Why does it shock you? EXCEL and Access are still widely used in business. Hell, I've seen Excel spreadsheets for some companies than contain CRITICAL business data. This is a city of like 36,000 people.
Yep, that and there is plenty of support for excel and access. Let alone it does not cost that much and the data can be taken from most machiens to another very easy. Heck even Open Office can open E/A files.
No reason for a small Gov to waste money on a very small software suite that few use and even fewwer support.
