Children's Products will be in shorter supply

Regulators need to anticipate the consequences of their actions. And historical actions of the designated enforcement organization may suggest their willingness to adapt regulations to reality or respond to public comment.

It appears the unintended consequences of a new law set to take effect 2/10/2009 could force thousands of clothing retailers and thrift stores to cease operations and throw away truckloads of children’s clothing. The scope of the law has been expanded by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who has yet to respond to requests for comment.

Even new children's clothes manufacturers may be forced out of business resulting in lower business tax revenue due to newly required and expensive lead testing requirements.

In addition, millions will suffer from increased child clothes and toy expenditures.

A video on the story is available via the link below:
http://www.yahoo.com/s/1012195

PSI welcomes La Verne, CA to the user group

After a great deal of due diligence and months of painstaking research of available products, the City of La Verne deemed PSI's AlarmTrack™ to be the most efficient and viable option available.

Also in the running was Crywolf (who is strong in marketing). We would love to learn from the Crywolf marketing team how to obtain sole source agreements without prompting the client to consider other solutions.

When functionality, flexibility and top notch service are important, PSI is usually selected as the best option!

MailCentral processes 59,000 Tax Statements

This week, the City of Oakland via PSI's MailCentral service has processed over 59,000 tax statements. In addition to the tax statements, also included with each statement was one or more pages of inserted instructions and a return envelope.

Accounts with returned mail will be marked quickly and easily by staff to ensure USPS postal discount requirements are met so the cheapest possible rates are obtained. For more information see the link below:

http://ribbs.usps.gov/99_testing/documents/tech_guides/MUProcessGuide.pdf

For maximum efficiency, returns will be processed via lockbox for automated input into LicenseTrack!

Case Study: City of Oakland

Learn how the City of Oakland, CA has benefited from the use of our software. Take a look at the new case study available at http://progressivesolutions.com/.

Orange County and Brea Fires

To say that our user conference was red hot is clearly an understatement.
Soot and ash originating a mile away currently obscure the sky and are landing at our office grounds.
However, PSI is confident that the fire departments on the scene will successfully maintain the situation.
It has been said that the four seasons in California are: Fire, Flood, Earthquake and Drought. Lets hope the flood season is skipped this year.

Code Enforcement Officer Killed

On Thursday November 13th 2008, code enforcement officer Rodney Morales, 40, was shot while investigating a routine zoning complaint in Aurora, Colorado. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead about an hour later. Police are searching for the killer and have announced there is a $10,000 reward for information leading to the shooter’s arrest and conviction. Our thoughts go out to his family. For more information visit: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10976011?source=rss

Progressive Solutions' User Conference

The annual PSI user conference was held at the Clarion in Anaheim and attended by 44 individuals. Those lucky few witessed the latest enhancements and multi-system integrations. 60 individuals attended the Club 33 function.
Thank you all for attending and special thanks to our keynote cities of Monterey and Oakland.
Ask any of our attendees to see if there was benefit to be had. Steve Jones of El Segundo was pleased to inform the group that recent use of our RevenueTrack module brought in $250,000 of additional licensing revenue and that PSI software made it so easy.
If you were unable to attend, we look forward to seeing you next year!