Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce Business Journal and Other Publications Quarter 4 2016 Business Journal | Page 20

YOUR GOVERNMENT

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The Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce works at all levels of government to
make “doing business” effiecient and effective. Latest updates to the Secretary of
States website has been a recent victory and makes us more business friendly.

ABIGAIL MARTIN

All public business documents can now be searched online
and made immediately available for viewing by anyone on
the Secretary of State’s website. “This is a game changer for
transparency, ease, accessibility, and the retrieval of records

Wyoming has always been known as a “business friendly” state.
However, until recently, business owners had to file documents the
“old fashioned” way, with the Secretary of State. Now, Secretary
of State Ed Murray is proud to say that new electronic business
filing has eliminated that hassle. These new online services allow
for the electronic filing of documents that were previously only
paper based. “Our goal in the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office
is to be business friendly and operate at the fast paced
and dynamic speed of business, not government,” says
Secretary Murray.
The Secretary of State’s Business Division has recently
launched online business filing tools for the formation of
Limited Liability Companies (a business structure that
originated in Wyoming) , Profit Corporations, and Nonprofit
Corporations. In addition, any registered business entity
in good standing may generate an electronic “Certificate
of Good Standing” at no cost. “We have found a way to
cut the time to process a business filing from five days to
about thirty minutes once our business clients choose to
use our new online services. We are doubling down on the
commitment I made when I first took office to modernize
and make our Business Division state-of-the-art,” said
Secretary Murray.
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that were previously only available through an archaic process,”
says Secretary Murray. “These are the types of services that our
customers have wanted for years!” added Lisa Gonzales, a 27year veteran of the Secretary of State’s Business Division, when
asked about the launch of these new online business services.
To access these online services for businesses,
visit: wyobiz.wy.gov/business.