Abstract

Making the most with less in Local Government
Track: State and Local Government
Authors: J. Eric Lomeli

Tough economic times have led local governments to cut budgets, freeze positions and in some instances resizing. This same situation has led a new state of mind in finding the best possible ways to save money, time and resources, and ideally, creating money revenue projects: "Making the most with less

Bexar County's eServices Division has leverage free resources made available from ESRI, customized and deployed external and internal applications through GIS web services and more, in order to meet the demand for highly efficient tools to minimize cost and increase efficiency.

We will present various GIS mapping applications that best serve the public and Bexar County staff. The road ahead will also be discussed as Government 2.0 reaches the ears of local government leaders and community engagement is a must (e.g. National Award Winner [Best Site Serving the Public] My Bexar Community Dashboard: map.bexar.org/community]