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Morris County Division of Public Health Selects Accela to Propel Data-Driven Environmental Health Management

(San Ramon, Calif. – February 12, 2021) – Accela, the leading provider of cloud-based solutions for government, today announced Morris County Division of Public Health has selected Accela’s environmental health platform to perform regulatory inspections and conduct complaint investigations. These responsibilities include enforcement action, pursuant to the authority delegated by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), under the County Environmental Health Act (CEHA). Regulatory programs under CEHA include Air, Hazardous Materials Emergency Response, Noise, Pesticides, Solid Waste, and Safe Drinking Water. By leveraging Accela’s agile and highly-configurable offering, Morris County will be able to perform inspections that better protect the health of its citizens.

“Protecting public health is top-of-mind for cities and states across the country. Morris County is harnessing cloud software, with best practices built in, to advance those essential processes, meet state compliance obligations, and keep its communities healthy,” said Darryl Booth, Accela’s General Manager for Environmental Health. 

Today’s announcement reinforces Accela’s commitment to delivering modern digital tools to help build thriving communities, now and in the future. Most recently, Accela helped Galveston County harness the cloud to streamline essential health and regulatory processes to preserve and improve the well-being of its communities. Accela’s secure and flexible SaaS solutions equip governments with the resources to quickly respond to evolving community needs, increase efficiency, and maintain resilience to benefit 275 million citizens globally. To learn more about Accela’s Solutions, please visit https://www.accela.com/solutions/. 

About Accela

Accela provides market-leading cloud solutions that empower the most innovative state and local governments around the world to build thriving communities, grow businesses and protect citizens. More than 275 million citizens globally benefit from Accela’s solutions, which are powered by Azure, for permitting, licensing, code enforcement, and service request management. Accela’s fast-to-implement Civic Applications, built on its robust and extensible Civic Platform, help agencies address specific needs today, while ensuring they are prepared for any emerging or complex challenges in the future. The company was recently recognized as an Inc. Best in Business Award winner and a 2020 Microsoft US Partner Award winner for its innovative SaaS solutions to help governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was named as one of the Largest East Bay Tech Employers by San Francisco Business Journal. Accela is headquartered in San Ramon, California, with additional offices around the world. For more information, visit www.accela.com.