Don’t Face Jail Time! Be Compliant!
Certain taxing units have to publish notice of no-new-revenue and voter-approval tax rates by this Saturday, August 7th! Does your office have everything they need to be complaint and meet the required deadlines? Check out these three great services offered from BIS that will get your office everything it needs with ease! Call us at […]
Must-Have Service: Truth-In-Taxation Website
A Site You Are Required To Have. In 2019, Texas legislators passed the Texas Property Tax Reform and Transparency Act, designed to demystify property taxes for local taxpayers. Otherwise known as Senate Bill 2 (S.B. 2), this new law required local appraisal districts to publish detailed information online to help residents understand proposed budgets and […]
A New Point of View – The Owl
A camera that will change your remote meetings. It is the time of year that ARB meetings are in full swing. We know that protests and appeals are happening both virtually and in person this year. BIS offers products that facilitate crystal-clear audio and video recordings for your next ARB meeting. Frustrated with a one-angle […]
BIS’ Radio Commentator and a Cowboy
Josh Green Radio Commentator. Sports fanatic. Inventory Specialist. Josh is a lifelong athlete: growing up playing football, basketball, and Varsity golf in high school in East Texas. He took that passion for sports into college, where he worked to produce local games on television and radio. Josh understands that it’s not just the athletes that […]
New Service – Tax Rate Calculator
Are you stressed from piles of forms and spreadsheets that need to be updated with tax rate calculations? Designed to simplify and streamline your tax rate calculations, BIS is proud to announce our latest product: the Truth-in-Taxation Tax Rate Calculator. This calculator eliminates manual calculations and performs the required tax rate calculations for the Truth-in-Taxation […]
Saving Lives with Next Generation 911
The way 911 works is changing. Historically, emergency calls have come into 911 call centers from landlines, which show the caller’s home address. As more homes are removing landlines in lieu of cellphones, it is more difficult for emergency workers to locate 911 callers. Next Generation 911 (NG911) has been developed for mobile device data […]
A Baseball Coach and an IT Manager
Blake Walker Vintage Car Restoration Magician. Chips & Salsa Enthusiast. IT Manager. Blake is always working on something…from the computer his grandfather gave him in his childhood, to his parents’ cars at age 15. Blake found BIS through a friend. He started five years ago in July 2015 as an IT Technician II. Today as IT […]
Remarkable Mapping Daily
The GIS team has been performing daily maintenance and editing on a quarter of the state of Texas. The GIS team is a highly experienced group of 12 mappers. Their clients are counties ranging from one million people to 3,500 people. Regardless of county size, the team gives the same level of attention and detail […]
Must-Have Service: Cybersecurity Training
Everyone needs to know. Isn’t it enough to just have your technical staff trained on Cybersecurity? Unfortunately, it’s not. Most cybersecurity threats are caused by human error, like checking email over public WiFi or accidentally clicking on a phishing email. The state mandates that all elected officials and government employees with access to a local […]
A Powerlifter and an IT Tech
Chad Kay Bicep Model. Powerlifter. IT Technician. Chad grew up in the small town of Kaufman, Texas as one of seven children. He has always been a jack of all trades, willing to try anything. Chad eventually found his way to a career in the IT field, where has been for 5 years. Every day, […]
