State & Local Government
A web portal offers state and local governments an efficient and effective delivery channel of serving its citizens and businesses. These portals need to provide information, assist users to understand the information and choose what action to take based on this understanding and then carry out necessary actions such as filling in a form or submitting payments.
The many different functions need to work smoothly together and often require professional IT staff to develop and maintain the site with these kinds of capabilities. neatComponents software provides an ideal web platform for state and local government portals. neatComponents™ provides integrated website functions, Intranet and Extranet hosting and all aspects of system management - including site-by-site Content Management and full per-organzation cost controls. There are no other software licenses to buy, and licensing costs are affordable.
neatComponents provides the means to handle the many different local government data and information processing needs including:
- Providing information, guides, and search and expert tools
- Collecting information using forms and feeding data into back office work flows
- Collecting payments
- Querying data bases
- Providing status of applications
Implementation
A single neatComponents server will host your local/state government's website with full content management. Its different modules provide the integrated functionalities that a government web site needs. It also provides an authorization module for site control of both access and editing.
neatComponents facilitates portal development
neatComponents has been designed from the top down to make the creation of large websites, Intranets and Extranets quick to build and easy to manage all without being a major drain on staffing or financial resources. It provides Intranet and Extranet access at no additional cost.
By allowing tight control but with easy access, neatComponents makes it possible to leverage the skills of existing technologists. Unlike ordinary Internet development tools and simplistic Content Management Systems, the nC system does not require any programming at all. You are protected from complexity: the nC system cannot be broken. All functions are managed using straightforward dialog boxes. neatComponents makes it easy for website designers to create sites with what are otherwise difficult features. It takes care of all the fiddly technical administration, which you'd normally need a programmer or a hosting tech to handle.
Manage Structure
Website data and other content are managed separately from the site structure. Global changes to the site look can be made without changing site content. Changes to the site structure automatically update navigation. Multiple organization divisions, languages and product lines can be maintained with minimum effort.
Manage Users
neatComponents provides integrated user management. Access to information and editing privileges are handled in an authorization module. User profile management is automated - logged on users can update their own profiles. The software can register users with registration codes and automatically enroll them in selected User Groups. Item by item permission controls - pages that a user does not have permission to see are hidden.
Manage Content
Approval Controls provide full editorial control of changes to be made to any page on the website. Workflow locking allows teams to work on the same site without the danger of overwriting each others work. In-place editing for simple pages via a full-featured 'wysiwyg' Text Editor. Structured-content editing via input forms gives total control over content and display.
Manage Data
The software handles many different data inputs: Input Forms, Data Feeds. Data are managed using an exposed relational database with data queries, data joins and form links. Email integration is provided via a built-in mail server that provides Automatic form field embedding and Email on Event.
