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Guest Blog from Microsoft’s John Shewchuk: Accela and Microsoft Hackfest — Providing Access to Open Data, Online and Off-Grid
By John Shewchuk, Technical Fellow and the CTO for the Microsoft Developer Platform A few weeks ago several of us…
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CivicData.com: Changing the Game on Open Data
CivicData.com is Accela’s open data portal. The site represents a new approach, one that emphasizes the core mission at Accela—to build…
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Guest Blog from Charlotte County, Florida | Becoming Resilient: Fighting Back against Hurricanes and Taking the Unexpected in Stride
I recently had the honor of presenting at the National Association of Counties (NACo) Resilient Counties Forum as part of a keynote session focused around…
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Behind the Scenes: Lee Ann Slinkard in Professional Services
How did you end up at Accela? My entire career has been in services. I initially thought I wanted to be a researcher. I…
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Accela Engage 2016 Is Shaping Up to Be Bigger and Better Than Ever Before
As the team here gets ready to open up registration next week for Accela Engage, I can’t help but think back on Accela Engage…
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What Legalized Hemp Means for Local Government
A Q&A with Accela’s Director of Cannabis Regulation Judy Steele Hemp is an emerging market that is priming itself for an aggressive U.S. expansion.
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Accela Engage Series: Q&A with Melissa Chiong, Business Programs Supervisor for the City of Tampa
Melissa Chiong is Business Programs Supervisor for the City of Tampa. Last year, she accepted the Open for Business Award…
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Guest Blog from CitySourced | The Value of the Accela Civic Platform for Government Agencies
At the Accela Engage User Conference in San Diego, many of us heard Accela software referred to as the “Civic Platform.”…
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