Electronic and digital signatures in Adobe Sign for government white paper With Adobe Sign, you can comply with laws and regulatory guidelines—using one scalable signature solution. Government organizations around the world are actively transforming their agency businesses, using digital technologies to deliver agility, efficiency, cost savings and superior constituent experiences. Document signature processes represent one of the biggest opportunities to accelerate this transformation. Government workers spend countless hours hunting down approvals and ink signatures—and then print, scan, fax or mail documents to get the job done. The resulting delays frustrate citizens, departments, suppliers and employees alike. It's little wonder that government organizations have embraced electronic and digital signatures. Today, leading agencies such as the State of Hawaii and the Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) get fast, legal and secure signatures electronically. The results are impressive. WALGA has reduced their average time to have contracts signed from 2 weeks or longer to just 80 minutes. The biggest question today isn't whether to adopt electronic signatures—it's how to go about it. While the terms may seem similar, electronic and digital signatures actually describe two different approaches to signing documents— and those differences are linked with signature laws and regulatory requirements. To make the right choice for your agency, you'll want to learn about those differences, understand your unique legal or regulatory environment, and partner with a company you trust—to help you deliver value today and into the future. This paper explores electronic and digital signatures and shows how Adobe solutions let you work with either approach, or a combination of the two. Adobe Sign is an Adobe Document Cloud solution that manages signature processes from end to end, integrates easily with existing government processes and pr