Automated data handling

A method of performing automatic project management across multiple systems including automated project milestone tracking, automated tagging, routing, notification of file, and logging of files, and automated generation of an audit history, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a file handling application, a file;
• automatically providing, by the file handling application, a notification of the upload of the file;
• automatically determining, by the file handling application, a rule set for applying to the file;
• handling, automatically by the file handling application and without human intervention, the file based on the rule set;
• interfacing, by the file handling application, with a project management application to automatically update a status of a project associated with the file based on actions taken by the file handling application;
• and
• responsive to each interaction by the file handling application with the file, automatically logging, in a searchable database by the file handling application, each action taken by the file handling application with respect to the file to create an audit history for the file.

A system for automatic project management across multiple systems including automated project milestone tracking, automated tagging, routing, notification of file, and logging of files, and automated generation of an audit history, comprising:

• a data store;
• a server executing a file management application configured to:
• obtain a file;
• responsive to obtaining the file, automatically determine a rule set to apply to the file, wherein the rule set indicates actions for the server to perform with respect to the file including routing the file between multiple systems automatically and without human intervention;
• based on the rule set, automatically provide the file to a user;
• and
• responsive to each interaction by the file management application with the file, automatically logging, in a searchable database by the file management application, each action taken by the file management application with respect to the file to create an audit history for the file.