City-Owned Technology Group Gets Greenlight for Major Software Contract.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1998-- San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. City Council Grants An Exemption for $967K Project San Diego Data Processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a Corporation (DPC DPC Department of Premier and Cabinet (Victoria, Australia) DPC Dutch Power Cows DPC Deferred Procedure Calls (Microsoft Windows NT 4. ), the information technology arm of the City of San Diego, has been retained by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD EMWD Eastern Municipal Water District ) in Riverside County to implement and maintain a proprietary software application called S.P.O.R.T. (System for Project Organization, Reporting and Tracking). The 10-month, $967,000 project is the largest outside contract in DPC history and takes effect immediately. The S.P.O.R.T. application will meet EMWD's need for Windows-based software with automated project tracking capability. The software will be used in conjunction with real property development projects in the EMWD water and sewer services areas. S.P.O.R.T. utilizes sixteen internal tracking processes to expedite project delivery by maintaining historical information, simplifying forms production and data entry tasks, and reducing paper usage. The system also maintains an electronic communication and decision-making support system to facilitate fully automated e-mail, fax and mail functions externally and interdepartmentally. The terms of the contract required City Council approval in accordance with the Third Party Service Agreement with the City of San Diego. Speaking before City Council, District 5 Council Member Barbara Warden praised DPC and its President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Roger Talamantez. Said Warden, "I commend you and your group on this process. I consider this to be a very entrepreneurial move. I am pleased that an organization outside of San Diego would contract DPC for such services." District 6 Council Member, Valerie Stallings added, "This is definitely an impressive accomplishment for DPC. It positively reflects on their strong information technology leadership in San Diego and beyond." DPC's Utilities/Facilities and GIS Services Division, which provides a full range of information services See Information Systems. to the City of San Diego's water and sewer facility operations, was selected for the EMWD contract over several prospective vendors. The Corporation responded to a Request for Proposal from EMWD, calling for similar consulting services, development and on-going support. EMWD has experienced rapid growth in its service area population growth from 20,000 upon its formation in 1950, to approximately 400,000 in 1989. Between 1989 and 1997 alone, the water customer base increased 50 percent to 77,000. According to Dan Ashley, chief information officer at EMWD, "This system will significantly improve EMWD's responsiveness to real estate developers and other customers, while improving internal productivity and efficiency." The Eastern Municipal Water District is headquartered in Perris, California. It provides wholesale and retail domestic irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. water treatment and delivery, sewage collection and treatment and water reclamation services to 550 square miles in Southern Riverside County. The district's western boundary is the development straddling strad·dle v. strad·dled, strad·dling, strad·dles v.tr. 1. a. To stand or sit with a leg on each side of; bestride: straddle a horse. b. Interstate 215 between Temecula (south) and Moreno Valley (north). Its eastern boundary is the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains San Jacinto Mountains Segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges, southwestern California, U.S. San Jacinto Peak is the highest point in these mountains, at 10,804 ft (3,293 m); the city of Palm Springs lies at its eastern base. . "This alliance with EMWD is an important step in a our progress toward forging an entrepreneurial approach to information technology," said Roger Talamantez. "We will continue to build meaningful alliances with regional clients, while upholding our mission and responsibility to San Diego government, education and non-profit organizations." The San Diego Data Processing Corporation (DPC) is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation established in 1979 by the City of San Diego. It provides information systems and telecommunication services for nearly every city agency, as well as nearly 40 other city, county, state and federal agencies. DPC currently maintains between 120 and 140 active projects that typically range in cost from $10,000 to $6,000,000. The Corporation is widely considered to be a state-of-the art in Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Water and Waste Water Systems, Automated Regional Justice Information Systems (ARJIS ARJIS Automated Regional Justice Information System ) and Wide and Local Area Networking. Further information on the San Diego Data Processing Corporation can be obtained at www.sddpc.org . CONTACT: MJE MJE McGill Journal of Education MJE Multi Jet Endorser Marketing Services Gerald Poindexter, 619/682-3841 gerald@mjemarket.com |
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