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2019 Benchmarking study of eDiscovery practices for government agencies
Demographics
Volume of unstructured data housed in different repositories continues to be one of the leading challenges agencies face year-over-year
201970%
Attorney
13%IT
Professional
4%Paralegal
6%RecordsManager
7%Other
201871%
Attorney
11%IT
Professional
6%Paralegal
3%RecordsManager
9%Other
201778%
Attorney
4%IT
Professional
8%Paralegal
2%RecordsManager
8%Other
What are your top three challenges in identifying relevant electronically stored information?
36% of respondents worked with more than a terabyte of data on a single case
Almost 60% of respondents have had to obtain data from mobile resources
68% of respondents feel that it is difficult to access and preserve data needed to respond to FOIA requests, and 73% believe the requests are used to bypass the legal discovery process or serve as a fact-finding mission before litigation is filed
Respondents believe upper management is exploring more advanced solutions to decrease risk, provide tools to make jobs more efficient, and to respond to increasing amounts of data
What is the largest amount of data in a single case you have had to work with?
Have you had to preserve, collect, or request data from mobile sources such as smart phones or tablets in any of your cases?
2019
59%Yes
41%No
2018
39%No
11%N/A
50%Yes
2017
44%Yes
47%No
9%N/A
15%Volume of data
15%Insufficient
time
15%Lack of
technology
10%Processing
multiple forms of
data
8%Obsolete or proprietary
data
19%Other
2018
18%Insufficient manpower
22%Volume of data
13%Insufficient manpower
12%Lack of
technology
12%Processing
multiple forms of data
9%Obsolete or proprietary
data
10%Other
12%Insufficient
time
10%No data map to ascertain where the
data is located
2019
26%Volume of data
19%Lack of
technology
11%Processing
multiple forms of
data
8%Obsolete or proprietary
data
4%Other
13%Insufficient
time
19%Insufficientmanpower
2017
39%Do not know
or N/A
36%More than a Terabyte
17%500 Gig
to a Terabyte
5%About
200 Gig
3%200 Gig
Are you able to access and preserve data sources needed to respond to discovery and FOIA requests?
How often do you see discovery documents that have already been produced in response to a FOIA request or other type of government request?
In your opinion what issues are driving upper management to explore more advanced electronic discovery solutions?
How often is the FOIA request used to bypass the legal discovery process or serve as a fact-finding mission before litigation is filed?
9%Always
54%Sometimes
8%Never
29%N/A
2017
9%Always
62%Sometimes
3%Never
26%N/A
2018
23%Always
50%Sometimes
0%Never
27%N/A
201911%Always
47%Sometimes
11%Never
31%N/A
2019
12%Easily
45%With some difficulty
23%Difficulty doing so
20%N/A
2019
10%Lower discovery
costs and decrease time
8%Increasing caseload
12%Increasing
amounts of data
18%Decrease risk
14%Provide tools to get the job done
22%Not looking for an eDiscovery
solution
6%Other
10%Do not know
or N/A
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