Our population has grown dramatically so we were looking at any way we could find better avenues to get information out to citizens.

All too often, COTS [commercial-off-the-shelf] products do not fully conform to existing business processes and quite frequently cannot be integrated into an enterprise environment. Designing and developing applications internally allows us to effectively manage user expectations, more closely integrate enterprise data and systems, and provide long-term ongoing support.

You're constantly coming up with services to help citizens, and then you have to modify your business processes and your internal applications to continue to support it and make it possible.

Recent information and further analysis leads our agency to conclude that the Southern Resident killer whale population is at risk of extinction, and should be listed as endangered. By giving it protection under the ESA, we have a better chance of keeping this population alive for future generations.

As enrollment in universities increases, the student population puts pressure on the housing demand in the Allston-Brighton area. Universities have a responsibility to proportionally increase on-campus housing as the student population grows.

It's becoming a function of having a large office population in one building. Clearly, if it is out of town, it's going to have even more benefits.