Data Modernization & System Integration for Local Government
MS Access migration, data integration, and reporting dashboards built on SQL, Microsoft and AWS tools.
GovOwl helps cities and counties move from scattered databases, MS Access files, and manual spreadsheets to a modern, connected data environment. GovOwl can host on AWS for reliability and security while integrating seamlessly with the SQL and Microsoft tools city IT departments already use. Instead of buying a separate data platform, IT leaders work with GovOwl to clean data, migrate key systems, and build dashboards and reporting on top of the Microsoft stack they already trust.
What We Do
GovOwl Data Modernization is a consulting and implementation service focused on practical local government data migration. We handle MS Access migration for government and other legacy database modernization projects, perform government data integration across systems, and design government dashboards and reporting environments that IT can support long term using SQL and Microsoft tools such as Power BI for local government.
System and Data Integration
We connect the software stack cities already run so data is no longer trapped in separate systems. Typical integrations include 311 and request management, permitting, code enforcement, environmental health, finance and fee collection, GIS, and line-of-business applications. The result is city data consolidation into a single ecosystem that IT can manage instead of a patchwork of exports and manual merges.
MS Access and Legacy Migration
MS Access migration to SQL is a core part of this service. GovOwl helps agencies move MS Access databases into SQL Server as part of SQL Server migration for cities, replace file-based Access applications with secure environments, and consolidate multiple Access files into a clean schema that can be reported on. Historical inspection, permit, and case data is brought into structured tables so IT owns a durable government data warehouse rather than fragile one-person tools.
Dashboards and Reporting
Once data is in SQL and integrated, GovOwl works with departments to build dashboards and reports that match how they actually operate. Typical views include inspection, permitting, and code enforcement metrics, case status and backlog, fees and activity for finance, and workload and trend views for leadership. Reporting can live inside GovOwl or be delivered through Power BI and SQL Server Reporting Services so IT stays on a familiar stack and supports government reporting modernization.
Why GovOwl
GovOwl has experience helping agencies clean, migrate, and integrate operational data across environmental health, permitting, and code enforcement. Everything is built on SQL and Microsoft-friendly tools instead of proprietary lock-in, so IT can modernize at a realistic pace, one system at a time, and end up with a foundation they truly own.
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Upgrade outdated systems and unify your agency’s data.