The common functionality of the request involves the registration of the property by the bank with the city, with re-registration occurring every six months or a year.  During the period, the bank managed property must keep the building or home up to code.  If there are violations against the property the bank must bring the property into compliance or face additional fees, and or/higher re-registration fees.

The common challenge for these cities is the need for a higher-level view of all the properties to determine which banks are good and/or bad at keeping abandoned buildings in compliance upon registration so the city can be proactive in dealing with them at registration.

The additional challenge is doing is quickly, and at a low-cost.

The solution is straight forward, even if we are expected to import your parcel data.  Setup can be as quick as three weeks if this is all that is needed to start with, and the ongoing cost is a low monthly fee per user.

The end solution can be called any number of things:

• Foreclosure Management Software
• Abandoned Buildings Tracking Software
• Foreclosure Compliance and Registration Tracking

Whatever it is, we can get you up and running quickly so you can start managing the banks and keeping citizens happy that their neighborhood property values don’t go down.

Kundra was the first United States chief information officer where led the  adoption of  cloud computing technologies and open government.  As US government CIO, Kundra authored the groundbreaking Cloud-First policy, which is a model for government IT organizations for increasing efficiencies with less resources.

Kundra will be the keynote speaker at the Data Center World conference scheduled for March 18-22 at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. In his keynote he’ll “share his experience leading change across the world’s largest consumer of information technology—the U.S. government—and the lessons every organization can use when leading a transformation in a change-averse environment.”

Recently BasicGov has converted several local government agencies that were using Blackbear Systems or PTWIN32.

The processes involved in conversion follow these steps:

• Identifying the types of permits (and/ or code complaints) and forms that are used
• Document the inspection sheets and data formats
• Analyzing the permit  (and/ or code) fields and the database they are stored in
• Updating the parcel information (if the data is associated to parcel #)
• Associating the contractor information and licenses
• Training and implementation
• Continued customer support

Web-based BasicGov System Benefits

• No capital costs
• Free upgrades
• No maintenance fees
• Fast implementation (weeks not months)
• Reduced training time
• Fast productivity ROI

Click here to find out more information about BasicGov products

Contact us to find out about converting from PTwin to BasicGov

• IT Governance
• Public Safety, Emergency Management and Corrections
• Health, Social and Human Services
• Commerce, Labor and Taxation/Economic, Business, Community and Work Force Development
• Finance and Administration, HR, Licensing and Permitting
• Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, Parks and Agriculture
• Citizen Engagement, Open Government and Online Service Delivery

Winners

As reported on govtech.com, a panel of market experts and former local government CIOs selected these examples based on the innovative nature of their approach, their connection to a strategic policy agenda within the implementing jurisdiction, results generated and the likelihood that the solution may be replicable in other communities.

Category  1 
IT Governance 
Oakland County, Mich.

Oakland County, Mich., was the standout in IT governance strategies for creating a service model that took into account end-users’ perspectives. In this category, DC judges considered only models where the CIO or CTO reported to the mayor or chief executive. Judges also looked for governance committees that included representation from executives across the spectrum of users and repeatable IT practices reflected in a published strategic plan.

Oakland County excelled in these areas. Since 1997, Oakland County has created a series of 24-month IT Strategic Plans designed to prioritize its technology activities. The plans are created by four IT leadership committees: The IT Steering Committee handles all internal matters regarding IT operations and the three other committees represent end-users, one for the courts, another for land use and the third for financial administration.

Category  2 
Public Safety, Emergency Management and Corrections 
Montgomery County, Md.

DC judges showed special interest in whether or not local governments deployed integrated justice systems. Judges wanted to see projects that gave approved users across agencies access to records through a single entrance point. The Integrated Justice Information System (IJIS) in Montgomery County, Md., integrates data from multiple law enforcement and criminal justice data sources, enabling personnel to retrieve information they need for investigations and processing via one system.

The project was directed by a steering committee of representatives from the Montgomery County Police Department, Sheriff’s Department, Department of Corrections, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, the Montgomery County Circuit Court, the county’s health and human services agency and the county’s Department of Technology Services. IJIS gives employees from each of these agencies access to data collected by other agencies in the group, assuming the employee in question has clearance to view the data. In the past, workers often filled out paper forms to request the data. And if an employee was only permitted to view certain parts of the data requested, the entire request often was denied, said Lisa Henderson, program manager for Montgomery County.

Category 3 
Health, Social and Human Services 
New York City

HHS-Connect, a program operated by New York City’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), served as this category’s model for Digital Communities judges, who wanted to see health and human services systems that significantly broke down information silos and shared information with other agencies — a common idea that may not seem new, but is still tricky to deploy. Agencies closely guard their health and human services data because it’s often sensitive and, by law, only viewable by certain people.

Category  4 
Commerce, Labor and Taxation – Economic, Business, Community and Work Force Development 
Dakota County, Minn.

Dakota County IT director Anita Scott said the project’s success stems from strong end-user participation in the selection of the new solution and a careful analysis of the contract. After selecting its vendor, Dakota County spent three months ensuring there were no gaps or shortcomings in the contract before executing the deployment. The extra time enabled county organizations to negotiate adjustments with the vendor before the project launched.

Category  5 
Finance and Administration, HR, Licensing and Permitting 
Fairfax County, Va.

Fairfax County, Va., met the judge’s criteria in this category for an aggressive enterprise approach, being one of the few municipalities of its size — more than 1 million people — to completely centralize IT. Since 2002, the county has combined permitting, inspection, licensing, cashiering, code enforcement and complaint activity for land use and construction onto a single enterprise software and database solution. The departments that collaborated on the project include Public Works and Environmental Services; Planning and Zoning; Health, Fire and Rescue; and Housing. Employees from all of those departments can access relevant information from one another via one application.

Category  6 
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources, Parks and Agriculture
Riverside, Calif.

Judges approached this category looking for green IT and green building projects, but they also expressed a general interest in applications that were simply innovative. They highlighted a project from the Riverside, Calif., Water Quality Control Plant, which uses video cameras to document damage and repairs to city sewer lines The project is set to go live in July of 2011.

Category  7 
Citizen Engagement, Open Government and Online Service Delivery
New York City

New York City was praised as a model for consolidated city/county government with outstanding delivery of diverse services to its 8 million citizens. In 2010, through its highly regarded 311 system, the city served its 100-millionth caller while at the same time expanding its service online through NYC 311 Online.

About Report
The report is based on the activities of the Digital Communities program, a network of public- and private-sector IT professionals who are working to improve local governments’ delivery of public service through the use of digital technology. The program — a partnership between Government Technology and e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government — consists of task forces that meet online and in person to exchange information on important issues facing local government IT professionals. Click here for more information.

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As a Salesforce.com partner, we (BasicGov) attend this conference every year and I’m looking forward to being there again this year.

This year’s keynotes that have been announced so far are:

• Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO Salesfore.com
• Vivek Kundra, US government Chief Information Officer
• Marcel LeBrun, CEO and Founder Radian6
• Loic Le Meur, CEO and Founder Seesmic
• Jeremiah Owyang and Charline Li, Partners Altimeter Group
• Michael Fauscette, VP IDC

There will be these new areas at Dreamforce …

• Welcome to the Social Enterprise. You need to reach customers at every point of interaction—not just in your own products, but also through sales, services, Twitter, Facebook, Chatter, and community sites everywhere. @dreamforce will offer an intense focus on social media, the movement that’s reshaping the business world. Hear jaw-dropping secrets from leading practitioners on the cutting edge of the industry; they’ll share everything from the basics of setting a social media strategy to tracking metrics and going viral.
• Expanded expo hours. This was your top piece of feedback from last year and we listened: The Expo will be open all four days, for up to eight hours each day. This year, we’ll have 300+ cloud computing leaders on hand—in addition to the Salesforce.com Campground in the center of the Expo. With all these value-add technologies under one roof, you’re guaranteed to find the next must-have solution for your organization.
• Extended learning time. You asked for more time to take advantage of all Dreamforce has to offer. We’ve added a fourth day, full of content, allowing you to attend more sessions, get more hands-on training, and unlock even more value . . . Dreamforce ’11 is packed — Monday with pre-conference training and certification, and Tuesday through Friday with sessions, keynotes, networking events, expo time, and more.
• Technology deep dives. Looking for more information on all the new salesforce.com products? We’ve added plenty of sessions that focus on Heroku,Siteforce, database.com, and Radian6. Pick up all the details and training you need; then get started using them right alongside our experts.

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