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WDVA’s Finance Journey: From Legacy to Full Automation

March 31, 2025 | 11:00 AM11:45 AM

Outdated financial processes create bottlenecks, limit visibility, and slow down decision-making across government agencies. Manual workflows in procurement, travel, and budgeting make it difficult to track spending, ensure compliance, and adapt to evolving needs. The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) tackled these challenges head-on—eliminating inefficiencies and transitioning to a fully automated, data-driven approach.

In this fireside chat, WDVA’s Chief Information Officer, Crystal Schienbein, will sit down with Authorium’s Head of Revenue, Chris Rieth, to share real-world lessons from this transformation—what worked, what didn’t, and how other agencies can apply these insights to their own modernization efforts.

In this session, you'll learn how WDVA:

  • Modernized operations – replacing paper-based processes with automation and real-time data access.
  • Automated travel & procurement – streamlining approvals, budgeting, and financial oversight.
  • Increased efficiency & accuracy – reducing manual effort while improving transparency and control.
  • Scaled transformation – building a blueprint for long-term digital modernization.
Authorium combines compliance, productivity, and collaboration functionality in one end-to-end platform to consolidate siloed legacy applications in government. We unlock data hidden within documents to power data-driven decision-making and support other critical operational systems. Designed for government agencies with complex processes, such as procurement, budgeting, and grant management, our platform ensures regulatory compliance, facilitates collaboration and visibility, and increases agency efficiency – freeing up staff for higher-value work. Authorium’s deep institutional knowledge and real-world government experience are unparalleled by other companies.