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contents govtech.com departments 38 Cashing In These strategies help demystify the grant application process. Shared service helps Texas cities create online maps without busting budgets. february 2008 AcerPower 2000 j 40 GIS for Less 42 Nabbing Speedsters San Jose, Calif., gets a head start on traffic violators with its new eCitation system. news 10 Big Picture the Scene 14 Oneditors report GT from the road. C first person S TAT E | L O C A L | F E D E R A L 44 First Person: Records Management Cape Coral, Fla., implements a site-plan automation system. Managem n 2005, Cape Coral, Fla., saw about 8,000 single-family home permits issued in the city — one of the largest in southwest Florida with a population of about 170,000. This swells to 220,000 when the retired “snowbirds” flock south to enjoy the warm winter weather. As baby boomers retire and move here, the community is expected to continue growing. Single-family construction required a great amount of coordination among the builders, developers, homeowners and the city government’s staff. Much of this coordination hinged on the site-plan approval process. The process was so expensive and timeconsuming; we knew there had to be a more efficient way. So we came together to develop a better, paperless system. Records50 Products Old, Complex Processes We previously used a manual, based approval method that re developers and builders — of both and commercial properties — to as many as 18 copies of blueprints architectural documents and othe porting materials. These piles of doc had to be hand-delivered to Cape City Hall. This manual process was difficul plicated and expensive. An applicant paid about $3 per sheet to print an large prints. With 18 copies required approval process, the costs could pil more than $1,000 per application. Once the documents were in the d approval workflow began. Videx, Pentax, Magellan, Panasonic 46 Chatter Box E-government is available 24/7. Now, in some places, so is 24/7 live support. 44 FEB_08 I 51 Two Cents 52 Spectrum Good things come in small packages. Reports from the IT horizon. 48 Oregon Data Centers Go Green State government consolidates 11 data centers into one energy-efficient facility. columns 8 Point of View Tackling Medical Identity Theft 38 52 56 Personal Computing E-Mail Etiquette 16 Four Questions for … Norm Jacknis, CIO, Westchester County, N.Y . 12 The Last Mile 58 signal:noise Climate Change: A New Religion? 54 Up Close Extreme Forecast Strategy by Top 10 Lists month: Doers, Dreamers and Drivers In March, Government Technology presents its annual Doers, Dreamers and Drivers issue, saluting 25 public-sector professionals for using technology to advance the art and science of governing. Check out next month’s issue to see who we think are some of the best and brightest in public service. next FEB_08 6 http://www.govtech.com http://www.govtech.com

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Government Technology - February 2008 Contents Point of View Big Picture The Last Mile On the Screen Products Four Questions for... CSI Effect Bad Medicine Making Health Care Personal Cashing In GIS for Less Nabbing Speedsters First Person: Records Management Chatter Box Oregon Data Centers Go Green Products Two Cents Spectrum Up Close Personal Computing signal:noise Government Solutions - Spring 2008 Power Play Double Duty Cleaning House Twice Prepared Smart Move The Path to Success Foundation for Service

Government Technology - February 2008

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