Paladin Data Systems Introduces SMARTGov Future® for Government Project Tracking and Transparency

April 7, 2011 - PRLog -- Poulsbo, WA – Paladin Data Systems today announced the availability of SMARTGov Future®, the first local government project portfolio management and automated web publishing solution designed to track and report on all of the projects and programs happening in a jurisdiction. The new service enables cities and counties to meet growing state and citizen demand for project and funding accountability and transparency.

“SMARTGov Future helps us provide residents with even greater access to project information,” said Heather McCartney, director of planning and community development for the City of Mukilteo, Washington. “Instead of coming into the counter to ask a question citizens can review all project information online. They often find their answers through our SMARTGov Future portal, realize their concerns are being met, and free up our staff resources to focus on other tasks.”

A jurisdiction can use SMARTGov Future to manage discrete infrastructure projects, such as bike lane construction and storm water improvements, or to track and publish project outcomes related to long-range and comprehensive planning initiatives. Project descriptions, maps, pictures, documents, financial information and more can be captured in SMARTGov Future with minimal involvement of IT staff. Project information can be automatically published to a public portal or password protected site for access by citizens, other departments, and state and local officials.

“Citizens are demanding government project and funding transparency and accountability,” said Jim Palmeri, general manager of sales and marketing of Paladin Data Systems. “Their questions range from ‘when is this road going to be finished’ to ‘where is the money coming from’. Add to that state mandates for reporting on long-range and capital facility planning efforts. SMARTGov Future gives cities and counties a single, centralized tool to capture project information and provide 360° transparency – to citizens, across departments and agencies, and to the state.”

“We are constantly managing different priorities. Some stakeholders are interested in projects being completed, while citizens are often concerned about the impact of a project to them personally,” said Josh Brown, county commissioner in Kitsap County, Washington. “By automating the process of communicating project status to the public, the state and other stakeholders, SMARTGov Future improves project and funding visibility and can help ensure the success of long-range and capital facility planning initiatives.”

Paladin SMARTGov Future is available now as a subscription service in the Microsoft® Windows Azure™ cloud. For more information visit http://smartgov.paladindata.com, call 800.532.8448 or follow us on Twitter @paladinsmartgov.

Paladin will be demonstrating SMARTGov Future in booth 615 at the APA 2011 National Planning Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, April 9 – 11, 2011. See http://smartgov.paladindata.com/smartgov/about/events.html for more details.

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About Paladin Data Systems Corporation
Established in 1994, Paladin is an award-winning software development company that serves city and county agencies, military and government organizations, the natural resource community, and commercial entities. Paladin combines innovative technology with a sense of integrity to produce great results for customers. Paladin’s products include the Paladin SMARTGov family of solutions for local government, including SMARTGov Community and SMARTGov Future; EKO-System, a web-based project portfolio management system for the natural resources industry; and ASM, a personnel development tool designed to improve the talent management capabilities of organizations. For more information, visit http://www.paladindata.com or call 800.532.8448.