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iWorQ’s Citizen Engagement Tool and Mobile Application

iWorQ’s Citizen Engagement is available on Apple and Android phones and citizen engagement toolallows local government to receive and create service requests. This citizen engagement tool generates service requests from the field including a picture and location coordinates.Features of iWorQ’s Citizen Engagement Tool Central tracking location for citizen’s requests Connected to iWorQ’s other applications such as Work Management, Code Enforcement, …

Take Your Data With You

switching from a legacy system to iWorQ One of the biggest concerns clients have when switching from a legacy system to iWorQ is what will happen to their existing data.Outlined here is what it takes to switch from your legacy software system to iWorQ’s web-based solutions. Many of iWorQ’s customers have converted from an existing software system. We convert data …

Credit/Debit Card Payments: Worth The Cost

Your community members use debit and credit cards instead of cash and checks every day for in-store and online purchases. It’s no secret that there is a small fee to pay in exchange for the convenience of paying with a card. Any cost-conscious manager is aware of fees and the paper trail. But what’s in it for you? Accepting card …

iWorQ celebrates National #PublicWorks Week May 17-23

Public works professionals in your community provide the infrastructure and services that you’ve come to rely upon in your daily life. National Public Works Week, instituted by the American Public Works Association (APWA) in 1960 as a campaign raising awareness for public works in community life, is May 17-23, 2015. Take this opportunity to thank the men and women in your …

Have you registered for #iWorQ15 yet?

Mark your calendar for August 18-19, 2015 and make your travel plans to join iWorQ in Logan, Utah for our annual training conference. Planned to be our best conference yet, the #iWorQ15 agenda includes training for all iWorQ applications, including asset management, pavement management, sign management, work management, storm water management, sewer management, fleet management, permit management, code enforcement, entity …

Business License Management Software

iWorQ’s cloud-based business license management software tracks licensing for business, animals, liquor, special license types, and more. Our solution centralizes licensing functions in a simple-to-use application, tracking applicants, addresses expiration dates, files, renewal dates and fees. Serve your constituents by providing online license applications and collect fees online, saving office administration time, maximizing revenue, and streamlining operations. Business owners update …

Field 311 service requests with iWorQ

Sheridan, Wyoming recently decided to implement iWorQ’s 311 service request feature by using the Citizen Engagement app. Here is an article put out by their local government: Sheridan is making reporting potholes and other infrastructure issues much easier with use of a smartphone app. Hannah Stepenoff has the details here. Residents of Sheridan may have an even faster way to report …

Clean Up Graffiti With iWorQ

Is graffiti a problem in your city? Typically, graffiti plagues larger cities and counties and costs thousands of dollars to track from law enforcement to clean up and abatement. Tracking graffiti abatement is difficult and costly; iWorQ provides an easy-to-use, web-based solution to manage graffiti clean up in your community. iWorQ leads the industry with our state-of-the-art products and services …

Public Asset Management Software

When it comes to maintaining your assets, you want to make sure you are being not only efficient, but cost-effective too. That’s where iWorQ’s Public Asset Management software comes in. Asset Management is an easy-to-use web-based solution used by public works and utility agencies across the nation. iWorQ provides asset management tools for inventory, data collection, inspections, and data management.iWorQ’s …

Three reasons you need an iWorQ pavement assessment

Have you ever asked a trusted friend, “How does my hair look today?” You’ve spent hours (or maybe just a few seconds) making your hair look just right. You know it looks fine but you want validation from a third party that not only does it look OK, but it looks AWESOME! Or, if there is a spot that needs …