Program Update

CGI Advantage Permitting: A Better Way to Manage the Regulatory Process

State and local governments are required to process massive volumes of permit and license information necessary to manage regulatory requirements for businesses and citizens. Unfortunately, decentralized systems, paper-intensive processing, and inconsistent data limit the ability of governments to efficiently and consistently permit, inspect, and enforce regulatory requirements.

CGI Advantage Permitting consolidates and automates the full permitting, licensing, and inspection process across the enterprise. Integrated with CGI Advantage Financial Management, CGI Advantage Permitting streamlines the fee and billing process while providing a method to further ensure compliance. The result is a centralized, enterprise-wide source of accurate regulatory and permitting information across disciplines and program offices for improved efficiency and enforcement, enabling outcome-driven planning and decision making.

CGI Advantage Permitting helps streamline and automate over 300 types of license, permit, and inspection processes covering a broad range of subject areas. Currently used by over 10,000 government workers to process hundreds of thousands of permits in ten US states, CGI Advantage Permitting enables uniform work procedures and document formats using a common data framework and integrated processes to achieve the following benefits:

• Eliminate paper, labor-intensive processing, and manual data entry
• Consolidate redundant and disparate permitting, licensing, compliance systems
• Assess compliance faster and with greater accuracy
• Increase visibility into process, status, and workflow across divisions and program offices
• Facilitate timely, accurate and efficient billing and collections
• Make informed decisions on payments to business entities registered as vendors by leveraging compliance information
• Increase permit processing efficiency by as much as 80%
• Enable business-friendly regulatory processes with permit self-service available online
• Reduce submission error rates by over 50%
• Support field-based staff through mobility applications

CGI Advantage Permitting delivers a comprehensive solution for organizations that issue approval documents such as permits, registrations, licenses, and certifications across domains such as environmental, natural resource, public health, labor, education, and agriculture.  If you would like more information on CGI Advantage Permitting, please contact Brenda DeGregory at brenda.degregory@cgi.com