Buncombe County, North Carolina Selects Accela Wireless to Implement Mobile Government Services

Buncombe County, North Carolina Selects Accela Wireless to Implement Mobile Government Services

DUBLIN, Calif., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Accela, Inc., the leading provider of government enterprise management solutions, announced today that Buncombe County, North Carolina has selected Accela Wireless(TM), a software application that facilitates direct, real-time access to data in an agency's database from a mobile device in the field, to be implemented in the Building Permits and Inspections Department. The Department is responsible for maintaining orderly and responsible growth by developing and enforcing ordinances, policies, and procedures relating to the use of land.

Buncombe County has been using Accela for several years to centralize and automate its land and permit management activities. With the addition of Accela Wireless, the Building Permits and Inspections Department now powers inspection teams with mobile technology to shift their daily tasks from the office to the field. Inspectors will be equipped with portable devices (e.g. laptops, PDAs, etc.) that allow them to remotely access permit-related data. While in the field, inspectors will input their inspection results and the information will be uploaded to the agency database in real-time. The application also offers an off-line mode that can be used when wireless coverage is unavailable; updates are saved to the inspector's mobile device and uploaded to the agency database once a connection is reestablished or when the inspector returns to the office.

"By leveraging mobile technology, government agencies are able to do more with their existing resources," states Robert P. Lee, Accela's president and CEO. "Accela Wireless streamlines the inspection process and gives field inspectors convenient access to enterprise data so agencies are able to respond more quickly to requests and provide a higher level of service to their citizens."

Buncombe County is home to more than 206,000 residents. The County is one of several jurisdictions in North Carolina who are also utilizing Accela's e-government solutions. These include Catawba County, Charlotte, Guilford County, Onslow County, Orange County, and Pitt County. For more information about Buncombe County, visit http://www.buncombecounty.org/ .

About Accela Wireless

Accela Wireless is a .NET mobile government application that extends inspection management capabilities to the field for all types of government inspections, including disaster preparedness and response, code enforcement, work orders, service requests, and more. Accela Wireless is compatible with PDAs, laptops, and Tablet PCs running on the Microsoft Pocket PC, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating systems.

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. For more information, please visit www.accela.com.


Source: Accela, Inc.

CONTACT: Christina Clark of Accela, Inc., +1-559-627-1959, ext. 102, or
cclark@accela.com; or Kathy Stahlman of Panache Communications,
+1-415-333-9991, or Kathy@panachecom.com, for Accela

Web site: http://www.buncombecounty.org/

Web site: http://www.accela.com/


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