Aug 3, 2018
Portland’s BDS seeking $4.5 million software upgrade
The Portland City Council on Thursday authorized the Bureau of Development Services to pursue a five-year contract with a software vendor to upgrade the city's permit-tracking software.
Jul 26, 2017
City permitting system upgrade cost rises again
The latest segment of the Portland Online Permitting System is now expected to cost $1.6 million, or $100,000 more than the previous estimate.
Jan 30, 2017
Portland rebrands effort to digitize permit system
The city of Portland has hit the 鈥渞eset鈥 button on the effort to streamline its costly and circuitous building permit process, bringing in new personnel and even renaming the project.
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