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Abstract


Paper
The City of Chicago's IMS-Based Automated Liquor Licensing System
Track: State and Local Government
Author(s): Jerry Johnston, Kauser Ravzi, Anna Fan

The City of Chicago has developed an automated system to facilitate the issuance of liquor licenses. Two ArcIMS applications were developed for this purpose--one that determines whether an applicant address is restricted for certain types of liquor licenses, and one that automatically identifies all registered voters living within a fixed radius of the proposed license site and sends them a notification postcard. This new, automated system offers a number of advantages over the previous paper-based methodology including higher overall accuracy in identifying potentially affected voters and a dramatic reduction in the time required to carry out the licensing process.

Jerry Johnston
Pangaea Information Technologies
14 E. Jackson Blvd.
Suite 1325
Chicago , IL 60604
USA
Phone: 312-986-9471
Fax: 312-986-9477
E-mail: jjohnston@pangaeatech.com

Kauser Ravzi
City of Chicago
Business and Information Services
50 W. Washington
Suite 2700
Chicago 60602
USA
Phone: 312-744-5459
E-mail: kravzi@cityofchicago.org

Anna Fan
City of Chicago
Business and Information Services
50 W. Washington
Suite 2700
Chicago 60602
USA
Phone: 312-742-2668
E-mail: afan@cityofchicago.org