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    <title>MS Govern Blog</title>
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      <title>Welcome Steve!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><i>We're happy to announce that Steve Meyer has joined our growing </i><a href="http://msgovern.com/software/innoprise/"><i>Innoprise</i></a><i> Professional Services team as an Application Consultant. He starts today and is working out of the </i><a href="http://msgovern.com/contact/"><i>St. Louis office</i></a><i>.</i></p>
<p>Steve Meyer, CPA began his career working for a local CPA firm. Feeling the entrepreneurial spirit, he opened his own CPA firm, specializing in small business write-up and tax. From there he spent six years working in the governmental ERP software industry. His next challenge was to grow a fledging business providing W-2 Services to Fortune 500 companies. Within 5 years the business grew to over $8 million in annual revenues.</p>
<p>Steve earned his bachelor's degree in Accounting with a minor in Computer Science at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Employee News</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-22T14:54:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>The eSupport KnowledgeBase is Available!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>We are pleased to announce that our KnowledgeBase is now available!</p>
<p>This repository of articles is available to everyone who has access to <a href="https://support.harriscomputer.com">eSupport</a>. It contains useful articles that are based on issues and questions that have come in from customers. It's an easy way to get an answer to many of your questions, and it's accessible 24/7. &nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="/images/uploads/Blog/eSupport KnowledgeBase Instructions.pdf">This document</a> provides instructions on how to use the KnowledgeBase. We hope you give it a try the next time you have a question you think someone else may have already asked.&nbsp;</p>
<h2><b>Questions?</b></h2>
<p>Contact <a href="/support/">Support</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Announcements, Articles, Training</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-21T14:33:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Valued GEMS Customers, we want you to know&#8230;</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>It has come to our attention that as of late, there has been a great amount of misinformation circulating regarding MS Govern's plans for the GEMS software product, and we would like to clear that up. Some competitors like to use fear as a sales strategy ...</p>
<p>In April 2011, MS Govern added the <a href="/software/innoprise/">Innoprise ERP Suite</a> as an option to our customers. Innoprise is a very robust and current Web-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution. With the addition of this product suite to our portfolio, we're now able to offer you even MORE choices of public sector software to help your organization better service your citizens and improve overall efficiency.</p>
<p><b>We will continue to support and invest in the GEMS Financial and HRMS solutions as long as you continue to use and enjoy them.</b> Under the <a href="http://www.harriscomputer.com/solutions/softwareforlife.htm">Harris Software for Life policy</a>, GEMS customers can switch to the Innoprise Suite without paying additional license fees, provided they are current with their software maintenance and support.</p>
<p><b>As a valued customer, you will continue to work with the great people you have come to rely on at MS Govern. </b>We now have more than 120 dedicated employees (and are <a href="/company/careers/">adding more</a>!) working across <a href="http://msgovern.com/contact/">five North American offices</a> who are collectively focused on continually improving service levels, responsiveness and product quality for you.</p>
<h2><b>Questions?</b></h2>
<p>If you have any questions please contact one of our management team members listed below or the dedicated MS Govern employee that you work with on a daily basis.</p>
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<li> <a href="mailto:dasbury@msgovern.com">Dennis Asbury</a></li>
<li> <a href="mailto:czeier@msgovern.com">Cheryl Zeier</a></li>
<li> <a href="mailto:dcole@msgovern.com">David Cole</a></li>
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      <dc:date>2012-02-17T23:34:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>The Govern team Welcomes Naiara Fraga</title>
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<td><span>We've recently added a new member to our&nbsp;</span><a href="/software/govern/">Govern</a><span>&nbsp;Quality Assurance team, Naiara Fraga. Naiara brings with her eight years of experience in Information Technology to our&nbsp;</span><a href="http://msgovern.com/contact/">Montreal office</a><span>. After graduating in Information Systems, she pursued courses in Java, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Oracle, and .NET. She worked several years in her native country of Brazil, gaining experience in a number of IT fields, including technical support, network maintenance, programming, database administration, end-user training, project analysis, and quality control, before coming to Canada. Here, she began working in technical support. She joins MS Govern as a Quality Assurance Analyst; please give her a warm welcome.</span></td>
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      <dc:date>2012-02-17T14:36:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Customer Buzz from Greenwood Village</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Hilda Talebi, ERP System Analyst at the <a href="http://www.greenwoodvillage.com/">City of Greenwood Village, CO</a> wrote in to compliment the <a href="http://msgovern.com/software/innoprise/">Innoprise</a> team:</p>
<p><i>"I want to express my appreciation from Bryce Harward, Charisse Camacho Hanson, Sharne Krige, and Rana Dewall in the way they successfully handled the recent migration of [the] Innoprise application server.</i></p>
<p><i>As always, their professionalism, knowledge, dedication and contribution have been magnificent.</i></p>
<p><i>Thank you again for all your hard work."</i></p>
<p>Way to go team!</p>
<h2><b>Related</b></h2>
<ul>
<li>"Like" the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/City-of-Greenwood-Village/270202595615?ref=search&amp;sid=719039162.1068647603..1">City of Greenwood Village on Facebook</a></li>
<li>Follow Innnoprise on Twitter: <b><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Innoprise">@Innoprise</a></b></li>
<li>Follow MS Govern on Twitter: <b><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/MSGovern">@MSGovern</a></b></li>
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      <dc:subject>Innoprise, Customer Buzz</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-16T16:16:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>U.S. Offices Closed for President&#8217;s Day (2&#45;20&#45;12)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Just a friendly reminder that <a href="http://msgovern.com/contact/">our U.S. offices</a> are closed Monday, February 20, 2012 for President's Day. I'm already looking forward to the long weekend--how about you?</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-02-15T20:25:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Obtain Your Full Investment from MS Govern Software</title>
      <link>http://msgovern.com/blog/article/obtain_your_full_investment_from_ms_govern_software/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Many MS Govern customers have witnessed a higher than usual employee turn-over rate lately due to promotion, retirement, or organization-wide budget cuts. This often leaves remaining employees to take on extra and sometimes unfamiliar work. Wouldn't you like the opportunity to have an expert evaluate your current processes and recommend improvements? Well you <i>can</i> by scheduling an <b>Application Usage Assessment (AUA)</b>.</p>
<p>We recommend that each organization have an AUA once a year to ensure that you are getting the most out of your MS Govern software investment. During an Application Usage Assessment, one of our expert application consultants:</p>
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<li> Evaluates your current processes</li>
<li> Reviews the functionality of your MS Govern applications and makes suggestions for improvement</li>
<li> Recommends process refinements to boost employee productivity</li>
<li> Provides tips and tricks to navigating, reporting and general application use to new employees</li>
<li> Reviews new features and functionality within the applications to all staff in attendance</li>
<li> Addresses specific user questions</li>
</ul>
<p>Every year MS Govern releases contain feature rich improvements in functionality and design - all done with you, our valued customer, in mind. Keeping up on the improvements and implementing them at your site is important in order to get the most value for the investment you have made. We're here to help you do just that. An Application Usage Assessment is a one-of-a-kind training opportunity that can increase efficiency throughout your entire organization.</p>
<p>Many customers have been taking advantage of Application Usage Assessments (AUAs) with great results, as Jill Olson of <a href="http://www.co.yamhill.or.us/">Yamhill   County, Oregon</a> attests:</p>
<p class="pullquote">"Every day the group has come away with a new process or screen functionality that has helped streamline their work. This training has also helped the new finance director have more ownership of the product through a better understanding of what pulls everything together behind the scenes. Though we've used this software for 11 years now it's amazing what we didn't know or understand properly."</p>
<p>Upon completion of the review, our application consultant provides a detailed report with recommendations to enhance your staff's understanding and use of MS Govern's applications.</p>
<h2><b>Get the most from your software solution - schedule an AUA today!</b></h2>
<p><a href="/request_aua/"><img alt="Request AUA" height="31" src="/images/uploads/product_images/request-aua_2012.gif" title="Request AUA" width="199" /></a></p>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Articles, Training</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-14T18:52:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Customer Buzz on Tech Services Member Mike Sparks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Darlene Glaser from the&nbsp;<a href="http://cityofmentor.com/">City of Mentor, OH</a>&nbsp;writes:</p>
<p>"I want to comment on the excellent support I received from Mike Sparks regarding a GLI issue I was experiencing.</p>
<p>Mike is very knowledgeable about GLI.&nbsp; In addition to sending me helpful tools to manipulate the GLI file he also offered me tips on how to easily create the final output. Then, when I encountered errors with executing the GLI file, Mike was able to quickly figure out the issue and provide me with the solution. He responded to all my e-mails as well as my voicemails promptly and professionally.</p>
<p>I work with numerous vendors for technical support and I want to let you know that Mike did an exceptional job. It was a pleasure working with him."</p>
<p>Thank you Darlene and great customer service Mike!</p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-02-13T21:10:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Congrats to the City of Loveland, CO!</title>
      <link>http://msgovern.com/blog/article/congrats_to_the_city_of_loveland_co/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>The City of <a href="http://www.ci.loveland.co.us/">Loveland, Colorado</a>, recently went live with <a href="/software/detail/innoprise_citizen_access/">Citizen Access</a>, the <a href="/software/detail/innoprise_community_development/">Innoprise Community Development</a> add-on module. Citizen Access will improve the City's productivity by allowing crews to access information, manage inspections, capture comments and/or attach photos from the field.</p>
<p>Loveland citizens also now have online access to account inquiry for permits, planning, and zoning; as well as building inspection status, inquiry and scheduling/rescheduling.</p>
<p>Loveland deployed <a href="http://msgovern.com/software/detail/innoprise_tax/">Innoprise Tax</a> in 2009 and <a href="http://msgovern.com/blog/article/city_of_loveland_co_live_on_innoprise/">Innoprise Financials in 2011</a>.&nbsp; The City provides a variety of municipal services to its 61,400 citizens.</p>
<h2>Related</h2>
<ul>
<li>Follow the City of Loveland on Twitter: <b><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/cityofloveland">@CityofLoveland</a></b>&nbsp;</li>
<li>"Like" <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CityofLovelandCO">Loveland on Facebook</a></li>
<li>Follow Innnoprise on Twitter: <b><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/Innoprise">@Innoprise</a></b></li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
      <dc:subject>Innoprise, Customer Buzz</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-08T19:16:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Innoprise Users, please tell us your plans!</title>
      <link>http://msgovern.com/blog/article/innoprise_users_please_tell_us_your_plans/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><a href="/software/innoprise/">Innoprise</a> Users, we'd love to get your feedback!</p>
<p>MS Govern's Annual Conferences, Regional Meetings and Virtual Workshops are aimed at both educating, and getting to know our customers at a greater level. To aid us in planning, we'd like to gauge <a href="/software/innoprise/">Innoprise</a> user interest in:</p>
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<li>Attending      a 1-2 day Innoprise User Group Meeting in the Greater Denver area in late      spring/early summer.</li>
<li>Attending      the <a href="/about_us/what_our_clients_are_saying/#Customer Conference">Annual      Harris Customer Conference</a>, to be held in Nashville,&nbsp;Tennessee&nbsp;from      November 7-9, 2012.</li>
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<p><a href="/software/innoprise/">Innoprise</a> users, please take a few moments to tell us how these events matter and affect you most by<b> clicking <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SYG6P8N?c=">here</a></b>. <i><b>Please provide your input by Tuesday, February 21, 2012.</b></i></p>]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-02-07T15:11:54+00:00</dc:date>
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