Eric D. Colburn, PLS

Professional Land Surveyor News

Professional Land Surveyor News: Securely Renew Your Kansas Land Surveyor Professional License Online

I just came across this news item concerning the license renewal period for Kansas Land Surveyors and Professional Engineers, which is currently open, and thought I’d share it with you. If your a professional land surveyor in Kansas, then this is obviously of interest to you, but what I found interesting is the ability to renew your license online. This is a good use of technology, it’s secure,  it’s business friendly, and I think that every state should look into doing this, too.

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13 October 2009

Company Endeavors to Help Both Large Organizations and Individual Practitioners to Expand Information Technology Adoption in Response to Economic Challenges

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Be Inspired: Infrastructure Best Practices Symposium and Awards – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced, at this invitation-only gathering of top users from around the globe, the immediate availability of Country-Level License Pooling and Passport Subscriptions. Country-Level License Pooling, Bentley’s latest SELECT subscription enhancement, expands the benefits of site-level license pooling. Passport Subscriptions provide, for named users, an affordable alternative to perpetual license purchases. The value created by both of these subscription innovations is passed on to the users’ constituents in the form of higher-quality projects delivered in less time and at a lower cost.

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American Land Title Association (ALTA) Policy Licensing Initiative to Strengthen Industry

September 8, 2009

In a move aimed at strengthening the land title industry by protecting the association’s top industry product, the American Land Title Association has launched an initiative to license the use of its uniform title insurance policy forms.

“ALTA’s uniform policy forms have become the ‘gold standard’ throughout the lending and legal communities. Because land title insurance coverage is standardized, the secondary market readily accepts mortgages that carry title insurance. This has greatly contributed to the growth of demand for title insurance across the country,” said Mike Pryor, president of ALTA.

A license to use ALTA’s policy forms will be provided free to all ALTA members. Companies that are not members of the association will be required to pay an annual licensing fee of $195 to write on ALTA policy forms.

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