For decades, government bodies have used large-scale software
systems to track nearly every facet of their operation. Over
the years, these bodies have amassed a mountain of finance,
program, service and human-resource data in their PeopleSoft
applications.
All the while, IT organizations have been charged with making
government run more efficiently by making PeopleSoft
information available exactly when and how it is required. More
than any other technology, the internet has made this daunting
task possible. But how do government agencies create easy-touse, online reports that constituents with any level of technical
sophistication can request and view? Read more about Actuate Solutions for Government.
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Actuate Enterprise Reporting Solutions for Government
1. Solutions
Brochure
Any User. Any Data. Any Deployment.
Enterprise Reporting Solutions for Government
The Rules Have Changed Improve Service Quality
High-quality services solve constituents’ issues on the very first
For decades, government bodies have used large-scale software call or visit. Actuate makes this possible by delivering unified
systems to track nearly every facet of their operation. Over views of all pertinent information from a variety of data sources
the years, these bodies have amassed a mountain of finance, and applications. In doing so, Actuate improves service quality,
program, service and human-resource data in their PeopleSoft boosts productivity and cuts costs.
applications.
All the while, IT organizations have been charged with making “Actuate gave us a complete infrastructure for managing
government run more efficiently by making PeopleSoft large volumes of content that get generated on demand,
information available exactly when and how it is required. More and an architecture that distributes this content in a scalable
than any other technology, the internet has made this daunting fashion over the web.”
task possible. But how do government agencies create easy-to-
use, online reports that constituents with any level of technical —Dean Fendley
sophistication can request and view? ATS Development Team Leader
U.S. Department of Housing
Actuate is designed from the ground up for Enterprise Reporting and Urban Development
via the internet. It integrates PeopleSoft data with other data,
transforms it into useful information and delivers it to a wide
variety of users inside and outside the firewall as interactive
web pages and reports to make government operations more Make Information
efficient and effective.
More Available
Meet Regulatory Requirements
Faster Access to Information
To make doing business with the government more efficient
and cut overall operating expenses, the Government Paperwork The internet has changed users’ expectations. Rather than
Elimination Act of 1998 (GPEA) requires federal agencies to waiting weeks or months to get the information they need,
allow stakeholders to submit information or transactions to the constituents now expect to get what they want quickly and
agencies electronically by October 2003. Actuate’s web-based easily. Actuate puts information securely and efficiently at users’
Enterprise Reporting is a perfect solution for meeting this new fingertips.
requirement.
Self-Service Portals
Similarly, Section 508 requires that federal agencies make Actuate can produce web-based, self-service information portals
information technology accessible to people with disabilities. that give suppliers and other constituents an easy way to get
Actuate’s flexible architecture and enhanced formatting what they want without requiring enormous walk-in and call-in
capabilities allow it and its output to be modified to achieve service facilities. And Actuate employee portals give internal
Section 508 compliance as outlined in 1194.22 specifications. users the specifics they need to manage their payroll and
benefits information.
Strengthen Cost Controls and Accountability
More importantly, tight budgets make financial accountability Executive Dashboards
an ever-crucial part of running government bodies. Actuate Actuate produces digital cockpits, or dashboards, that provide
empowers employees and business partners to track their decision makers and executives with key indicators and reports
departments and projects any time and at any level of detail, at any detail level, delivering up-to-the-moment information
making it easy to hold people accountable for their activities and that eliminates surprises and heads off disasters before they
responsibilities. happen.
2. Enterprise Reporting Solutions for Government
No New Software or Downloads Privacy and security—Actuate maintains the privacy and
Users of Actuate’s Enterprise Reporting solutions need only a security of sensitive personal information, ensuring that
web browser or Microsoft Excel to request and view what they constituents can see only information that is pertinent to
need, so application developers don’t have to worry about the their own accounts, cases and roles. And it does so without
delays and costs associated with downloading software and causing an explosion of reports, since one Actuate report with
reconfiguring desktops. administrator- and user-settable parameters can handle the
needs of any number of users.
High Scalability and Availability Extensive directory support—Actuate integrates LDAP
Actuate iServer is a multi‑threaded, enterprise-class Enterprise directories into the report-generation process, combining
Reporting server that can be deployed in clusters of any size to user-permissions information with Actuate’s page-level security
fulfill the high volume of batch reports and dynamic requests and page-on-demand technologies. In doing so, Actuate can
that government agencies must support—without impacting generate just the precise page that a user needs, rather than
database performance. thousands of pages, saving enormous resources and time.
Eliminate Hard Copy Reports
Actuate eliminates the tremendous expense and substantial It’s Time to Actuate
delays of producing and delivering hard copy reports, making With Actuate’s web-based Enterprise Reporting power,
information instantly available with no duplication and constituents gain one-stop access to existing government
distribution expenses. information and services, providing higher quality, more efficient
service, while increasing accountability to citizens. Actuate
Create Meaningful and Usable Information works closely with many federal, state, provincial and local
Web reports with Instant Meaning™—Actuate’s reports are governments, maximizing the return on their PeopleSoft assets.
simple to use and understand, and can be viewed with any Contact us today to find out how Actuate smooths agency
web browser. With a click, users can drill down to see the operations and makes your organization more responsive to the
details behind summary figures—even down to individual needs of its constituents.
transactions—all without any additional training.
Contact Actuate Today
Ready-to-analyze Excel spreadsheets—Users can request Excel
spreadsheets—by far the most widely used method of viewing Tel: (888) 422-8828
and manipulating data-intensive information—complete with Email: peoplesoft@actuate.com
detailed formulas and formatting that are ready for review and
“what-if” analyses.
Integrate and Distribute Information Securely
Data source integration—The proliferation and increased use
of various enterprise software products, call centers, online
systems and other technologies has built a jumble of disparate,
stovepipe data sources. Actuate creates a single view of a
constituent’s accounts and transactions, integrating PeopleSoft
data with other enterprise software and legacy data sources.
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