The Lawson solution will also foster self-service. It will provide city departments, employees, vendors and other stakeholders with convenient options to access the system and pertinent data 24/7 through user-friendly self-service interfaces that do not require administrative intervention.
"Tight budgets and constituent demands for greater accountability pose significant challenges for local governments," said Brian Murphy, general manager, Public Sector for Lawson. "Lawson helps government organizations simplify administration, mitigate risk and meet their imperatives for greater efficiency and accountability."
“We chose Lawson over other vendors because they not only have a proven government-specific functionality, but they worked with us throughout the process and listened to our core needs,” said Paul Strong, COMET project director for the city of St. Paul. “The fact that Lawson is our hometown company means we'll be able to work with people right down the block from us throughout the implementation.”
Lawson systems integration partner CIBER will lead the implementation project. CIBER is a global provider of information technology services and has worked with all 50 states and hundreds of municipalities.