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Building Capacity Through Project Agility
The U.S. Digital Service, shown above, is one of many federal agencies applying agile development to improve IT projects at the federal and local levels…
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Cannabis Legalization in Canada Increases Demand for Regulatory Tools, Oversight
The News Signals Significant Industry Growth and Provides U.S. Cities and States Another Reference Point for Regulation (Vaska037 / Flickr) Policymakers…
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Spotlighting Smart City Advances, Atlanta’s Chief Resilience Officer Opens Accelarate 2018
The City’s Chief Resilience Officer Amol Naik Highlights New Efforts to Improve Equity Through Digital Innovation Atlanta’s Chief Resilience Officer Amol Naik opens Accelarate 2018…
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How Governments Can Meet the Solar Permitting Challenge in the Wake of COVID-19
This is the third article in a 3-part “Trends in Permitting” series authored by Accela’s Building and Planning solution team.
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How cities can maximize the post-COVID short-term rental boom
With travel bans and wide-spread stay-at-home mandates, it may come as little surprise that the short-term rental market took a significant hit in 2020. In…
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Announcing the 2021 Microsoft US Award Winners
This blog was originally posted on Microsoft’s US Partner Blog. The blog announced the award recipients of the 2021 Microsoft US (MSUS) Partner Awards and…
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Calling Accela’s Most Innovative Customers for Accelarate 2021 Trendsetter Awards
This fall, Accela will welcome hundreds of state and local government leaders, product experts and industry changemakers to its annual govtech conference, Accelarate. For the…
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The 5 Must-Haves When Replacing Your Legacy Planning, Permitting and Licensing System
Residents and business owners experience seamless and intuitive digital retail and service interactions— like from Amazon and Uber—as the standard, and they expect the same…
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