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Santa Barbara County highlights three technology upgrades to speed emergency response and move permitting online
Summary
County officials described three recent technology initiatives — modernizing the public-safety radio network, launching an online permitting portal using "Acela," and expanding GIS mapping — saying the changes have increased digital permitting and saved staff time while aiming to improve response times.
Santa Barbara County officials outlined three recent technology initiatives they said will improve emergency communications, speed permitting and give staff better data tools.
An agency official for Santa Barbara County said the board approved making IT Central an independent department in June 2023 and that the newly named Department of Information Technology (ITD) is focusing on three priority areas: public-safety radio modernization, a digital permitting portal using software the presentation identified as "Acela," and expanded geographic information systems (GIS).
"En junio de 20 23, la junta probó que IT Central pasara a ser un departamento independiente, y ahora nos llamamos Departamento de Tecnología de la Información o ITD," the agency official said, describing the administrative change as a way to signal…
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