Government 2.0 solutions enable public planning agencies to encourage citizen feedback, manage public comment and improve collaboration

STIMULUS FUNDS

Awards under the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are time-sensitive. The use of Government 2.0 solutions—in a secure, enterprise-appropriate manner—is more important than ever.

Because we’ve served the needs of government for a decade, we understand what it takes for you to meet these requirements as well as the ongoing certification stipulations. Our standard Business Services can be up and running in 2-4 weeks. We invite you to download our white paper to learn more.

Results

Many talk about them.
Few can show them.

Flight 93
National Park Service invites public to participate in online design competition. NPS, stakeholders & citizens collaborate online to select design & plan for national memorial in record-time.

City of New Orleans
Successfully leverages ELAvate Public Comment to inform citizens and invite public comment pertaining to city’s Master Plan and Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.

ImagineNY
Americans unite and respond to Sept 11 attacks. 25,000 ideas for redesigning the World Trade Center are shared; managed by small staff of 2 part time volunteers.

Washington DC Office of Planning
ELAvate Public Comment supports the District’s multi-year public effort to review and revise zoning regulations. Site enables citizens to learn and become involved in the decisions.

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Constructive public outreach is a critical component of all planning initiatives. Over the past decade, we've helped local, state and federal agencies significantly improve the quality and quantity of public participation, while reducing the associated costs.

Our Government 2.0 solutions enable you to:

Identify and address public concerns early in the planning process
Tap citizen knowledge to surface new ideas or solution possibilities
Efficiently manage public comment and report results
Accelerate consensus building to strengthen the sustainability of your decisions

Organizations can deploy any combination of our Business Services to meet their needs for increased transparency, collaboration and open government:

Keep citizens informed, and when you’re ready for their participation, invite online public comment. Collect large-scale public comment that you can report and manage.

Public Comment, Project Management

Leverage citizen knowledge to discover new solution possibilities or conduct alternative analyses to improve decision-making, and increase the success of your choices.

New Ideas, Priorities, Alternative Analyses

Centralized administration and reporting ensures consistency and lets you demonstrate that each project is being managed efficiently, with an ongoing record of public participation on a project-by-project basis.

Public Comment, Project Management

Complement online outreach efforts with mobile. Broadcast updates and announcements, or call your constituents to immediate action.

Mobile Messaging

We're more than a platform provider. We’re experts in the field. Lean on our team of experts to help define your Gov 2.0 strategy and ensure it delivers results. Contact us to learn more.

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...Having the right technology in place enabled us to easily manage the participation and enabled us to find those golden nuggets of input that were submitted by the public…The solution enabled our small team, with very limited IT capabilities, to accomplish our aggressive goals…It also provided us with an electronic historical record of the entire process.

Jeff Reinbold, National Park Service, Flight 93 Memorial