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2012
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Web-based Land Management Software Handles Foreclosured Properties
“Recently, we have been getting a number of inquires asking whether our web-based land management ...”
23
Cloud visionary Vivek Kundra joins SalesForce
“As a salesforce.com partner, we at BasicGov are very excited about this news -- Vivek ...”
2011
Sep
28
Converting Permit or Code Enforcement Data from Blackbear or PTWIN32
“Many government agencies are looking to switch from an old permitting or code enforcement software system ...”
Jun
27
Technology best practices for local governments
“e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government has conducted its Digital Counties and Digital Cities surveys in ...”
07
Cloud Computing Event Dreamforce Taking Shape
“Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce event is earlier this year than most - August 30 - September ...”
May
25
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Cloud Computing Supports State Government Mission “Connecting People and Information”
“With cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology government agencies can provide affordable services to citizens, ...”
Apr
28
Hurricane Preparedness: How Web-based Software Can Help
“With hurricane season approaching now is the time to learn how web-based software can help ...”
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08
City streamlines code and permitting to speed up rebuilding
“This week there was an article about the City of Galveston, Texas (population 50K+) and ...”
Mar
31
Cloud computing, SaaS software helping local governments with planning and permits
“On April 14, 2011 at 11 am PST /2 pm EST, BasicGov is hosting a ...”
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Code Enforcement Helping with Foreclosure Related Problems
“US cities are finding code enforcement solutions to help with foreclosures. See examples below. Collier ...”
Feb
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Green Buildings - CALGreen, IGCC, LEED
“The upcoming free webinar: The Reality of Implementing Green Building Programs in Your City now ...”
03
Green Buildings in State and Local Governments - IGCC vs LEED
“States are beginning to consider the adoption of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) IGCC ...”
Jan
2010
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BasicGov Commentary on US Federal Government IT Plans for State and Local Governments
“As a leader in web-based software for state and local government agencies, we (BasicGov) are ...”
10
Cloud First Policy for Government IT - Part 2
“Last month the US Federal government’s Office of Management and Budget released its six-month timetable ...”
Nov
Oct
25
Cloud computing part of reducing energy and costs
“According to ZDNet’s article published this week, California is on the right path to reduce ...”
08
Sep
Aug
13
US State Government Technology Award Finalists Named by NASCIO
“The National Association of State Chief Information Officers' (NASCIO) 2010 IT achievement awards finalists ...”
09
Dreamforce - cloud computing event - 4 months away
“The Dreamforce event is four months away.  This is its 8th year and last year ...”
Jul
28
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Digital Counties Survey Winners
“The Digital Counties Survey winners have been announced recognizing counties that are using technology to ...”
Jun
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Ahead of the Curve - Trend 6: Preparing for Emergencies in Local Governments
“Ahead of the Curve blog series authored by HB Lanarc and sponsored by BasicGov explores ...”
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Ahead of the Curve - Trend 5: A Greater Need for Risk Management in Local Governments
“Ahead of the Curve blog series authored by HB Lanarc and sponsored by BasicGov explores ...”
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Ahead of the Curve - Trend 4: Competition to reduce "red tape" in local governments
“Ahead of the Curve blog series authored by HB Lanarc and sponsored by BasicGov explores ...”
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Ahead of the Curve - Trend 2: Mounting Fiscal Challenges for Local Governments
“2nd part of the series ... to view previous blog post - Intro and Trend ...”
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Jan
2009
Dec
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States offering a government Cloud Option - What is your take?
“There was a recent article in Government Technology about how the states of Utah ...”
04
What it takes to implement the new Citizen Portal
“You may have heard about the new Citizen Portal, and are wondering what it would ...”
02
Government Going SaaS – Serving the Public in Difficult Economic Times
“I hope Google Trademark lawyers don't come after me.  I took that title from ...”
Nov
27
Product development team at BasicGov worked hard all summer on Citizen Portal
“As of last week, the new BasicGov Citizen Portal is now available.  The Product Development team ...”
24
Dreamforce Reflections: the Force of Force.com
“DreamForce was last week and I have had a bit of time to reflect on ...”
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Code Enforcement - interesting day in the life news article
“There is a good article in a local newspaper Florida that outlines the important ...”
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Foreclosures to peak in 2010 with waves of impacts
“RealtyTrac reported today that U.S. home foreclosure filings slowed in October for a third ...”
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Industry Views - City of LA/Google, Cloud Computing, and Dreamforce
“My first two weeks here at BasicGov has been full of activity. The first week was ...”
04
Oct
23
10 Things Every Local Government Should Know about SaaS (Software as a Service)
“We finished our "10 Things Every Local Government Should Know about SaaS" series. It ...”
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10 Things Every Local Government Should Know about SaaS - Part 9: Privacy Policy
“SaaS and Privacy Policy What's the difference between privacy and security?  Security is all about ...”
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10 Things Every Local Government Should Know about SaaS - Part 8: Security
“Part 8: SaaS and Security When working with security in the clouds or in a multi-tenant ...”
Sep
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10 Things Every Local Government Should Know about SaaS - Part 5: Evaluation Phase
“In the SaaS software evaluation phase it is very important to spend the time that ...”
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10 Things Local government Should Know about SaaS - Part 4: Cost
“On-Premise Software vs. SaaS / Cloud Computing Costs IT Solution Acquisition Cost Time to Implement ...”
10
10 Things Every Local Government Should Know about SaaS - Part 3: Why SaaS for Community Development processes?
“Part 3: Why Web-Based SaaS for Community Development processes (Permits, Code Enforcement, and Planning)? Why ...”
09
10 Things Every Local Government Should Know About SaaS - Part 2: Why Choose a SaaS Solution?
“Part 2: Why Choose a SaaS Solution? Why SaaS offers advantages over traditional on-premise software ...”
08
01
SaaS Beyond Tipping Point
“Very good interview in eweek by Renee Boucher Ferguson with Ann Winblad, a co-founding ...”
10 things Every Local Government Should Know about SaaS - Part 1: What is SaaS?
“Part 1: What is Software as a Service? An overview about Software-as-a-Service. What is Software as ...”
Aug
Jul
31
Why a BasicGov blog?
“Hi and welcome to our blog. We're new at this so we really welcome your ...”
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