Accela Awarded $1.2 Million Contract for New Enterprise E-Government Solution
6 July 2005
DUBLIN, Calif., -- July 6, 2005 -- Accela, Inc., the leading provider of government enterprise management software solutions, announced today that Sacramento has selected Accela Automation® to be implemented as the City's new enterprise land management system. More than 200 employees in the Development Services Department will use the new application to automate permitting, inspections, workflow, project management, plan review, code enforcement, and other City critical functions. The Development Services Department includes the following divisions: Development Engineering & Finance, Planning Services, and Building Services.
For the last few years, Sacramento has been using an Accela solution, 'PERMITS' Plus®, for its permitting activities. By upgrading to Accela Automation, the City will take advantage of a Web-based, enterprise solution that is flexible enough to meet the needs of everyone in the agency. The City has also opted to have Accela provide hosting services for the application, providing the City a more cost-effective approach to software installation and maintenance. The City's IT department will have more time to focus on other IT issues and tasks since they will no longer have to configure and maintain the application on client machines; users will have immediate access to the application using a Web browser.
The new system will provide Sacramento additional functionality including the ability for citizens to apply for applications and permits, research parcels and addresses, and schedule inspections via the Web. The system will also give City staff the ability to leverage their existing investment in GIS, take advantage of Accela's state of the art Interactive Voice Response system, and move inspection operations directly to the field with Accela Wireless(TM).
"We are excited that the city of Sacramento is taking this important step to upgrade its systems and take advantage of leading technologies," states Robert P. Lee, Accela's President and CEO. "This full enterprise implementation of Accela Automation has the potential to dramatically impact the economy by providing City staff with tools that reach out to customers in many ways -- from accepting applications via the Web to completing inspections in the field."
About Sacramento
Located 85 miles northeast of San Francisco in California's central valley, Sacramento is home to more than 440,000 residents. The City is among hundreds of other jurisdictions in California who are already using Accela solutions. These include: Alameda County, Anaheim, Contra Costa County, Irvine, Los Angeles County, Modesto, Orange County, Pasadena, Placer County, Sacramento County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Stockton, and Temecula. For more information about Sacramento, please visit http://www.cityofsacramento.org .
About Accela
Accela develops award-winning enterprise systems for asset management, emergency response, licensing, permitting, planning, public health, and many other processes for government agencies of all sizes. Accela's software solutions manage critical public sector applications for thousands of departments in major metro areas, cities, and counties such as the San Francisco Bay Area, Washington D.C., Los Angeles County, Miami-Dade County, Atlanta, Kansas City, San Diego County, and many others. Accela is headquartered in Dublin, Calif. Accela products can be purchased directly from the GSA Schedule Contract # GS-35F-0249R. For more information, please visit www.accela.com.
