• Posted On: October 04, 2016

Utilizing Code Enforcement Solutions to Overcome Workload Shortages The efficient workflow in your day-to-day agency operations hinge on a variety of aspects, with code enforcement being a key one. As you look to improve workflow in the future, you need to take into consideration that many code enforcement professionals are on the verge of retirement. […]

• Posted On: September 27, 2016

How Big Data and the Right Tools Help Workflow Today, many municipalities across the nation are embracing big data to help them measure progress. By gaining an understanding of raw data, you can add efficiencies to your workflow and value to your community. To fully utilize big data, you have to use the right tools, […]

• Posted On: September 20, 2016

Empowering Communities Through GIS Solutions Today the majority of citizens in your community are utilizing their GIS-enabled phones to their advantage. GIS solutions affect any number of industries in very specific ways, but for municipalities, like yours, they’re helping engage citizens in a positive way, both for the community and for the departments using them. […]

• Posted On: September 14, 2016

Dynamic Analytical Reporting for Strategic Planning Your agency can utilize reporting for detailing your everyday operations and for broader demonstration of effectiveness of various programs. Your decisions and processes are also increasingly reviewed by policy makers and by your constituents, leading to requests for additional information. Reporting tools can help assess your programs and demonstrate […]

• Posted On: September 09, 2016

Gain More Productivity With Customizable Reporting Tools Accurate, accessible and customizable reporting tools are important to your department, especially as you compete with other local government services for federal and state resources. If you are not properly documenting your workflow processes, you will be unable to prove their effectiveness. Sometimes, this lack of workflow management […]

• Posted On: December 01, 2015

Finding Ways to Curb the Costs of Abandoned Vehicle Management When cars break down on public thoroughfares and are left behind for days, weeks or longer, they become an eyesore, a public nuisance and even a danger. Abandoned vehicle management is one of the many functions of local government, but it is one that can […]

• Posted On: November 24, 2015

GIS Solutions Provide Greater Insight and Easy Evaluation The services that your citizens rely on most often for their everyday living are provided through the local government. Figuring out how to provide top shelf services with a bottom-rung budget is one of the major challenges facing city leaders. Many times the gap between financed manpower […]

• Posted On: November 17, 2015

There is a Way to Provide Building Code Inspections on a Small Budget As a small town, you often don’t have the funds for many big city amenities. Sometimes you don’t have the budget to support even necessary services – like a full-time building code department. Normally, there are state guidelines mandating building code checks […]

• Posted On: November 10, 2015

Finding the Right Tools to Bring Foreclosure Management Up-to-Speed The path out of the recession has been slow for nearly every sector of the U.S. economy. Whether it’s job growth, housing starts or discretionary spending, improvements have been slow in coming. Climbing out of the overload on housing foreclosures has also been a challenge for […]

• Posted On: November 03, 2015

3 Tips to Improved Code Enforcement Government-Citizen Relationships Citizens are keenly aware of the growing number of demands government places upon them, but rarely feel like a valued customer who is on the receiving end of important services. But if you have been privileged with a position of community leadership, you know how integral regulations […]