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With hurricane season approaching now is the time to learn how web-based software can help local government agencies better manage in the aftermath of a hurricane or other natural disasters.

With web-based software not only will cities’ important data be protected but community development departments can get back up and running immediately from any location with only a computer and Internet connection.

For example, Mississippi cities Ocean Springs and City of Gautier are both using BasicGov.  The City of Ocean Springs’ Community Development & Planning Department saw a significant increase in permits and inspections volume as a result of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.  To keep up with the demand they turned to software and implemented BasicGov Permits & Inspections. In less than two months the Building Clerks were up and running on the new system. The web-based software, accessible by multi-departments, allowed the entire department to move to laptops for more mobility in the office or out in the field. Click here to read more

Learn more … attend a free webinar

Webinar Subject: Hurricane Preparedness: Learn How Web-based Software Can Help Local Governments

Webinar Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Webinar Time: 11 am PST / 2 pm EST

• Register for webinar

Questions?

Contact me.

Roula Fredrikson
Sales Executive
BasicGov Systems Inc.
www.basicgov.com
email: roula.fredrikson@basicgov.com

Some government agencies use software to manage land use and community development so that parcels and permits information exist as layers on existing ESRI and Google Earth maps.  What this means is that with the additional visual GIS map layers, government employees have graphical information to help with complex land use analysis, solutions and decisions. The over benefits to government agencies are:

• faster services to citizens and business for building renovations, new developments, land use planning, etc.
• improved productivity for staff and reduced costs

Local Government Example

Mono County and the Town of Mammoth Lakes in California both update their permits, inspections, planning and code enforcement systems each night with information from the GIS data and tax database. This updated information allows the County and Town planners, developers and policy makers better decision making around complex community planning, smart growth and sustainable development. They do this using the BasicGov web-based system integrated with GIS.

• Read Mono County and Town of Mammoth Lakes case study here

• Learn more about GIS connector software here