Orientation and Training for the Reading Physical and Economic Development Subsystem. The Physical and Economic Development Subsystem for Reading, Pennsylvania

摘要

From a series produced by Reading, Pa., covering activities of the Urban Information Systems Interagency Committee project, this report signals completion of the orientation and training (O&T) phase. The basic function of O&T is to facilitate the implementation of the Reading Physical and Economic Development subsystem and to ensure that the system can be maintained by city personnel. This task was accomplished by providing general orientation to city personnel and interested community groups, by maintaining continuous communications with city personnel, by constantly seeking to upgrade staff and city technical abilities, and by specialized training of city personnel who will use and maintain the system. Workshops and discussion sessions were frequently held covering such areas as the effect of hardware changes on future procedures and the exchange of information between school districts and the city government regarding the realities of a regional data processing network. Technical training was held onsite with knowledgeable staff members and weekly software meetings were held for module programmers. Training sessions also were conducted to acquaint data processing personnel with the data management technique. Finally, the specific training for the city personnel under each module is detailed including sewer and water accounts processing, geographic base file, standard permit processing, vehicle management, property assessment, traffic accident recording, and parts and supplies inventory. O and T materials are described.