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Orange County Information Technologies Strategic Plan 24 <br /> In order to prevent critical and revenue affecting disruptions <br /> to the County's taxation system, the County must implement <br /> a modern tax assessment and collections system. Work <br /> between the tax offices, Land Records, GIS, Planning and IT <br /> is underway. It is critical the County complete this work and <br /> implement a new system in 2010. <br /> Central Permitting <br /> The OCIT department is working with Planning/Inspections, <br /> Environmental Health and the Fire Marshal to develop <br /> requirements for a system in which all permits relating to a <br /> single development activities would be centrally reported and <br /> managed. <br /> This initiative has potential to greatly streamline the myriad <br /> permitting steps that builders currently have to go through. <br /> New software would also give the County the opportunity to <br /> migrate from a version of permitting software that is no <br /> longer current, but highly customized. New software would <br /> be able to adhere to our model of application support and <br /> sustainability from which the current system is out of <br /> alignment. <br /> Cost/Benefit analysis of OCIT <br /> The OCIT organization has begun developing processes <br /> with Purchasing and Budget departments to establish a <br /> broader and consequently, more accurate view of <br /> technology expenditures. <br /> We will evaluate the costs of technologies in terms of: <br /> i. hardware costs <br /> ii. software costs <br /> iii. maintenance costs <br /> iv. training costs <br /> v. support costs <br /> vi. training costs for users <br /> Page 23 of 25 2/9/2009 <br />