Information Concepts developed a Member Profile Database (MPD) for the American Automobile Association (AAA) that represents over 4 milion members in 10 states and processes an average of 40,000 transactions daily.  The system obtains member sales and service transaction information from each of the AAA business lines and enteres the data into a central database on a regular basis.  In addition Information Concepts developed software to support sales analysis, membership research, and marketing efforts across business lines.

Information Concepts developed a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system for the American Automobile Association (AAA) which supports 10 communication centers nationwide and processes as many as 1,200 calls per hour.  Considered a public safety system, CAD receives emergency calls from members, spots them to service territories, and dispatches road service vehicles.  To enhance productivity and reduce response time, CAD was developed with features including automatic spotting of addresses to location grids on a map and digital dispatching of road service vehicles via in-truck terminals.

Information Concepts developed the application that manages items, articles of interest, advertisements, and page layout instructions for the AAA Tourbook.  The system links the page number for advertisements to the specific property or restaurant item and generates the ready-to-print pages.

Information Concepts developed an internal application for the American Council of Education (ACE) Credit and Transcript Services. Phase 1 of the application consisted of a data conversion, development of shared functionality, and development of the internal application. Utilizing stored procedures, Information Concepts transferred the data from several disparate sources, including a 4D database, a Fox Pro database; excel spreadsheets and word files to an SQLServer database. The internal application consists of 4 parts – organization, reviewer, participant, and reports. Additional functionality to the system includes Speed-E Express and a Java applet that is used during the review process.

Information Concepts ported the Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Grants Tracking system from a 68030-based NCR Tower to a Sun SparcStation, for the American Chemical Society (ACS). The system, which consists of various UNIX utilities, C and Troff programs, and a Unify relational DBMS, is used to gather and track grant proposals and grants, disburse grants, and generate formatted correspondence. Information Concepts was responsible for debugging the final system, implementing Y2K remediation of date comparisons, and developing a pre-processor to ensure that generated correspondence is in a format consistent with versions of tbl and troff running under Solaris.

Information Concepts upgraded the Catalog Content Management system used by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The application enables the organization to index and track information, such as topic and author, about articles that appear in journals published by the ACS. The system is also used to prepare an annual catalog of journal index information.

Information Concepts designed and implemented a Certification Management system for the American Chemical Society (ACS). The Web-based application allows the ACS to collect, manage, and prepare reports on information related to colleges and universities that meet the requirements for ACS educational certification. Schools applying for ACS certification can also use the system to prepare and securely submit application materials online.

Information Concepts designed and developed Solar, an online membership survey system, for the American Chemical Society (ACS). Solar includes a Web-based survey application that collects detailed information from ACS members. The survey questions, which vary by ACS membership area, are dynamic and database-driven. Solar also includes an application that compiles the input from all surveys for use in ACS annual reports.

Information Concepts developed a web-based Grants Management System for the American Kidney Fund (AKF). This application maintains the incoming grant requests from AKF’s 10 community serving dialysis programs.The system allows users to apply for dialysis grants online and manage their application online; manages the approval workflow, and executes assistance funds to approved applicants. In addition, the Grants Management System was built to offer AKF staff a variety of standard management reports, as well as ad-hoc and on demand reports that offer insight into the effectiveness of AKF’s programs, the demographics of applicants, and other additional information.

For the American Nurses Association's (ANA), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Information Concepts developed the Magnet Recognition Application which supports the Case Management during the evaluation and certification process for outstanding nursing facilities.   

After health care facilities apply for accreditation, they are evaluated by a panel based on a set of criteria, with the documentation submitted to the ANCC Magnet Board for approval.  Documentation collected throughout the process includes applications, facility demographic data, facility policies and procedures, documentation supporting evidence of successfully completing the magnet standards, and evaluator reports.  The Case Management portion of the application supports authoring for standards, assignment of evaluators, and management of the application process.

Information Concepts worked with the American Petrolium Institute to migrate their Monogram Certification System from Access 2003 to Access 2007. As part of the migration, Information Concepts developed new functionality for the system’s interface with API’s Aptify™ Association Management System (AMS), as well as develop updated documentation for the system. The Monogram Certification System tracks API’s licenses for companies that manufacture parts for drilling operations. The system also assists API in managing the Auditors that are deployed to the field to audit these companies to maintain their licenses and certifications. In conjunction with API’s central AMS, it manages the financial licensing and certification transactions.

Information Concepts developed the Membership and Grants Query application for the American Society of Microbiology. This is a program that allows users to query on any combination of four fields in the ASM Membership and Grants database from an Access form. The records resulting from the query are viewed in a separate form that utilizes the counter arrows to view each record in turn or to call up the datasheet to view all records at once.

Information Concepts developed Fannie Mae’s web-based grant management application. The system allows Fannie Mae Foundation staff to send reports detailing the use of financial grants. Users can return to the site several times to work on their reports before submitting a final version to the Fannie Mae Foundation.

Information Concepts developed, maintained, and upgraded Proctor, the online test administration system used by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Proctor enables the FINRA to use nationwide third-party testing centers to administer over 2,000 individualized certification exams to brokers each day.

The system consists of three components: Client Organization, which is responsible for test authoring and score reporting; Pro, which is responsible for browser-based appointment scheduling and test delivery; and Pencil and Paper, which is responsible for providing testing materials to locations without computer access.

Information Concepts was contracted by Goodwill Industries to create a web-based extranet survey application to collect Census information from Goodwill offices throughout the country. The application contains two different surveys each consisting of a series of questions. Application security is handled using NT authentication.

Information Concepts developed the Engine Turbine Database for the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA).  The database tracks and monitors corresponding internal combustion engines. This database allows INGAA staff to understand the impact that new regulations will have on existing equipment, and provide business intelligence on the shared percentage impact or cost that federal and state regulations have one the industry.

Information Concepts developed a website, Content Management System (CMS) and Association Management System (AMS) for the National Association of State Budgeting Officers (NASBO). This site was developed using DotNetNuke for the site’s main interface, as well as its CMS and AMS components. As a result of development, NASBO is using the website as a single source of communication with its members, allowing them to take advantage of electronic correspondence distribution with its members, and allow members to interact with one another directly through the website.

Information Concepts assisted The Nature Conservancy in planning for the reengineering of its grants management and accounting systems. The effort involved a search for software products to improve efficiency and eliminate paperwork, the development of a strategy to integrate existing systems into the new financial systems, and the development of a project plan for the implementation process.

Information Concepts developed Time and Attendance, the Web-based timesheet system used by the National Education Association (NEA). The system enables NEA employees and contractors to enter their timesheet information into the payroll system and enables payroll employees to perform administrative functions associated with timekeeping.

Information Concepts developed the Rating System application for the National Fenestration Rating Council. NFRC certifies windows and doors based on calculated energy efficiency values. Eliminating manual entry, the database uses SQL Server to house current relevant data, as well as historical data and new data fields necessary to automate the rating process. The system also is used to generate the pages for its annual published ratings guide.

For the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), Information Concepts developed e-RESAP, an application designed to assist NRECA in substantially reducing the cost of Workers Compensation and Liability Insurance for its member Utilities. This assessment system allowed NRECA staff to provide a framework for member Utilities to collect and compile documents necessary to demonstrate insurance company mandated programs and assess their impact on safety and accident reduction. This application reduced these costs by 60% and provided payback within one year.

Information Concepts developed Publication, a Web-based application designed to manage the production of journals and publications, for the Optical Society of America (OSA). The system allows users to track manuscripts through peer review, patent review, editing, and selection. It is also used to automatically determine the content of each journal issue, as well as to automate most production tasks. The system interfaces with OSA’s membership application and its financial systems.

Information Concepts developed Registration, an online conference and course registration application, for the Optical Society of America (OSA). Accessible through the OSA’s Internet site, the application includes a registration component, which allows users to register for conferences and conference workshops, and pay online. It also includes an administrative component, which allows the OSA to design unique registration forms for each conference. 

Information Concepts was responsible for the development of the Blanket Licensing Agreement System (BLA) for the Recording Industry Association of America. BLA is used to track pending digital royalties for its members. It then pays out those royalties at a specific given level based on data accumulated from various digital sources.

Information Concepts developed a web-based application to allow independent labels to maintain their database of recordings and artists.  This application allows the RIAA to supplement their database of recordings from the 5 major record labels.  

Information Concepts worked with the Volunteers of America (VOA) to develop their fundraising website. This site was developed to solicit and process donations, via secured credit card transactions, and allowed VOA to customize the user-facing site for specific fundraising campaigns. The back-end system managed transactions; tracked funds obtained through the site per campaign, and managed a variety of output emails including receipts for donations and letters of thanks.