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Integrated Parcel Lifecycle System
Fairfax County , VA
Population: 818,584
Program Year: 2009
Abstract:
Informed, data-driven planning and decision making is a goal for all organizations. Fairfax County has a vast store of information about land parcels, including assessment, zoning, development plan, permits, inspections, and land use data. The county also creates a wealth of demographic information. This data, however, was stored in disparate databases aligned by business function, posing significant challenges to using data across function areas. In addition, the legacy system creating demographic information could not exploit newer methodologies and technologies. The Integrated Parcel Lifecycle System facilitates and expands the capabilities of all Fairfax County departments to access, integrate, and analyze demographic and land use information for the purpose of making data-driven service delivery and planning decisions. IPLS integrates data from across business and jurisdictional functional areas into an accessible data warehouse. In addition, IPLS provides tools for creating parcel level demographic estimates and forecasts and provides menu-driven tools that allow novice users to generate customized reports and maps. Planners, analysts, and decision makers now have access to geographically detailed information that previously was unavailable or very difficult to access. The development and success of IPLS required close cooperation between five Fairfax County departments.
Contact:
Anne Cahill
Chief Demographer
12011 Government Center Pkwy Ste 222
Fairfax, VA 22035-1100
Phone: (703)324-4531
Fax: (703)803-8598
For more information, please contact Jacqueline Byers.
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