Posts Tagged ‘engineering’

Online, Not In Line

When Saco, ME, looked to Laserfiche to manage its information, it didn’t have a problem, it had a vision

June 10th, 2009 by Hobey EchlinHobey Echlin is a Laserfiche staff member

saco-logoMaine’s state motto is “The Way Life Should Be,” and the City of Saco’s could well be “The Way Laserfiche Should Be.” Thanks to a commitment to user education and establishing an in-house Laserfiche administrator, city employees in every department have embraced an ecological and economical paradigm shift in how the city does business and offers services.

So much so that in just three years, Saco has set a standard for e-government so high that its regional neighbors are beginning to look into it as well.

So why has Saco been so successful? For starters, when City Administrator Rick Michaud and Saco’s IT staff looked into document management three years ago, they didn’t have a problem, they had a plan.
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Chula Vista, CA, Goes Back to the Drawing Board with GIS and Laserfiche

June 25th, 2004

The City of Chula Vista, Calif., has a growing population of 200,000, up almost 10 percent from 2001. The city is expected to continue to expand at a similar rate over the next several years, bringing an influx of development opportunities as more citizens need housing. Continuous growth has made City Hall a bustling business unit dealing with constant activity, employing 1,100 people and issuing approximately 2,000 building permits per year.
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