Mississippi using technology to improve social services.JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Department of Human Services has stepped into the future with the use of software from Information Builders (Information Builders, Inc., New York, www.informationbuilders.com) A software company founded in 1975 by Gerald Cohen that specializes in enterprise business intelligence and real time Web reporting. , a business intelligence company, and ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Redlands, CA, www.esri.com) The world's leading developer of geographic information systems (GIS) software, including programs that plot ZIP codes and addresses, demographic information and detailed, color-coded data. , a leader in geographic information system geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (GIS) software. The department is also working with the Department of Information Technology to share GIS data and business intelligence applications among various state agencies to enhance their services. Examples for its use would be efficient routing of 911 responders during emergencies and natural disasters, more accurate tracking of epidemics and sex offenders by public safety agencies, and enabling social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales to make better informed decisions about the safety of an environment for foster child placement. |
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