Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Deschutes.org

https://www.deschutes.org/
This is a website provided to Deschutes County by Municodeweb.com

This is Deschutes County Code designed by Municode
https://www.deschutes.org/administration/page/deschutes-county-code

This is Lane County Code designed by CivicLive
https://lanecounty.org/government/county_departments/county_counsel/lane_code
CivicLive:
http://www.civiclive.com/

This is Clackamas County Code: It is a .us website.  Provider unknown.
https://www.clackamas.us/code
.us internet country code domain description:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.us

Deschutes County Tax and Assessments Reports: provided by Municode:
https://www.deschutes.org/assessor/page/tax-and-assessment-reports
This is the 2018 Tax and Assessment Statement: A Laserfiche product of MCCi
2018-2019 Tax and Assessment Statement Insert, Assessment Summary, and SAL Reports

About Municode:
https://www.municodeweb.com/about
"Fanatical customer support! (99% customer retention rate)"
That is a very high retention rate! Municode is either the best in the business or has a "captive" clientele that does not switch horses in midstream for some reason.  What might this other reason be if they are not the best best of breed in a fast moving field of information management?  Lack of client awareness of better products? To hard, to much risk or to expensive to switch horses?  Lack of client interest in reviewing the information management system vendors for a better service?

This is the Aurora Oregon City Code as provided by Municode:
https://www.ci.aurora.or.us/recorder/page/aurora-municipal-code
Pathetic!
This is the Bend Oregon City Code as provided by Code Publishing Company:
https://www.codepublishing.com/OR/Bend/
Compare the two Code Formats.  I conclude that Municode  99% retention rate is a function of city management failure to update an old legacy system.  That is an interesting situation to investigate.

I have looked at this .org assignment to what would otherwise be a .gov site.  In many cases where a .gov site provides a link to an associated .org website that is maintained as a contracted provider there is a warning that the user is going from the .gov site to a non-.gov site.

https://www.usa.gov/link-to-us

This explains Federal .gov linking policy to .org pubic/private relationship:
https://www.usa.gov/linking-policy
"USA.gov links to many websites created and maintained by other public and/or private organizations as outlined in our Linking Policy. If you click a link to an outside website, you will leave the USA.gov site, and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside website."

Is Deschutes County the "owner" or the "sponsor" of the website.  Should be owner but might it possibly be the sponsor somewhere in the small print of a privacy statement?

This under Evaluation Criteria at the above link:
"Is the website's approach to the privacy of personal information consistent with the government's privacy and security policies?"

Is the privacy statement a Deschutes County Statement or Municode Statement?

Municode Contact information: (2 other USA offices at this site)
https://www.municodeweb.com/contact
Oregon Office
415 N State Street Suite 138
Lake Oswego, OR 97034
(503) 675-5121

Municode Web Blog:
https://www.municode.com/blog/tags/municodeweb-10/
Municode acquires (2016) AHA Consulting an Oregon Company
https://www.municode.com/blog/municode-acquires-industry-leading-government-website-designer-aha-consulting/
This at the previous link:
"MunicodeNEXT. Municode’s subsidiary company, MCCi is the nation’s largest value added reseller of the Laserfiche enterprise content management solution. Since 2003, MCCi has grown to serve over 650 municipalities across the United States."

This is info on AHA Consulting: it employs 2 people.
https://www.manta.com/c/mtm51nr/aha-consulting
This is Municode over the top description of acquiring AHA:
"Municode joins forces with the best municipal website development company in the country, Aha Consulting!"

MCCi:  MCCI is part of the Municode Family of Companies
https://mccinnovations.com
MCCi products:
Laserfiche
JustFOIA
Scanning
Legislative Mtanagemen
Municode

Municode History:
https://www.municode.com/history/

Laserfiche:
https://www.laserfiche.com

MCCi Solutions:
https://mccinnovations.com/our-solutions/
Lots of Solutions here.  How many has Deschutes County adopted?  Maybe City of Bend?

https://mccinnovations.com
"28% Of U.S. Cities and Counties* use our products and services to run smarter."



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