Step-by-step tour - Citizen Portal for your municipality
BasicGov Complimentary Webinar: Dec 9, 2009

Webinar Subject: Step-by-step tour: Citizen Portal for your municipality
Date: December 9, 2009, 1 pm PST / 4 pm EST
Speakers:  Michael Togyi, VP Marketing and Sales & Roula Fredrikson Sales Executive

In the webinar you see real-time examples of how you can cut costs and simplify your community development process with a self-service Citizen Portal.

You will learn:

• How common applications, requests, and complaints can be moved to the web;
• How staff can be more efficient with improved data management ;
• How time spent on data entry, verification, and scheduling is reduced.

You will also see how citizens gain more access to the code enforcement, permitting, and planning process by being able to check status online anytime.

You will learn:

• How citizens can submit common applications through a self service interface;
• How citizens can upload supporting documents;
• How citizens are notified of status changes online.

We invite you to participate in our live and on-demand webinars: fill out the registration form.

For more information about our new Citizen Portal, click to downdload brochure.

About BasicGov
BasicGov Systems, Inc. (TSX Venture: BSG) develops, sells and supports web-based software, also known as Software as a Service (SaaS), for local governments throughout North America. BasicGov software suite includes: Permits & Inspections; Code Enforcement; Licensing; Planning; and Citizen Portal. The software allows cities and local governments to improve productivity and provide better services to citizens by streamlining and automating processes in its community development to achieve smart growth and sustainability goals. To help small or large government agencies lower IT costs BasicGov has an aggressive SaaS subscription pricing model. BasicGov has partnered with Salesforce.com and its Force.com cloud computing platform used by more than 55,000 organizations worldwide to deliver industry leading performance, security and scalability to government customers.
www.basicgov.com

Media contact: Susan Kirk
susan.kirk@basicgov.com, 1.604.315.9959

Sales contact: Roula Fredrikson
roula.fredrikson@basicgov.com, 1.866.999.1846

Improve the way you manage your code enforcement department
BasicGov Webinar: Nov 10, 2009

Starting this month, we are hosting webinars with interactive features to give, receive, and discuss information with a speaker/instructor. Register and attend. Sign up to find out when the next webinar is scheduled or check back here.

Webinar Subject: Improve the way you manage your code enforcement department
Date: November 10, 2009, 10 am PST/ 1 pm EST
Speakers:  Roula Fredrikson & Michael Togyi

You will learn:

• How to streamline code enforcement tasks from citizen request to case resolution
• Instantly schedule inspections
• Automate notifications to multiple parties
• Prepare agendas and documentation
• Use pre-built reports and generate custom reports
• Access data from office or remote locations with Internet connection

We invite you to participate in our live and on-demand webinars: fill out the registration form.

About BasicGov
BasicGov Systems, Inc. (TSX Venture: BSG) develops, sells and supports web-based software, also known as Software as a Service (SaaS), for local governments throughout North America. BasicGov software suite includes: Permits & Inspections; Code Enforcement; Licensing; Planning; and Citizen Portal. The software allows cities and local governments to improve productivity and provide better services to citizens by streamlining and automating processes in its community development to achieve smart growth and sustainability goals. To help small or large government agencies lower IT costs BasicGov has an aggressive SaaS subscription pricing model. BasicGov has partnered with Salesforce.com and its Force.com cloud computing platform used by more than 55,000 organizations worldwide to deliver industry leading performance, security and scalability to government customers.
www.basicgov.com

Media contact: Susan Kirk
susan.kirk@basicgov.com, 1.604.315.9959

Sales contact: Roula Fredrikson
roula.fredrikson@basicgov.com, 1.866.999.1846

The 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo
Nov 2-4, 2009, Santa Clara, CA

We are recommending: "Developing Advantage - Platform Leverage in the Cloud" - Peter Coffee, Director of Platform Research for salesforce.com, will discuss alternative development experiences in various enterprise clouds and will highlight opportunities to combine their strengths in distinctive applications.

More information about The 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo at http://cloudcomputingexpo.com.

About BasicGov
BasicGov Systems, Inc. (TSX Venture: BSG) develops, sells and supports web-based software, also known as Software as a Service (SaaS), for local governments throughout North America. BasicGov software suite includes: Permits & Inspections; Code Enforcement; Licensing; Planning; and Citizen Portal. The software allows cities and local governments to improve productivity and provide better services to citizens by streamlining and automating processes in its community development to achieve smart growth and sustainability goals. To help small or large government agencies lower IT costs BasicGov has an aggressive SaaS subscription pricing model. BasicGov has partnered with Salesforce.com and its Force.com cloud computing platform used by more than 55,000 organizations worldwide to deliver industry leading performance, security and scalability to government customers.
www.basicgov.com

Media contact: Susan Kirk
susan.kirk@basicgov.com, 1.604.315.9959

Sales contact: Roula Fredrikson
roula.fredrikson@basicgov.com, 1.866.999.1846

Industry event: Gov 2.0 Summit - The Platform for Change
September 9-10, 2009

BasicGov is following the online conversations before, during and after the Gov 2.0 Summit. Leaders inside and outside government will talk about participation, collaboration, transparency, and efficiency addressing the challenges facing our country and the world.

Here is sampling of speakers and sessions:

• Clouds Over Washington: The Cloud and How It Can Serve Government -
  Casey Coleman (U.S. General Services Administration), Werner Vogels (Amazon.com), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media)
• Creating an Effective Platform -
  John Markoff (New York Times), Vinton Cerf (Google), Jack Dorsey (Twitter)
• A Conversation with Federal Government CIO Vivek Kundra -
  Ellen Miller (Sunlight Foundation), Vivek Kundra (U.S. Office of Management and Budget)
• One-on-One with Macon Phillips -
  Macon Phillips (The White House)
• From the Digital Commonwealth to the Digital Nation -
  Aneesh Chopra (U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy), Tim O'Reilly (O'Reilly Media)
• How Data Can Improve Health Care and Reduce Costs -
  Elliot Fisher (The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice)
• Strategies for Success: Driving Openness, Participation, and Collaboration in a Bureaucratic World -
  Lena Trudeau (National Academy of Public Administration)
• Three Waves of Change -
  Carl Malamud (Public.Resource.Org, Inc.)
• The Killer App of Gov2.0: A Conversation with Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie
  Craig Mundie (Microsoft Corporation)

More information about Gov 2.0 Summit at http://www.gov2summit.com/

About BasicGov
BasicGov Systems, Inc. (TSX Venture: BSG) develops, sells and supports web-based software, also known as Software as a Service (SaaS), for local governments throughout North America. BasicGov software suite includes: Permits & Inspections; Code Enforcement; Licensing; Planning; and Citizen Portal. The software allows cities and local governments to improve productivity and provide better services to citizens by streamlining and automating processes in its community development to achieve smart growth and sustainability goals. To help small or large government agencies lower IT costs BasicGov has an aggressive SaaS subscription pricing model. BasicGov has partnered with Salesforce.com and its Force.com cloud computing platform used by more than 55,000 organizations worldwide to deliver industry leading performance, security and scalability to government customers.
www.basicgov.com

Media contact: Susan Kirk
susan.kirk@basicgov.com, 1.604.315.9959

Sales contact: Roula Fredrikson
roula.fredrikson@basicgov.com, 1.866.999.1846

BasicGov is attending Dreamforce
Nov 17-20 in San Francisco

The event is salesforce.com's seventh annual user and developer conference with four days of networking and learning about cloud computing with 12,000 customers, partners and employees.

If you are also attending and want to set up a meeting time with our CEO, VP or product development guru, email susan.kirk@basicgov.com.

More info about the event at: http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF09/site/.

About BasicGov
BasicGov Systems, Inc. (TSX Venture: BSG) develops, sells and supports web-based software, also known as Software as a Service (SaaS), for local governments throughout North America. BasicGov software suite includes: Permits & Inspections; Code Enforcement; Licensing; Planning; and Citizen Portal. The software allows cities and local governments to improve productivity and provide better services to citizens by streamlining and automating processes in its community development to achieve smart growth and sustainability goals. To help small or large government agencies lower IT costs BasicGov has an aggressive SaaS subscription pricing model. BasicGov has partnered with Salesforce.com and its Force.com cloud computing platform used by more than 55,000 organizations worldwide to deliver industry leading performance, security and scalability to government customers.
www.basicgov.com

Media contact: Susan Kirk
susan.kirk@basicgov.com, 1.604.315.9959

Sales contact: Roula Fredrikson
roula.fredrikson@basicgov.com, 1.866.999.1846

BasicGov Team Presenting at SalesForce.com Innovation Showcase Semi-Finals

David Roberts, President & CEO and James Wikkerink, Technical Guru, are presenting about BasicGov at this innovation event to VCs and SalesForce experts. Then James is going to meet with customers in the San Francisco area.

Date of Innovation Showcase: June 11, 2009 in San Francisco, CA

What is the Innovation Showcase: CloudBench Applications has been selected as semi-finalists to demonstrate its BasicGov, leading web- based software solution for local governments, at SalesForce.com’s Innovation Showcase (round 1).

The Force.com Forty is a year-long program culminating in November at Dreamforce ’09. Nominations will be accepted beginning March 2, 2009, with three selection rounds happening throughout the year. After 40 finalist apps are selected for the showcase, top honors will be decided by community voting on the IdeaExchange beginning November 2, with results announced at Dreamforce '09.

About BasicGov
BasicGov Systems, Inc. (TSX Venture: BSG) develops, sells and supports web-based software, also known as Software as a Service (SaaS), for local governments throughout North America. BasicGov software suite includes: Permits & Inspections; Code Enforcement; Licensing; Planning; and Citizen Portal. The software allows cities and local governments to improve productivity and provide better services to citizens by streamlining and automating processes in its community development to achieve smart growth and sustainability goals. To help small or large government agencies lower IT costs BasicGov has an aggressive SaaS subscription pricing model. BasicGov has partnered with Salesforce.com and its Force.com cloud computing platform used by more than 55,000 organizations worldwide to deliver industry leading performance, security and scalability to government customers.
www.basicgov.com

Media contact: Susan Kirk
susan.kirk@basicgov.com, 1.604.315.9959

Sales contact: Roula Fredrikson
roula.fredrikson@basicgov.com, 1.866.999.1846