Robert Doehl
33:02 - 33:21
"Our permit management system now is the equivalent of carbon paper and multiple copies that don't talk to each other. It was an over-customized system that they continued to over-customize after they brought it online in 2005. It is unwieldy. It's clunky."
“Our permit management system now is the equivalent of carbon paper and multiple copies that don't talk to each other. It was an over-customized system that they continued to over-customize after they brought it online in 2005. It is unwieldy. It's clunky.”
- Speaker
- Robert Doehl
- Timestamp
- 33:02 – 33:21
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 28, 2026
From the transcript
Our permit management system now is the equivalent of carbon paper and multiple copies that don't talk to each other. It was an over-customized system that they continued to over-customize after they brought it online in 2005. It is unwieldy. It's clunky. Your designers and builders spend excessive time having to navigate through it.
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