Washington, D.C. Department
of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Awards Accela Enterprise E-Government
Solution Contract
Web-based system enables agency to better support its
mission to provide superior service to its constituencies
San Ramon, Calif. (February 12, 2007) Accela, Inc., the
leading provider of government enterprise management software solutions,
announced today that the Washington, D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory
Affairs (DCRA) has selected Accela
Automation® as the agency’s new land management solution.
DCRA is the second agency in the District to implement Accela Automation.
The Department of Health is currently using Accela Automation as its inspection
and permitting solution for enforcing community health and safety standards.
DCRA staff in multiple divisions including accounting, building, community
development, zoning, licensing, GIS, IT/IS, permitting, and the clerk/treasurer’s
office will benefit from the Web-based system. With Accela Automation,
DCRA will streamline procedures supporting its mission to protect the
health, safety, economic interests, and quality of life for residents,
businesses, and visitors in the District by issuing licenses and permits;
conducting inspections; enforcing building, housing, and safety codes;
regulating land use and development; and providing consumer education
and advocacy services.
Three additional Accela solutions will also support DCRA’s mission:
Accela GIS™ seamlessly integrates
with Accela Automation to provide powerful real-time visual analysis to
enhance land-use, zoning, and infrastructure data. It allows creation
of multiple map layers, automated map analysis, parcel and asset inventory
management, direct editing of GIS data or files, and auto-distribution
of information to mailing lists. It is built on the ArcIMS™ platform
by ESRI®.
Accela Citizen Access™
provides real-time, direct access via the Internet to the agency’s
permit and land management activities. Online permit applications can
be configured to allow citizens and businesses access to apply and pay
for permits, schedule inspections, check the status of a permit or inspection,
or print an approved permit directly from the Internet, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week.
Accela Wireless™ is
a mobile government software application that allows government staff
to perform their jobs from the field for inspections, code enforcement,
work orders, and service requests. Optimized for Intel® Centrino®
Mobile Technology, Accela Wireless is compatible with PDAs, laptops, and
Tablet PCs running on the Microsoft Pocket PC, Windows 2000, or Windows
XP operating systems.
Accela Automation replaces a legacy system from Hansen Information Technologies
that had previously been selected by the DCRA.
“We are proud to see a second win in the District of Columbia for
Accela,” said Maury Blackman, Accela’s senior vice president
of sales and marketing. “We look forward to supporting the agency
as it takes its e-government initiative to the next level to continue
providing high levels of service to its constituents.”
DCRA purchased Accela products and services from the company’s U.S.
General Services Administration (GSA) contract (Contract #GS-35F-0249R),
streamlining the procurement process.
About the DCRA
The Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs was established as a
resource for people living and working in Washington, D.C. Home to approximately
600,000 residents, the District of Columbia hosts hundreds of embassies
and international organizations. For more information about the DCRA,
please visit www.dcra.dc.gov.
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