Public Web Sites Powered by Information Builders

Information Builders' WebFOCUS is a comprehensive business intelligence solution used by corporations, government agencies, and universities all over the world for public Web applications. Here is a small sampling of the constantly growing number of Web sites powered by Information Builders technology.

Please note: These applications are neither owned nor maintained by Information Builders and are provided solely as an example of the kinds of business problems that can be solved using Information Builders' technology. If you notice that any of the links below are broken or if you have any public applications to submit for consideration, please contact us. If you have any questions or comments about these applications, please contact the Web masters of the specific sites referenced.

Restaurant Inspectation Information
	www.nyc.gov Click "find restaurant inspection results" in the center of the page. How do you satisfy the growing appetite of citizens for more and more information? New York City's Department of Health found an appealing solution. Department officials created a restaurant inspection self-service application that has garnered five-star reviews from inside and outside of government. Powered by WebFOCUS, this heavily trafficked site lets users search for their favorite restaurants, bakeries, and take-outs by name or location and check out any recent violations. Why not look up your favorite eatery and see how it stacks up?
Crime Reporting Website
	http://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov The Missouri State Police's Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Web site was built using WebFOCUS technology to help local police fight crime more effectively while giving citizens 24x7 access to crime statistics for towns, counties, regions, college campuses, and the state as a whole. It features real-time statistical analyses, queries that anyone can customize, and automated file transfer to the FBI for its national crime database.
Reporting in Universities
	www.txhighereddata.org This application allows state employees and public users to run reports on enrollment, degrees awarded, and majors declared for all public higher educational institutions in the State of Texas.
	http://www.tarleton.edu/ Tarleton State University has created an online Fact Book that lets users see a wide array of university information. It provides financial information, such as revenues and expenditures. Users can access student information such as enrollments, retention, growth by geography, transfers, demographics, and freshman SAT/ACT scores. Academic achievement such as majors declared and degrees awarded and faculty information such as salaries, tenure, and head-count are also included."
Health
	www.health.gov.on.ca/ e-Formulary application allows professional health care practitioners, pharmacies, hospitals, and companies involved in the manufacture, distribution, and use of pharmaceuticals to easily access information in a drug benefit formulary and comparative drug index.
Energy
	http://www.ssebusiness.co.uk/ One of the UK's largest providers of electricity and gas, Scottish and Southern Energy turned to Information Builders WebFOCUS to develop its Business Energy Centre, a Web-based portal that helped the company enhance customer service and cut support costs. Users can view bills for up to three years prior, create reports that highlight key factors of their bill, compare expected power consumption with actual usage, generate graphical or Excel outputs, and much more.