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- Dorset County Council - Transport and Eco-Diesel
- Following a best value review and a merger of several functions, Dorset County Council has a newly focussed Procurement and Contract Monitoring Department, with a professional head of procurement. Several appointments have been made recently in order to increase capacity to meet the increased demands placed on corporate procurement, as...
- Tags: Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
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- Tucson Pima Public Library: Stepping Up Efficiency
- Serving the City of Tucson and Pima County, Arizona, the Tucson- Pima Public Library is a 22-branch library system with approximately two million books and other items. The library's primary interest in installing an RFID system was to have self-checkout stations which were fast and easy to use. Specifically, they...
- Tags: Checkpoint Systems Inc., Library, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
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- Procurement: It's Your Business!
- Procurement (which includes work that is sometimes called buying, purchasing or contracting) is a big part of the Suffolk county council's business with nearly £300 million spent on goods, services and construction every year. Procurement across the council has been reviewed as part of the Best Value Programme and a...
- Tags: Council, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Montgomery County Police Department Uses Pocket PCs to Monitor Traffic Stops
- The Montgomery County Maryland Police Department is the main law enforcement agency for the 520-square-mile suburban residential county located adjacent to Washington, D.C. The Montgomery County police, as part of an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department, needed to find a way to monitor any patterns in traffic stops that...
- Tags: Monitor, PC, Traffic Stop, Pocket PC, Monitors & Displays, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Components, Software
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- Questys Solutions Case Study: Mariposa County Building Department
- The Mariposa County Building Department, located in Mariposa, Calif. enforces state and county laws concerning the safety of structures within the county. The County Building Department lacked a formal filing system and was hard-pressed for space and resources. Building permits and records were being stored in drawers. Older records were...
- Tags: Questys Solutions, Storage, Hardware
- Case studies 2007-07-30
- NSW Government Procurement Guidelines: Procurement Planning
- Procurement planning is a process where agencies review current procurement processes, identify future needs and direction for procurement management and investment. The NSW Government Procurement Policy establishes a comprehensive procurement framework, which assists government agencies in the efficient delivery of services and ensures procurement strategies are consistent with the Government's...
- Tags: Government, Procurement, Procurement Planning, NSW Government Procurement Policy, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- White papers 2001-03-01
- Avaya Case Study: Burlington County Public Safety Department
- Providing county-wide public safety services is never an easy job, but in Burlington County, New Jersey, the sheer size of the county makes emergency communications even more challenging. The county wanted a solution that would enable it to remotely activate call-outs by phone or directly from the desktop - initiating...
- Tags: County, Avaya Inc., Business Structures, Recruitment & Selection, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware
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- Procurement Guidelines: Managing Delegation in Electronic Procurement
- Electronic procurement (e-procurement) is the use of e-commerce for procurement. It involves the use of electronic technologies to automate and streamline the procurement processes of an organisation, improving efficiency and transparency, and thereby reducing the costs of those processes for the organisation. Bearing in mind the scope of the procurement...
- Tags: Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Department of Defense Green Procurement Strategy
- This paper formally establishes the Department of Defense's DoD Green Procurement Program GPP and provides an agency-wide strategy for implementing an effective program. The purpose of the GPP is to enhance and sustain mission readiness through cost effective acquisition that achieves compliance and reduces resource consumption and solid and hazardous...
- Tags: Procurement, U.S. Department Of Defense, Green Procurement Program, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- White papers 2004-09-07
- Bringing the Tucson-Pima Public Library into the 21st Century
- Like many community libraries, Arizona’s Tucson-Pima Public Library doesn’t have room to accommodate traditional desktop computers. So it solved its space problem by deploying Gateway Profile all-in-one desktop PCs throughout its 24 branch locations. Download this short but informative case study to learn why the Gateway Profile PCs are so...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., Library, Desktops, Productivity, Hardware
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- Rugged Tools for a Tough Job: Results and Value in Chester County
- The Chester County PA Department of Emergency Services DES coordinates with 73 municipalities and more than 100 public safety departments. With Homeland Security funds available, the question for DES and its allies was how to best apply this resource toward their shared goal of keeping the county and its citizens...
- Tags: Job, County, DES, Tool, Motorola Inc., ML900, Digital Security, Network Security, Advertising & Promotion, Homeland Security, Security, Networking, Marketing, Government
- Case studies 2007-07-12
- Department of Information Technology Strategic Plan
- The Department of Information Technology is being used to deliver around-the-clock services to Fulton County citizens and to improve service quality and staff productivity. The Department of Information Technology is committed to a government-without-walls approach that will provide needed services 24-hours a day, 365- days a year. Based on recent...
- Tags: Information Technology, Georgia, Department Of Information Technology, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2005-04-21
- Staffordshire Connects Delivers Improved Public Services
- Determined to demonstrate true collaborative working in the cause of better service to local citizens in the county of Staffordshire, United Kingdom, the county council, eight district councils, and the unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent all contributed funds to set up the Staffordshire e-Government Partnership under the name Staffordshire Connects. The...
- Tags: County, Oracle Corp., Council, Staffordshire, E-government, Purchasing & Procurement, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Government, Business Operations, Software
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- Council Improves Productivity, Information Access With Document Management System
- The Cork County Council Planning Department is responsible for evaluating planning applications for Cork County, Ireland. The rapid growth of building developments in Cork County has resulted in a twenty per cent year on year increase in the volume of planning applications. Due to government staff number restrictions and statuary...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Council, Microsoft Corp., Cork County Council Planning Department, Document Management, Content Management, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
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- Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance Simplifies Backup and Recovery With NetApp and Veritas
- The Sacramento County Department of Human Assistance helps people make the transition from public assistance to independence through employment, housing, healthcare, transportation, education, and childcare programs. The county wanted to manage annual data growth of 30%+ and complete backups within allocated time windows. The county was also aiming to improve...
- Tags: Recovery, VERITAS Software Corp., NetApp, Storage, Backups, Hardware
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- County Government Capitalizes on Network to Improve Public Safety and Quality of Life
- Located directly across the Potomac River from Washington D.C., Arlington County, Virginia covers 26 square miles and serves nearly 200,000 residents. Top priorities for Arlington County are public safety, expanding and extending the reach of e-government services, and economic development. The Arlington County IT department had completed its design for...
- Tags: Network, Cisco Systems Inc., County Government, E-government, Networking, Government
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- Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines
- The Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines CPGs apply to procurement conducted by all officials in agencies and in relevant CAC Act bodies. Procurement encompasses the whole process of acquiring property or services. It begins when an agency has identified a need and decided on its procurement requirement. Procurement continues through the processes...
- Tags: Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Oakland County, Michigan Ensures the Health, Welfare, and Safety of Its Constituents With the Power of CA
- Officially established in 1819, Oakland County has seen substantial growth not only in population, but in prominence. As the economy in the state of Michigan transitions from manufacturing to a more knowledge-based economy Oakland County needed to adapt in order to maintain job growth and a high quality of life....
- Tags: Health Care, Computer Associates International Inc., ITIL, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, It Services, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
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- performancesoft Case Study: County of San Diego
- In late 1999, the County of San Diego County embarked on a journey to install an Enterprise Resource Planning ERP system. To assist the County of San Diego with their performance management implementation, the County engaged the services of Computer Sciences Corporation CSC. During the software selection process, CSC assisted...
- Tags: Computer Sciences Corp., San Diego, Performancesoft, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management
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