb.uscourts.gov)
- BANKO - National Bankruptcy Information
