Fresno, CA Live on PetTrack

The City of Fresno has successfully migrated over 14,500 accounts from the outdated pet licensing system previously in use for over 15 years. PSI's latest PetTrack™ release has implemented the ability to enter multiple pending receipts while taking outstanding balances into account and is much for efficient than their prior system.

Red Flag Rules Deferred for the Second Time

The Federal Trade Commission has delayed "Red Flags Rules" requirements until Aug. 1 to give affected businesses more time to develop and implement identity theft prevention programs. The Rules were scheduled to take effect today.

CPSC clarifies position on Children's Product Safety Laws

Under the new law, children’s products with more than 600 ppm total lead cannot lawfully be sold in the United States on or after February 10, 2009, even if they were manufactured before that date. The total lead limit drops to 300 ppm on August 14, 2009.

The new law requires that domestic manufacturers and importers certify that children’s products made after February 10 meet all the new safety standards and the lead ban. Sellers of used children’s products, such as thrift stores and consignment stores, are not required to certify that those products meet the new lead limits, phthalates standard or new toy standards.

The new safety law does not require resellers to test children’s products in inventory for compliance with the lead limit before they are sold. However, resellers cannot sell children’s products that exceed the lead limit and therefore should avoid products that are likely to have lead content, unless they have testing or other information to indicate the products being sold have less than the new limit. Those resellers that do sell products in violation of the new limits could face civil and/or criminal penalties. For the complete article please refer to the link below:
CPSC

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/.