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iSeek Empowers Your Community Thru Data Discovery.

How many pool permits have been issued this year?

At what part of the video from last months school board meeting were bus stops discussed?

Which residential development and topographical maps are available from 1985?

How have school classroom sizes changed relative to population and property taxes since 1970?

One of the most pressing challenges of modern

government is ensuring the transparency of

its actions and records for citizens to both

inform and empower the community. The

reasons for enacting open government

processes go far beyond simple rhetoric; theyhave economic and governmental

consequences which affect your community.

Public review of government documents is no

longer just an ideal to be aimed for; it has

become an expectation by the public and in

many cases is required by law. From your

communitys perspective, even if there is no

intent to withhold information from citizens, a

closed government can be a dishonest

government. When made accessible,

municipal records can provide a platform thatlocal citizens, non-profits, and businesses can

build upon. This allows citizens to understand

and make use of community resources without

the cost, red tape, and man-power limitations

that plague traditional records management

systems.

The Problem

As a public official, making information public

is not a simple task. Municipal resources are

stored in a variety of formats and locations.

Traditional indexing methods make findingrelevant information difficult and

understanding the narrative within that data

nearly impossible. Your community can only

make use of these resources if they are

accessible in a clear, comprehensive, and

reliable way. As a municipal administrator,

you can only make use of an indexing solution

which scales to your needs while remaining

affordable.

The Solution

iSEEK is the comprehensive data indexing

and discovery solution. Combining a

powerful cataloging engine, an intuitive

presentation of search results in context,

and a low cost of implementation, iSEEK

breaks down the barriers between

community and government.

Indexing

Building upon years of research in natural

language computer interfaces, iSEEK does

not just rely on matching keywords to find

information. iSEEK understands the

meaning of the data and why it is important

and relevant. This powerful indexing

technology also allows iSEEK to read any

type of data from Microsoft Word documents

to images, sound recordings, videos, digitized

books, newspaper archives, maps, building

blueprints, and calendars.

Results

Utilizing iSEEK produces quick, clear, and

actionable results. Information from all data

sources is pinpointed to the exact place within

the document where the answers are,

providing you with true targeted discovery.

The resulting information sets are dynami-

cally clustered around conceptual relation-

ships such as date, place, category, people,

and topic. This allows users to delve deeper

into a specific concept of interest for even

more refined answers.

Implementation

Setting up iSEEK in your community is

simple. There are no software installations, no

servers for your IT staff to manage, and no

limitations on the size of your deployment. As

you add more information to index, iSEEK

scales right along with you, controlling costs

while further empowering your community.

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Empower Your Community with iSEEK

If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources

in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.

Lawrence Lessig, Director of Harvards Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics