Improving Regulatory Processes through Information Technology

From: HUD USER News
 
The design, construction, and renovation of buildings
create numerous competing demands for today's government
leaders. Streamlining the regulatory process has proven
an effective way to reduce development costs and improve
public services, economic competitiveness, disaster
recovery, and affordable housing development. HUD's
recent publication Guide to More Effective and Efficient
Building Regulatory Processes through Information
Technology identifies some of the best practices
available for improving the regulatory landscape
relative to the built environment.
 
The Guide illustrates successful state and local
government strategies, and provides elected officials
and their building codes administration and enforcement
agencies with detailed steps for implementing regulatory
streamlining. The Guide also includes examples from
post-disaster development activities related to
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, as well as a
seismic disaster exercise that will help jurisdictions
implement a streamlined regulatory process.
 
The Guide should also prove useful to communities
wishing to exchange experiences with counterparts
elsewhere in the country. HUD's Office of Policy
Development and Research is making Guide to More
 Effective and Efficient Building Regulatory Processes
 through Information Technology available as a free
download from the HUD USER Clearinghouse.
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