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Accela Partners with E-Plansoft for Integrated Electronic Document Review
...review of plans and the ability to see comments and sketches in real time. A standard comment library that supports the import of agency checklist forms and standard markup comments...
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Accela Kicks Off Engage 2016 to Showcase Best of Civic Technology Industry
...communities hundreds of hours and significant costs. Through our partnership with OpenGov, governments can build trust within their communities, gain better insight from constituents and improve operations by collaborating with...
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Designing for Inclusion and Accessibility in Govtech: A Journey of Empathy and Collaboration
...serve everyone, inclusively. Embracing Inclusive Design Our commitment to accessibility goes beyond mere compliance.Inclusive design is at the heart of our ethos, shaping our approach to the design and testing...
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Civicist Guest Blog: What CitiStat Staffers Should Know about Open Data
...of an open data program is the community around it. This community can be invaluable in helping find useful, actionable observations in data. The community can also be invaluable in...
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Guest Blog from Microsoft’s John Shewchuk: Accela and Microsoft Hackfest — Providing Access to Open Data, Online and Off-Grid
...estate agents and prospective buyers access civic planning and permitting data stored on civicdata.com, and provide a platform for making comments about and discussing a particular property. The impetus behind...
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10 Years Later: Helping New Orleans Get Back on Its Feet after Hurricane Katrina
...them having computers in their hands. That’s when Mike called on the National Guard to come in to escort them.” With 23 additional inspectors from California, and later additional assistance...
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Customer Spotlight: Inspection App Slashes Complaints and Costs for El Paso Waste Operations
...which were paper forms, that had to be sent and routed by supervisors to the city’s field crew. When combined with data entry and route planning — a process that...
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State and Local Government’s Next Big Challenge: Sustainable Transformation
...confronting communities. The US Federal Sustainability Plan introduced in 2021 further motivated cities, counties and states to move toward a stronger commitment to sustainable practices going forward. “By transforming how...
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